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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The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark. Preface vii CONTENTS Introduction : Revelation and Cultural Evolution 1. Gods in Primitive Societies 2. Temple Religions of Ancient Civilizations 3. Rome : An ...
The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark. also constitutes discovery if one posits that God exists . So , as to where God was in primitive times , I shall raise the possibility that he was there all ...
... religions . Calvin said straight out that Genesis is not a literal account of the Creation because it was directed to the unlearned and the primitive , even though , when they received it , the ancient Jews were far from being truly ...
The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ... primitive cul- tures comes from groups still living in the Stone Age as of ... religious cultures display a remarkable confusion as, for example, early trends ...
... primitive tribal priests realize there are no Gods and are fully aware that their ritual actions are devoted merely ... religions. PLAN OF THE BOOK Chapter 1 examines the initial stages in religious culture. What did primi- tive humans ...
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Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2009 |