How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science

Shermer, Michael

ISBN 10: 071673561X / ISBN 13: 9780716735618

Published by W.H. Freeman, New York, 2000

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8vo, 302 pp., One corner slightly bumped, else fine Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 038991

Bibliographic Details

Title: How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age...

Publisher: W.H. Freeman, New York

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: hardcover

Illustrator: Illustrated

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st.

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Synopsis:

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.

Review:

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