Daniel C. Dennett, a philosophy professor at Tufts University and author of the award-winning Darwin's Dangerous Idea, has upped the ante with this book on the origins, evolution and current state of ...

Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection. By Jonathan Kandell Daniel C.

Religion has been waning in influence for several centuries, especially in Europe and North America. There have been a few brief and local revivals, but in recent years the pace of decline has ...