How We Believe
Publishing Details
How We Believe
By (Author) Michael Shermer
Henry Holt & Company Inc
Henry Holt & Company Inc
1st October 2003
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Science: general issues
Nature and existence of God and of the Divine
215
Physical Properties
368
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 25mm
163g
Description
Recent polls show that 96 per cent of Americans believe in God. Why are people turning to religion in greater numbers than ever before In How We Believe , Michael Shermer presents the results of an exhaustive empirical study in which he asked 10,000 Americans how and why they believe and about details of t
Reviews
"Unusually useful . . . may foreshadow a new spirit of amity and mutual inquiry." --Washington Post Book World
"Ranges eloquently and learnedly over broad areas of philosophy, theology, and science." --Scientific American
Author Bio
Michael Shermer is the author of The Believing Brain, Why People Believe Weird Things, The Science of Good and Evil, The Mind Of The Market, Why Darwin Matters, Science Friction, How We Believe and other books on the evolution of human beliefs and behavior. He is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, the editor of Skeptic.com, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University. He lives in Southern California.
