{"title":"Melvin Konner","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelvin Konner’s works offer thought-provoking explorations into human nature, culture, and belief systems. His writing bridges anthropology and psychology, providing insightful perspectives that challenge readers to reconsider the familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on education and understanding, Konner’s books delve into what shapes our identities and societies. Expect intellectually stimulating narratives that encourage reflection on how we live, think, and relate to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"believers-by-melvin-konner-9780393651867","title":"Believers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelievers\u003c\/i\u003e is a scientist’s answer to attacks on faith by some well-meaning scientists and philosophers—a firm rebuke of the “Four Horsemen”: Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, known for writing about religion as something irrational and ultimately harmful. Konner, who was raised as an Orthodox Jew but has lived his adult life without such faith, explores the psychology, development, brain science, evolution, and even genetics of the varied religious impulses we as a species experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConceding that faith is not for everyone, he views religious people with a sympathetic eye; his own upbringing, his apprenticeship in the trance-dance religion of the African Bushmen, and his friends in Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and other faiths have all shaped his perspective. He concludes that religion does much good as well as undoubted harm, and that for at least a large minority of humanity, the belief in things unseen neither can nor should go away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595788042476,"sku":"9780393651867","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5bb62ca358bfc6df1a8a81bd72e426f9.jpg?v=1777933999"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/melvin-konner.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}