{"id":2356,"date":"2009-05-13T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/05\/the-evolution-of-god\/"},"modified":"2009-05-13T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T12:34:00","slug":"the-evolution-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/05\/the-evolution-of-god.html","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/books_9780316734912.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hachette Book Group<\/a> would like to offer five copies of Robert Wright\u2019s brand new book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316734918?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0316734918\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Evolution of God<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0316734918\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/em> to <strong>five<\/strong> readers of this blog. I will have copies sent to the first five who either send me an e-mail or leave a comment requesting a copy. I\u2019m afraid that this opportunity is only for blog readers in North America, and that copies of the book cannot be sent to post office boxes.<\/p>\n<div>Here\u2019s the publisher\u2019s description of the book:\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/_images\/ISBNCovers\/Covers_Mid\/9780316734912_94X145.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/_images\/ISBNCovers\/Covers_Mid\/9780316734912_94X145.jpg\"><\/a>In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright\u2019s findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science, contrary to conventional wisdom, affirms the validity of the religious quest. And this previously unrecognized evolutionary logic points not toward continued religious extremism, but future harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a decade in the making, <em>The Evolution of God<\/em> is a breathtaking re-examination of the past, and a visionary look forward.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Wright is the author of <em>Nonzero<\/em>, <em>The Moral Animal<\/em>, and <em>Three Scientists and Their Gods<\/em>. He is a contributing editor to the <em>New Republic<\/em>, <em>Time<\/em>, and <em>Slate<\/em>, and he runs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloggingheads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.bloggingheads.com\/<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-7752304049803976973?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hachette Book Group would like to offer five copies of Robert Wright\u2019s brand new book The Evolution of God to five readers of this blog. I will have copies sent to the first five who either send me an e-mail or leave a comment requesting a copy. 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