tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post307690742200197391..comments2024-02-07T21:24:37.121-08:00Comments on Blogtrotter: Nicholas Wade's "The Faith Instinct": Book ReviewJohn L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-7400328763865240052011-05-09T13:36:29.614-07:002011-05-09T13:36:29.614-07:00Thanks, AM. I wanted to give Wade's book the b...Thanks, AM. I wanted to give Wade's book the benefit of careful explanation (similar to the previous polemic I reviewed by Michel Onfrey, whom your fellow scribe Liam O'R castigated on FB as "third-rate Nietzsche"!). I liked Wade's ability to calmly set out his points, as I found this approach, for all its inevitable detail, more persuasive than Onfrey's passionate, fulminating but rather shrill diatribe. As a social and cultural phenomenon, indeed, I find myself as fascinated by religion as ever, despite what my family would say about my current state of fidelity!John L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-82631999196311427812011-05-09T02:03:50.232-07:002011-05-09T02:03:50.232-07:00A fine review and as always a reviewer does his jo...A fine review and as always a reviewer does his job when he persuades - without consciously trying - the reader to get the book. These type of works are essential for our understanding of religion as a social phenomenon that has evolved like everything else in the world, rather than the outcome of some divinity. It will now go into the Amazon basket!!AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com