Breaking the spell
religion as a natural phenomenon
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Word Count
112,000 words, Guess
Page Count
448 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3421576M
- ISBN-139780670034727
- ISBN-10067003472X
- OCLC Control Number61240665
- OCLC Control Numberbreakingspellrel00denn_204
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005042415
- LibraryThing176260
- Goodreads2067
Classifications
- DDC200
- LCCBL2775.3 .D46 2006
Description
For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it 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 religion's 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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- Controversial literature.
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