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Author:

Dawkins, Richard, 1941- author.

Title:

Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide / Richard Dawkins.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

294 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 22 cm

Subject:

Atheism.
Evolution (Biology)--Religious aspects.
Philosophy and the life sciences.
Life sciences.
Biology.

Notes:

"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a Penguin Random House UK Company, in 2019."--Title page verso. Includes index.

Contents:

Goodbye God -- So many gods! -- But is it true? -- Myths and how they start -- The good book? -- Do we need God in order to be good? -- How do we decide what is good? -- Evolution and beyond -- Surely there must be a designer? -- Steps towards improbability -- Crystals and jigsaw puzzles -- Bottom up or top down? -- Did we evolve to be religious? Did we evolve to be nice? -- Taking courage from science.

Summary:

Explains how the natural world arose without a designer and challenges the basic assumptions of world religions to argue that faith is not a necessary component of good behavior.

ISBN:

1984853910
9781984853912

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1121042413

LCCN:

2019016019

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