HOW WE BELIEVE, 2ND EDITION: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God - Softcover

Shermer, Michael

 
9780805074796: HOW WE BELIEVE, 2ND EDITION: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0805074791 ISBN 13: 9780805074796
Verlag: Times Books, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

A new edition covering the latest scientific research on how the brain makes us believers or skeptics

Recent polls report that 96 percent of Americans believe in God, and 73 percent believe that angels regularly visit Earth. Why is this? Why, despite the rise of science, technology, and secular education, are people turning to religion in greater numbers than ever before? Why do people believe in God at all?

These provocative questions lie at the heart of How We Believe , an illuminating study of God, faith, and religion. Bestselling author Michael Shermer offers fresh and often startling insights into age-old questions, including how and why humans put their faith in a higher power, even in the face of scientific skepticism. Shermer has updated the book to explore the latest research and theories of psychiatrists, neuroscientists, epidemiologists, and philosophers, as well as the role of faith in our increasingly diverse modern world.

Whether believers or nonbelievers, we are all driven by the need to understand the universe and our place in it. How We Believe is a brilliant scientific tour of this ancient and mysterious desire.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael Shermer is the author of The Believing Brain, Why People Believe Weird Things, The Science of Good and Evil, The Mind Of The Market, Why Darwin Matters, Science Friction, How We Believe and other books on the evolution of human beliefs and behavior. He is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, the editor of Skeptic.com, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University. He lives in Southern California.

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Verlag
Times Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0805074791
ISBN 13 
9780805074796
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
366
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