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‘The Root of all Evil?’: Religious Belief and its Consequences - Couverture souple

Sammut, Gordon

 
9783838338712: ‘The Root of all Evil?’: Religious Belief and its Consequences
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838338715 ISBN 13 : 9783838338712
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

In January 2006, a documentary entitled ‘The Root of all Evil?'' was presented by Prof. Richard Dawkins on British television. In this documentary, Dawkins advanced a number of arguments against religion and in favour of atheism. This book reports a study that looked at the introduction of Dawkins'' ideas and their circulation in the British public, through argumentation analyses of the documentary and articles which appeared in the British press. Subsequent interviews undertaken with people who expressed a belief in a supernatural faith and others who did not revealed two prevailing representations: that of religion as good, and that of religion as evil. Further study revealed that religion, science, and morality can be represented along three distinct continua. The book dispels the idea of a single continuum along which religion and science are organised; it demonstrates the complexity of the representations in circulation and it highlights the relevance of the study of belief systems for understanding social behaviour.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In January 2006, a documentary entitled ‘The Root of all Evil?'' was presented by Prof. Richard Dawkins on British television. In this documentary, Dawkins advanced a number of arguments against religion and in favour of atheism. This book reports a study that looked at the introduction of Dawkins'' ideas and their circulation in the British public, through argumentation analyses of the documentary and articles which appeared in the British press. Subsequent interviews undertaken with people who expressed a belief in a supernatural faith and others who did not revealed two prevailing representations: that of religion as good, and that of religion as evil. Further study revealed that religion, science, and morality can be represented along three distinct continua. The book dispels the idea of a single continuum along which religion and science are organised; it demonstrates the complexity of the representations in circulation and it highlights the relevance of the study of belief systems for understanding social behaviour.

Biographie de l'auteur

GORDON SAMMUT is Associate Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Malta and a doctoral candidate in social psychology at the LSE. His work has concerned the study of religious beliefs, rights of worship, as well as economic and political beliefs and intercultural relations.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838338715
ISBN 13 
9783838338712
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
Coordonnées du fabricant
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