George E. Vaillant, M.D., is a psychoanalyst and a research psychiatrist, one of the pioneers in the study of adult development. He is a professor at Harvard University and directed Harvard s Study of Adult Development for thirty-five years. He is the author of "Aging Well" and "The Natural History of Alcoholism," and his 1977 book, "Adaptation to Life," is a classic text in the study of adult development. He lives in Boston; East Thetford, Vermont; and Victoria, Australia."
Praise for "Spiritual Evolution"
George Vaillant is a poet, a visionary, and a scientist. This book
is the culmination of a fifty-year project that revolutionized our
view of human development and now may revolutionize our view of
religion and spirituality.
Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., author of "Authentic Happiness" and
"Learned Optimism
"
At last an explanation of spirituality from an evolutionary
perspective that does justice to both. With his tremendous breadth
of experience and personal wisdom, George Vaillant is the perfect
spiritual and scientific guide.
David Sloan Wilson, author of "Darwin's Cathedral"
"More than a scientific defense of faith, George Vaillant's book is
a moving account of his own intellectual quest, through science,
for a spiritual view of human evolution and experience. Clearly a
labor of love and a needed antidote to recent attacks on religion.
An important book."
Melvin Konner, M.D., Ph.D., author of "The Tangled Wing"
"
" "Spiritual Evolution" is a truly outstanding book, an exquisite
weaving of science and spirituality focused on the positive
emotions. The result is a wonderful synthesis of material leading
to a compassionate and empowering conclusion about the future of
humanity. A must-read for everyone who has considered the
intersection between spirituality and the human person.
Andrew Newberg, coauthor of "Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science
and the Biology of Belief
"
In this inspirational and scientifically brilliant essay on human
nature, Dr. Vaillant defends the love, hope, joy, compassion, awe,
forgiveness, and faith that together form our naturally evolved
spiritual essence an essence enlivened by religion at its best, and
distorted by religion at its worst. He draws on a lifetime of
heralded literary, scientific, spiritual, and medical insight to
write the one prescription that can dispel our shadows of confusion
and help heal the world.
Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., coauthor of "Why Good Things Happen to Good
People
"
With uncommon lucidity, balance, and scholarship, George Vaillant
draws brilliantlyfrom neurobiology, social science, human
developmental psychology, andthe wisdomof the great writers and
thinkers to clarify and illuminate the positive emotions such as
love, compassion, and altruism that elevate humankind and may yet
save it.
Irvin Yalom, M.D., author of "Love s Executioner
""
Praise for "Spiritual Evolution"
"George Vaillant is a poet, a visionary, and a scientist. This book
is the culmination of a fifty-year project that revolutionized our
view of human development and now may revolutionize our view of
religion and spirituality."
--Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., author of "Authentic Happiness" and
"Learned Optimism
"
"At last--an explanation of spirituality from an evolutionary
perspective that does justice to both. With his tremendous breadth
of experience and personal wisdom, George Vaillant is the perfect
spiritual and scientific guide."
--David Sloan Wilson, author of "Darwin's Cathedral"
"More than a scientific defense of faith, George Vaillant's book is
a moving account of his own intellectual quest, through science,
for a spiritual view of human evolution and experience. Clearly a
labor of love and a needed antidote to recent attacks on religion.
An important book."
--Melvin Konner, M.D., Ph.D., author of "The Tangled Wing"
"
"""Spiritual Evolution" is a truly outstanding book, an exquisite
weaving of science and spirituality focused on the positive
emotions. The result is a wonderful synthesis of material leading
to a compassionate and empowering conclusion about the future of
humanity. A must-read for everyone who has considered the
intersection between spirituality and the human person."
--Andrew Newberg, coauthor of "Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science
and the Biology of Belief
"
"In this inspirational and scientifically brilliant essay on human
nature, Dr. Vaillant defends the love, hope, joy, compassion, awe,
forgiveness, and faith that together form our naturally evolved
spiritual essence--an essence enlivened by religion at its best,
and distorted by religion at its worst. He draws on a lifetime of
heralded literary, scientific, spiritual, and medical insight to
write the one prescription that can dispel our shadows of confusion
and help heal the world."
--Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., coauthor of "Why Good Things Happen to
Good People
"
"With uncommon lucidity, balance, and scholarship, George Vaillant
draws brilliantly from neurobiology, social science, human
developmental psychology, and the wisdom of the great writers and
thinkers to clarify and illuminate the positive emotions such as
love, compassion, and altruism that elevate humankind and may yet
save it."
--Irvin Yalom, M.D., author of "Love's Executioner
"
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