Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide
Richard Dawkins (Author)
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn't. 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
Print Book, English, 2019
Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, London, 2019
294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
9781787631212, 1787631214
1108726384
Ebook version :
Part one: Goodbye God / 1 So many gods!
2 But is it true?
3 Myths and how they start
4 The good book?
5 Do we need God in order to be good?
6 How do we decide what is good?
Part two: Evolution and beyond / 7 Surely there must be a designer?
8 Steps towards improbability
9 Crystals and jigsaw puzzles
10 Bottom up or top down?
11 Did we evolve to be religious? Did we evolve to be nice?
12 Taking courage from science
Picture acknowledgements
Index
Includes index