God's Brain

by Lionel Tiger and Michael McGuire

Book Overview

In the fractious debate on the existence of God and the nature of religion, two distinguished authors radically alter the discussion. Taking a perspective rooted in evolutionary biology with a focus on brain science, the authors elucidate the perennial questions about religion: What is its purpose? How did it arise? What is its source? Why does every known culture have some form of it? Their answer is deceptively simple, yet at the same time highly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616141646
• ISBN13: 9781616141646
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"