The Miracle Myth: Why Belief in the Resurrection and the Supernatural Is Unjustified

by Lawrence Shapiro

Book Overview

There are many who believe Moses parted the Red Sea and Jesus came back from the dead. Others are certain that exorcisms occur, ghosts haunt attics, and the blessed can cure the terminally ill. Though miracles are immensely improbable, people have embraced them for millennia, seeing in them proof of a supernatural world that resists scientific explanation.

Helping us to think more critically about our belief in the improbable, The Miracle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231178409
• ISBN13: 9780231178402
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher