Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of BeliefHarperCollins, 2 ต.ค. 2007 - 496 หน้า Discovering God is a monumental history of the origins of the great religions from the Stone Age to the Modern Age. Sociologist Rodney Stark surveys the birth and growth of religions around the world—from the prehistoric era of primal beliefs; the history of the pyramids found in Iraq, Egypt, Mexico, and Cambodia; and the great "Axial Age" of Plato, Zoroaster, Confucius, and the Buddha, to the modern Christian missions and the global spread of Islam. He argues for a free-market theory of religion and for the controversial thesis that under the best, unimpeded conditions, the true, most authentic religions will survive and thrive. Among his many conclusions:
Most people believe in the existence of God (or Gods), and this has apparently been so throughout human history. Many modern biologists and psychologists reject these spiritual ideas, especially those about the existence of God, as delusional. They claim that religion is a primitive survival mechanism that should have been discarded as humans evolved beyond the stage where belief in God served any useful purpose—that in modern societies, faith is a misleading crutch and an impediment to reason. In Discovering God, award-winning sociologist Rodney Stark responds to this position, arguing that it is our capacity to understand God that has evolved—that humans now know much more about God than they did in ancient times. |
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... Vedic " theory of the sacrifice and its result as an exchange of gifts , strength for strength , is the fundamental fact of the whole Vedic religion . " 33 At complete variance with modern Hinduism's view of cattle , and es- pecially ...
... Vedic Hin- duism functioned without any temples . 50 The priests only built temporary sacrificial altars as needed for a specific sacrifice - Vedic texts " pour con- tempt on the image worshippers and temple builders . " " 1 Lack of ...
... Vedic era , that some Gods of major standing in modern Hinduism were minor figures back then , while some major Vedic Gods were later reduced to minor deities . The Vedic Gods were overwhelmingly portrayed as male . Few God- desses ...
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Ancient Religious History Timeline | 401 |
Notes | 415 |
Bibliography | 447 |
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Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2007 |
Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2009 |