Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief

From Stone Age burials to classical pantheons and the great world faiths, a sweeping exploration of how humanity discovered God.

Winner of the 2008 Christianity Today Award of Merit in Theology/Ethics

The History of God

The volume investigates the early emergence of High Gods among nomadic bands and tracks how state-supported temple religions in Sumer and Egypt subsequently replaced them with elaborate polytheistic pantheons.

Drawing on archaeological evidence and historical texts, Stark explo...