Everybody's Story: Wising Up to the Epic of Evolution

by Loyal Rue, Edward O. Wilson

In a compelling read for anyone interested in where we came from and where we're going, Everybody's Story offers an exhilarating tour of natural history that illuminates the evolution of matter, life, and consciousness. As old myths, religious stories, and other shared narratives of humankind are increasingly viewed as intellectually implausible and morally irrelevant, they become less likely to fulfill their original purpose-to give people answers and provide a sense of stability and peace in daily life. Loyal Rue restores that imbalance with a new story based on fact. Rue, author of a New York Times Notable Book of 1994, By the Grace of The Role of Deception in Natural History in Human Affairs, now provides an evolutionary tour recounting our shared "epic of evolution"

Genres: Philosophy, Science, Biology, Religion

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 2, 1999

About the author

Loyal Duane Rue is an American philosopher and writer whose research focuses on naturalistic theories of religion. He is Professor Emeritus in the philosophy and religion departments at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loyal Rue is now my favorite author. Having previously read two of his other books, Religion is Not About God, and Nature is Enough, as I read this book, Everybody's Story: Wising Up to the Epic of Evolution, I have come to the conclusion that Loyal Rue articulates a philosophy that is both profound and practical--his writing speaks to me like no other I have found. What he has to say makes profound sense, it is always well organized, and expressed with great clarity.

Rue's philosophy not only is profound, it also is practical. He explains how his worldview of naturalism, if understood properly and implemented carefully, can make a significant difference in the lives of all people and indeed the world as a whole. If you read no other book on evolution, naturalism or religion, you owe it to yourself to read Everybody's Story. I guarantee it will change your life for the better.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

The discussion of evolution as a new creation myth was great. The attempt to derive human ethics from it was much sketchier.