{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-theology-an-anthropological-study","title":"Ewolucja teologii. Studium antropologiczne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when a scientist asks how belief grows, changes, and takes hold?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Evolution of Theology: An Anthropological Study, Thomas Henry Huxley brings a naturalist’s questions to religion. How does it begin? What shapes its growth? Drawing on the anthropologist Edward Tylor, he argues that beliefs have histories, tracing a path from fear of ghosts and spirits toward many gods, one God, and faith tied to right conduct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuxley turns to the Hebrew Bible as a record of changing ideas about the unseen. He reads its accounts through an anthropological lens, asking how ritual, sacrifice, and the teachings of prophets fit his argument. This is a Victorian scientist’s view, not a devotional guide: his cool tone invites you to examine the reasoning rather than seek reassurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBelief as something growing\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Huxley’s central claim that religious ideas develop rather than arrive complete.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA world of spirits\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider how Huxley uses Tylor’s account of animism to explain religion’s beginnings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScripture through another lens\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow his reading of Hebrew scriptures as records of a people’s changing beliefs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrom many to one\u003c\/strong\u003e – Trace the gradual movement Huxley proposes from many unseen powers toward one God.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConduct beyond ceremony\u003c\/strong\u003e – Examine the place he gives prophets in connecting religious faith with right conduct.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about science and religion in the nineteenth century, and anyone who enjoys a sharp, carefully built argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and follow Huxley’s questions into the history of belief.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59534580777308,"sku":"LOA-C2715-PB","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59908448059740,"sku":"LOA-C2715-HC","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/02715_en_ebook-front_c16.jpg?v=1792174916","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/pl\/products\/ewolucja-teologii-studium-antropologiczne","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}