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David Hay, zoologist and former director of the Religious
Experience Research Unit in Oxford writes about the biological research Richard Dawkins didn't mention in The God Delusion. He reports on national and international data showing that despite the decline of
institutional religion in the Western world, a remarkable new phenomenon is emerging. Survey figures show that interest in spirituality, often expressed as the awareness of `something there', is rising right across the
developed world. Research in the biological, psychological and social sciences strongly suggests that spiritual awareness is a genuine and deep-seated aspect of
what it is to be human. David Hay's interviews with hundreds of `ordinary' people, who claim no formal religious affiliation, backs up the view that
spirituality is hard-wired into our biological make-up and evolves through natural selection because it has survival value. It is what enables people to relate ethically to other human beings and to their environment. By applying scientific method to religious enquiry, David Hay offers a new account of the importance of spirituality for human well-being.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2108211 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .93 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University
`A courageous book by a serious scientist...I learnt much from his insights.'

Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University
‘A courageous book by a serious scientist...I learnt much from his insights.’

Alister McGrath, The Tablet, December 16/23, 2006
'In this remarkable and wide ranging book, David Hay avoids the
many weaknesses of the approach offered by "The God Delusion"'