Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Download Free PDF. Jeremy Biles. A short summary of this paper. Review of "Religion for Atheists," by Alain de Botton. Poe and Davis are neuroscience experiences enable him to speak authorita- charting important pathways for the evangelical mind in the tively about brain physiology and sinful behaviors.
Stanford makes a number of provocative claims. He posits that variations in neurotransmitter and hormone levels can predispose not predestine people for sinful behavior. By Jason likely to lust and overeat, whereas women struggle more Rosenhouse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, The chapters making up the core of Pp.
Arguments between those who hold religious beliefs and those who do not have been at fever pitch. They have also reached an impasse, with equally entrenched views held by believer and atheist - and even agnostic - alike. This collection is one of the first books to move beyond this. How new is atheism? In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean to recover the stories of those who first refused the divinities. Long before the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the.
A significant number of Americans view atheists as immoral elitists, aloof and unconcerned with the common good, and they view science and scientists as responsible.
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Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! The long-running and often boring debate between believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton's inspiring book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false--but that it still has some very important things to teach the secular world.
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