Re: [asa] Robert Wright?

I gather from material at amazon.com that Robert Wright is the author of
several books, including the The Moral Animal (a NY Times rated
bestseller) and Non-zero. He writes in an entertaining manner. He is a
contributing editor to the New Republic. He has taught philosophy at
Princeton and religion at U. Pennsylvania. He applies ideas of
evolutionary psychology. He has been criticized for his old-fashioned
views about religions. He wants to reconcile the major religions with
each other (to their mutual advantage -- hence the reference to non-zero
sum game theory) and with science.
Don N.

Christine Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Caught a piece of an interview on PBS tonight with a person by the name of Robert Wright. Apparently comes from a YEC background (now he's something more akin to an agnostic or theist or a Buddhist), and has written a book entitled "The Evolution of God" which postulates that God (or the cultural idea thereof) has evolved over time similar to natural selection (though he didn't use the term, it sounded a lot like the idea of memes). Does anyone out there know of this guy and/or picked apart his book? Just curious :)
>
> In Christ,
> Christine
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Received on Sat Jul 18 01:04:58 2009