The tenacity of unreasonable beliefs fundamentalism and the fear of truth
Modern scholarship in several disciplines makes it clear that the Bible and the Quran were authored by humans. Nevertheless fundamentalists persist in believing in the divine authorship of their sacred scriptures. In this book, Solomon Schimmel seeks to understand why these people insist on such bel...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008, 2008
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Modern scholarship in several disciplines makes it clear that the Bible and the Quran were authored by humans. Nevertheless fundamentalists persist in believing in the divine authorship of their sacred scriptures. In this book, Solomon Schimmel seeks to understand why these people insist on such beliefs and how they defend them |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 282 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199870509 0199870500 |