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Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
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About this book
In this groundbreaking volume, J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., MD, with Clare Aukofer, offers a succinct yet comprehensive study of how and why the human mind generates religious belief. Dr. Thomson, a highly respected practicing psychiatrist with credentials in forensic psychiatry and evolutionary psychology, methodically investigates the components and causes of religious belief in the same way any scientist would investigate the movement of astronomical bodies or the evolution of life over time—that is, as a purely natural phenomenon. Providing compelling evidence from psychology, the cognitive neurosciences, and related fields, he, with Ms. Aukofer, presents an easily accessible and exceptionally convincing case that god(s) were created by man—not vice versa. With this slim volume, Dr. Thomson establishes himself as a must-read thinker and leading voice on the primacy of reason and science over superstition and religion.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. In the Beginning Was the Word: Our Propensity to Believe
- 2. In the Image and Likeness: Evolution 101
- 3. Our Daily Bread: Craving a Caretaker
- 4. All That Is Seen and Unseen: Conceiving Souls
- 5. Because the Bible Tells Me So: Believing in the Invisible
- 6. And Deliver Us from Evil: Anthropomorphizing God(s)
- 7. Thy Will Be Done: Submitting to the Law of God(s)
- 8. Wherever Two or More of You Are Gathered: Harnessing Brain Chemistry through Ritual
- 9. Oh Ye of Little Faith: Discovering the Physical Evidence of God(s) as By-product
- 10. Lest Ye Be Judged: Educating Our Minds
- Notes
- Glossary