Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide /
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide / Richard Dawkins. - First U.S. edition. - 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 22 cm
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a Penguin Random House UK Company, in 2019."--Title page verso. Includes index.
Goodbye God -- So many gods! -- But is it true? -- Myths and how they start -- The good book? -- Do we need God in order to be good? -- How do we decide what is good? -- Evolution and beyond -- Surely there must be a designer? -- Steps towards improbability -- Crystals and jigsaw puzzles -- Bottom up or top down? -- Did we evolve to be religious? Did we evolve to be nice? -- Taking courage from science.
Explains how the natural world arose without a designer and challenges the basic assumptions of world religions to argue that faith is not a necessary component of good behavior.
9781984853912 1984853910
2019016019
Atheism.
Evolution (Biology)--Religious aspects.
Philosophy and the life sciences.
Life sciences.
Biology.
Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide / Richard Dawkins. - First U.S. edition. - 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 22 cm
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a Penguin Random House UK Company, in 2019."--Title page verso. Includes index.
Goodbye God -- So many gods! -- But is it true? -- Myths and how they start -- The good book? -- Do we need God in order to be good? -- How do we decide what is good? -- Evolution and beyond -- Surely there must be a designer? -- Steps towards improbability -- Crystals and jigsaw puzzles -- Bottom up or top down? -- Did we evolve to be religious? Did we evolve to be nice? -- Taking courage from science.
Explains how the natural world arose without a designer and challenges the basic assumptions of world religions to argue that faith is not a necessary component of good behavior.
9781984853912 1984853910
2019016019
Atheism.
Evolution (Biology)--Religious aspects.
Philosophy and the life sciences.
Life sciences.
Biology.