000			01565cam a2200253 4500
008			240704s2009 nyua f b 000 0 eng d
020			_a9780143118190 _q(pbk.)
020			_a9781594202285 _q(hc.)
040			_aHKGCC _beng _erda _cHKGCC _dHKGCC
050		4	_aBL51 _b.W133 2009
090		3	_aBL51 _b.W133 2009
100	1		_aWade, Nicholas, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe faith instinct : _bhow religion evolved and why it endures / _cNicholas Wade.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bPenguin Publishing Group, _c[2009]
264		4	_c©2009
300			_a310 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index (pages 301-310).
520			_aA New York Times science reporter makes a startling new case that religion has an evolutionary basis. For the last 50,000 years, and probably much longer, people have practiced religion. Yet little attention has been given to the question of whether this universal human behavior might have been implanted in human nature. In this original and thought-provoking work, Nicholas Wade traces how religion grew to be so essential to early societies in their struggle for survival, how an instinct for faith became hardwired into human nature, and how it provided an impetus for law and government. The Faith Instinct offers an objective and nonpolemical exploration of humanity's quest for spiritual transcendence.
650		0	_aReligion _xPhilosophy.
942			_2lcc _cBK
999			_c14886 _d14886