02829cam a2200301 i 4500 1766662870 TxAuBib 20250115120000.0 240111s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023053912 9781633889248 HRD 29.95 1633889246 HRD 29.95 TxAuBib rda Gervais, Will M., 1982-, author. Disbelief [BOOK] : the origins of atheism in a religious species / Will M. Gervais, PhD. Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2024] xvii, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-403). The evolutionary puzzles of faith and atheism -- Popular non-answers to the puzzle of faith -- The (more or less) myth of rational atheism -- Interlude: the puzzle of faith -- Darwinizing faith -- How culture evolves -- Faith in context -- Why some religions persist -- Interlude: the puzzle of atheism -- Do you believe in atheists? -- Take me to your secular world -- How many atheists are there? -- Pathways to atheism -- Stable secular societies -- Atheism is natural -- Interlude: a God's eye view -- Thefuture of faith and atheism -- Coda. "Does God exist? This straightforward question has spawned endless debate, ranging from apologists’ supposed proofs of God’s existence to New Atheist manifestos declaring belief in God a harmful delusion. In Disbelief, Will M. Gervais, Phd., a global leader in the psychological study of atheism, shows that the ubiquity of religious belief and the peculiarities of atheism are connected pieces in the puzzle of human nature. It’s undeniable that religion is a core tenet of human nature. It is also true that our overwhelmingly religious species is also as atheistic as it’s ever been. Yet, no scientific understanding of religion is complete without accounting for those who actively do not believe. In this refreshing and revelatory book, Gervais argues that religion is not an evolutionary puzzle so much as two evolutionary puzzles that can only be solved together. First is the Puzzle of Faith: the puzzle of how Homo sapiens – and Homo sapiens alone – came to be a religious species. Second is the Puzzle of Atheism: how disbelief in gods can exist within our uniquely religious species. The result is a radically cohesive theory of both faith and atheism, showing how we became a uniquely religious species, and why many are now abandoning their belief.". 20250115. Atheism. Faith. Religion and science.