Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of BeliefHarper Collins, 2 µ.¤. 2007 - 496 ˹éÒ 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. |
¨Ò¡´éÒ¹ã¹Ë¹Ñ§Ê×Í
¼Å¡Òäé¹ËÒ 1 - 5 ¨Ò¡ 8
... seem to give biblical support to astrology . Even so , the Church accepted Saint Augustine's logical rejection of astrology ... seems to contradict knowledge , that is because of a lack of understanding on the part of the " servant " who ...
... seems to me well beyond credibility to argue that all religions are to any significant extent true. Given the im ... seem to be greatly shaped by the principle of natural selection or survival of the fittest, which refers to the tendency ...
... seem to have pro- voked anxiety than to have been loved. Consequently, Greco-Roman soci- eties proved very vulnerable to an influx of loving deities from elsewhere, including Cybele (the Great Mother Goddess from Phrygia) and Isis (the ...
... seems to have been excessively careless - he frequently claimed the opposite of what actually is reported.50 This is not surprising given the many self - serving arithmetic errors contained in his equally long- admired study : Suicide ...
... seems fully warranted by the richness of their religious culture , as will be seen . In any event , religion originates with unusual individuals whom the influential anthropologist Paul Radin ( 1883–1959 ) called “ religious formulators ...
©ºÑºÍ×è¹æ - ´Ù·Ñé§ËÁ´
Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ªÁºÒ§Êèǹ¢Í§Ë¹Ñ§Ê×Í - 2009 |
Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ªÁºÒ§Êèǹ¢Í§Ë¹Ñ§Ê×Í - 2009 |