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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon Paperback - 2007
by Daniel C. Dennett
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An innovative thinker tackles the controversial question of why people believe in God and how religion shapes lives and futures by taking a look at history, philosophy, and psychology.
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- Title Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
- Author Daniel C. Dennett
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin (Non-Classics), New York
- Date 2007-02-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # C54791
- ISBN 9780143038337 / 0143038338
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 200
Summary
For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask whyand howit has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religions evolution from wild folk belief to domesticated dogma. Not an antireligious screed but an unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy, Breaking the Spell will be read and debated by believers and skeptics alike.
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- New York Times, 03/18/2007, Page 24