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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... significantly dif- ferent from what I would have written from my earlier perspective except that I am careful at key points to provide alternative interpretations , one of which assumes the existence of God . Thus , when discussing ...
... significant extent true. Given the im- portance of religion in human cultures and the nonempirical nature of its source, it is to be assumed that many illusory or even fraudulent reli- gious claims have been advanced. The immense and ...
... significant bystanders and claimed to have discovered the spiritual work- ings of the universe from within ... significance in life? Or have people in many places, to a greater and lesser degree, actually gained glimpses of God? . 1 ...
... significance, too. In early Neolithic (New Stone Age) sites such as Çatalhöyük in Turkey,2 there is some evidence ... significantly different from those of early times, why did they not keep up? A common answer has been that most human ...
... significance in religion, stressing the centrality of rites that arouse deep emotions of belonging to something far greater than the individual—“it is action that dominates the religious life.” And be- hind rites and rituals lies a ...
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Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2009 |
Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief Rodney Stark ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2009 |