Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of BeliefHarper Collins, 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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... 249 7. The Rise of Christianity 282 8. Islam : God and State 339 Conclusion : Discovering God ? 383 PREFACE Portions of Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 7 were. Ancient Religious History Timeline 401 Glossary 405 Notes 415 Bibliography 447 Index 473.
... Islam are dualistic monothe- isms—each teaches that, in addition to a supreme divine being, there also exists at least one additional, if less powerful, supernatural being who is the source of evil.30 Consequently, in each of these ...
... Islam and the revival of theo- cratic states . It begins with a brief biography of Muhammad , his first vi- sions , and his flight to Medina , and it gives extended attention to his role as a military leader and to his creation of an ...
... Islam was very tolerant of other faiths, including Christians and Jews. Claims that Islam sustained a “Golden Age” of civilization and amity in multicultural societies such as Moorish Spain are false. Muslims were no less intolerant ...
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Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2009 |