The Altruism Reader: Selections from Writings on Love, Religion, and Science

The first of its kind, this anthology contains many of the most influential ancient and contemporary perspectives on altruism and love. Selections in The Altruism Reader include essays by philosophers, scientists, theologians, and religious leaders as well as passages from religious texts, such as the Old and New Testaments, the Qur'an, and the Bhagavadgita.The Altruism Reader includes writings by: Amira Shamma Abdin, Robert Axelrod, Daniel C. Batson, Sarah Coakley, Richard Dawkins, Thich Nhat Hanh, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, John Polkinghorne, Stephen G. Post, Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, Edward Collins Vacek, Daniel Day Williams, David Sloan Wilson, Robert Wright.

The Altruism Reader "provides a sure basis for exploring the main arteries-as well as nooks and crannies-of the emerging research in the love, religion, and science symbiosis," notes editor Thomas Jay Oord. The editor's interdisciplinary approach in compiling The Altruism Reader creates a comprehensive resource for this emerging and important field.