The Evolution of God (Back Bay Readers' Pick)

In this sweeping, dazzling journey through history, Robert Wright unveils a discovery of crucial importance to the present moment: there is a pattern in the evolution Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and a "hidden code" in their scriptures. Through the prisms of archeology, theology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright repeatedly overturns conventional wisdom to show how and why religion can strengthen the social order-even in an age of globalization-and explains why modern science is not only compatible with religion, but actively affirms the validity of the religious quest.

Vast in scope and thrilling in ambition, The Evolution of God brilliantly alters our understanding of God and where He came from-and where He and we are going next.

• The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
• Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
• Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
• Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
• A Little History of Religion (Little Histories)
• Asian Religions: A Cultural Perspective
• A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age
• Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
• Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind