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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... CULTURAL. EVOLUTION. S. ince I was very young I have often wondered about God. Does he really exist? If so, where was he before he revealed himself to Abraham? Were many generations of humans condemned to live and die in ignorance ...
... culture might be spiritual . Perhaps that is why social scientists have displayed very little interest in the ... cultural evolution often takes the form of discovery , whether it is sharp sticks becoming flint - headed spears or alchemy ...
... often is uncertain for , as Augustine noted , “ divers things may be understood under these words which yet are all true . ' >> 15 SEVERA INDE OVI VAS The three Magi following the star Introduction : Revelation and Cultural Evolution ད.
... culture , that also places serious restrictions on the extent to which God Introduction : Revelation and Cultural Evolution.
... cultural evolution examines how an overall culture is shaped by natural selection among subsidiary elements of culture (how more powerful bows supplanted less effective models) or how the array of human cultures is changed by the ...
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Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2009 |