{"product_id":"taking-religion-seriously-hardcover","title":"Taking Religion Seriously - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966631379245,"sku":"9781641774857","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/mX6uYbtKXW9781641774857.webp?v=1775534976","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/taking-religion-seriously-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}