{"product_id":"excellent-beauty-eric-dietrich-9780231171021","title":"Excellent Beauty: The Naturalness of Religion and the Unnaturalness of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlipping convention on its head, Eric Dietrich argues that science uncovers awe-inspiring, enduring mysteries, while religion, regarded as the source for such mysteries, is a biological phenomenon. Just like spoken language, Dietrich shows that religion is an evolutionary adaptation. Science is the source of perplexing yet beautiful mysteries, however natural the search for answers may be to human existence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eExcellent Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e undoes our misconception of scientific inquiry as an executioner of beauty, making the case that science has won the battle with religion so thoroughly it can now explain why religion persists. The book also draws deep lessons for human flourishing from the very existence of scientific mysteries. It is these latter wonderful, completely \u003ci\u003epublic\u003c\/i\u003e truths that constitute some strangeness in the proportion, revealing a universe worthy of awe and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Dietrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231171021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231171021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015","brand":"Eric Dietrich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054452732159,"sku":"9780231171021","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3dd1fb3-7ca4-4d20-b46d-7716e02ef3af.jpg?v=1685030062","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/excellent-beauty-eric-dietrich-9780231171021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}