The Faith Instinct : How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures Paperback - 2010
by Wade, Nicholas
- Used
A noted science writer offers a convincing case based on a broad range of scientific evidence for the evolutionary basis of religion.
Description
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- Title The Faith Instinct : How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures
- Author Wade, Nicholas
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2010-09-28
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5883133-6
- ISBN 9780143118190 / 0143118196
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.39 x 5.53 x 0.69 in (21.31 x 14.05 x 1.75 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Religion - Philosophy
- Dewey Decimal Code 201
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Summary
For the last 50,000 years, and probably much longer, people have practiced religion. Yet little attention has been given to the question of whether this universal human behavior might have been implanted in human nature. In this original and thought-provoking work, Nicholas Wade traces how religion grew to be so essential to early societies in their struggle for survival, how an instinct for faith became hardwired into human nature, and how it provided an impetus for law and government. The Faith Instinct offers an objective and nonpolemical exploration of humanity's quest for spiritual transcendence.
