Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith

J. Anderson Thomson; Clare Aukofer

ISBN 10: 0984493212 / ISBN 13: 9780984493210

Published by Pitchstone Publishing, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
• Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984493212
• ISBN 13: 9780984493210
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this groundbreaking volume, J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., MD, with Clare Aukofer, offers a succinct yet comprehensive study of how and why the human mind generates religious belief. Dr. Thomson, a highly respected practicing psychiatrist with credentials in forensic psychiatry and evolutionary psychology, methodically investigates the components and causes of religious belief in the same way any scientist would investigate the movement of astronomical bodies or the evolution of life over time—that is, as a purely natural phenomenon. Providing compelling evidence from psychology, the cognitive neurosciences, and related fields, he, with Ms. Aukofer, presents an easily accessible and exceptionally convincing case that god(s) were created by man—not vice versa. With this slim volume, Dr. Thomson establishes himself as a must-read thinker and leading voice on the primacy of reason and science over superstition and religion.

About the Authors

J. Anderson “Andy” Thomson Jr., MD, is a staff psychiatrist at the University of Virginia's Student Health Center and Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, and maintains a private practice of adult and forensic psychiatry. He serves as a trustee of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.

Clare Aukofer is a medical writer and editor in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and author of The God Delusion.