PRAISE FORNONZERO:Â "An original, accessible and thought-provoking view of history...full of rich detail, ingenious insight and bold argument."
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| Introduction | |
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| The Birth and Growth of Gods | |
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| The Primordial Faith | |
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| The Shaman | |
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| Religion in the Age of Chiefdoms | |
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| Gods of the Ancient States | |
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| The Emergence of Abrahamic Monotheism | |
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| Polytheism, the Religion of Ancient Israel | |
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| From Polytheism to Monolatry | |
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| From Monolatry to Monotheism | |
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| Philo Story | |
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| Logos: The Divine Algorithm | |
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| The Invention of Christianity | |
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| What Did Jesus Do? | |
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| The Apostle of Love | |
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| Survival of the Fittest Christianity | |
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| How Jesus Became Savior | |
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| The Triumph of Islam | |
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| The Koran | |
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| Mecca | |
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| Medina | |
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| Jihad | |
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| Muhammad | |
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| God Goes Global (Or Doesn't) | |
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| The Moral Imagination | |
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| Well, Aren't We Special? | |
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| Afterword: By the Way, What Is God? | |
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| Appendix: How Human Nature Gave Birth to Religion | |
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| A Note on Translations | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| Reading Group Guide | |
