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Attempts to understand the balance between faith in God and scientific reason, focusing on the impact of religion in modern American society, as well as examining theories of nonbelievers in such fields as anthropology and psychology.
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One hundred years ago social scientists predicted that belief in God would decrease by the year 2000. "In fact ... the opposite is has occurred," Shermer writes in his introduction. "Never in history have so many, and such a high percentage of the population, believed in God. Not only is God not dead as Nietzche proclaimed, but he has never been more alive."
Why do so many believe in the existence of something so inexplicable? That's exactly what Shermer answers in this comprehensive, intelligent, and highly readable discussion about the nature of faith. "People believe in God because the evidence of their senses tell them so," claims Shermer, who is the publisher of Skeptics magazine. Having been a believer and a student of the history of science, Shermer (now an agnostic) is more interested in knowing why and how people believe in God rather than trying to prove who's right or wrong. As a result, this book is not only even-handed and thorough, it is also destined to become a timeless contribution to spirituality as well as science. --Gail Hudson
About the Author
Michael Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine, the director of the Skeptics Society, and the host of the Skeptics Lecture Series at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of the bestselling Why People Believe Weird Things (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1997) and teaches the history of science, technology, and evolutionary thought in the Cultural Studies Program at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He is the host of the "Science Talk" edition of Airtalk, which airs weekly on KPCC in Pasadena, the PBS affiliate station for southern California.
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- PublisherW H Freeman & Co
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 071673561X
- ISBN 13 9780716735618
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages302
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