How we believe: the search for God in an age of science

"Recent polls report that 96% of Americans believe in God. Why is this? Why, despite the rise of science, technology, and secular education, are people turning to religion in greater numbers than ever before? Why do people believe in God at all?" "These provocative questions lie at th...

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Main Author: Shermer, Michael 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY u.a. Freeman 2000
Edition:1. pr.
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Summary:"Recent polls report that 96% of Americans believe in God. Why is this? Why, despite the rise of science, technology, and secular education, are people turning to religion in greater numbers than ever before? Why do people believe in God at all?" "These provocative questions lie at the heart of How We Believe, an illuminating new study of God, faith, and religion by best-selling author Michael Shermer. Offering fresh and often startling insights into age-old questions, Shermer's new book explores how and why humans put their faith in a higher power, even in the face of scientific skepticism. With characteristic logic and intellectual intensity, Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XVII, 302 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:071673561X
071674161X

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