Author

Books by Robert Wright

Robert Wright is an American journalist, author, and visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He is the author of The Moral Animal (1994), Nonzero (2000), and The Evolution of God (2009), all of which apply evolutionary theory to questions of ethics, history, and religion. Why Buddhism Is True draws on his own experience with secular mindfulness practice and his extensive reading in evolutionary psychology and neuroscience. He writes at Nonzero Newsletter and teaches a popular online course on Buddhism and modern psychology.