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<P>What are religions? Why is it important to understand them? One answer is that religions and religious believers are extremely bad news: they are deeply involved in conflicts around the globe; they harm people of whom they disapprove; and they often seem irrational. Another answer claims that they are in fact extremely good news: religious beliefs and practices are universal and so fundamental in human nature that they have led us to great discoveries in our explorations of the cosmos and of who we are. The sciences began as part of that religious exploration. John Bowker demonstrates that there is truth in both answers and that we need both to understand what religion is and why it matters. He draws on many disciplines - from physics, genetics and the neurosciences to art, anthropology and the history of religions - to show how they shed entirely new light on religion in the modern world.</P>

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Front Cover.
Why Religions Matter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Acknowledgements.
1: Introduction.
2: The Paradox of Religions.
3: Religions and Sciences: I Myth and Meaning: &#x2018;The Warfare Between Science and Religion.
4: Religions and Sciences: II Dogmatism and Doubt.
5: Religions and Sciences: III The Selfless Gene: Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom.
6: Religions and Sciences: IV Causes and Constraints.
7: Understanding Religions: I Issues of Translation and Interpretation.
8: Understanding Religions: II Being Religiously Human: The Internalisation of Constraint in Ethics and Art.
9: Understanding Religions: III Ritual and the Human Imagination of Death.
10: Understanding Religions: IV Religions and Imagination; Communities of Shared Exploration and Discovery.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

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