Participants will explore several of the intertwining threads from history, anthropology, culture, ancient religions, and the technology of writing to discover one author's thesis about how modern religious understandings developed. We will also trace some of the similarities and differences found in the three Abrahamic religions' ideas and understandings about God as expressed in Judaism, Christianity and Islam have changed and developed throughout the millennia. This course will rely heavily on the work of Robert Wright in his book, The Evolution of God. (Not required reading, but recommended).
