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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... Monotheism 5. Indian Inspirations 210 6. Chinese Gods and " Godless " Faiths 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 ...
... monotheistic. When God is portrayed as a conscious being, the degree of monotheism is limited by the problem of evil. If God is responsible for everything, evil as well as good, then God may seem to be an irrational, perverse ...
... monotheism without abandoning belief in a conscious God—an unconscious divine essence does nothing and cannot be blamed for anything. Keep in mind, too, that monotheism is compatible with the existence of many lesser spiritual beings ...
... monotheistic sect rooted in the elite group of Jews held in Babylon returned and overthrew the remnants of polytheism, finally instituting unwavering monotheism in Israel. The next section traces the establishment of Jewish Diasporan ...
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Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2009 |