{"product_id":"taking-religion-seriously-9781641774857","title":"Taking Religion Seriously","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Millions are like me when it comes to religion: well-educated and successful people for whom religion has been irrelevant,\" Charles Murray writes. \"For them, I think I have a story worth telling.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTaking Religion Seriously\u003c\/i\u003e is Murray's autobiographical account of the decades-long evolution in his stance toward the idea of God in general and Christianity in particular. He argues that religion is something that can be approached as an intellectual exercise. His account moves from the improbable physics of the Big Bang to recent discoveries about the nature of consciousness, from evolutionary psychology to hypotheses about a universal Moral Law. His exploration of Christianity delves into the authorship of the Gospels, the reliability of biblical texts, and the scholarship surrounding the resurrection story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurray, the author of \u003ci\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Curve, \u003c\/i\u003e does not write as an expert. He acknowledges that those taking religion seriously for the first time, like himself, must grapple with topics and ideas that defy intellectual mastery. In this book, Murray offers his personal example of intellectual struggle toward religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Maybe God needs a way to reach overeducated agnostics and that's what I stumbled into,\" he writes. \"It's a more arid process than divine revelation but it has been rewarding. And, if you're like me, it's the only game in town.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurray, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - CHARLES MURRAY is a policy analyst educated at Harvard and MIT. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of \u003ci\u003eLosing Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, which changed the national conversation about the reforms of the Sixties and their aftermath. His best-selling 1994 book, \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Richard Herrnstein, argued that the increasing role of intelligence over the twentieth century was transforming America's social structure. In 2012, \u003ci\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/i\u003e documented the growing divide between a new lower class and a new upper class that foreshadowed the political polarization of the 2016 election. His other books include \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit \u003c\/i\u003e(1988), \u003ci\u003eHuman Accomplishment\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eHuman Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), and \u003ci\u003eFacing Reality \u003c\/i\u003e(2021). He is currently the Hayek Emeritus Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.","brand":"Encounter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51649038123282,"sku":"9781641774857","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f42677f-8d09-4ccc-bcd2-7147c1dfcf6b.jpg?v=1759843934","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/taking-religion-seriously-9781641774857","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}