Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide /
by Dawkins, Richard.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Black Swan, 2020Description: 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781784164201 (pbk.) :; 1784164208 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 211.8 DAWSubject(s): Atheism | Religion | ReligionSummary: Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to interrogate the hypocrisies of all the religious systems and explain to readers of all ages how life emerged without a Creator, how evolution works and how our world came into being. For anyone hoping to grapple with the meaning of life and what to believe, 'Outgrowing God' is a challenging, thrilling and revelatory read.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Paperback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 211.8 DAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003123926X |
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211 BAD The God desire / | 211.3 AND Who made God?: searching for a theory of everything | 211.4 RUS What I believe / | 211.8 DAW Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide / | 212.7 BYR Love from Heaven | 215 ROB Absence of mind: the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self | 215 SAC The great partnership: God, science and the search for meaning |
Originally published: London: Bantam Press, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to interrogate the hypocrisies of all the religious systems and explain to readers of all ages how life emerged without a Creator, how evolution works and how our world came into being. For anyone hoping to grapple with the meaning of life and what to believe, 'Outgrowing God' is a challenging, thrilling and revelatory read.
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