Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods: Early Humans and the Origins of Religion

by E. Fuller Torrey

Book Overview

Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231183372
• ISBN13: 9780231183376
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"