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An impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith.
This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes-heinous crimes. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another. Most controversially, he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religionan accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into world politics, Harris also draws on new evidence from neuroscience and insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological, brain-based need. He calls on us to invoke that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world.
Natalie Angier wrote in the New York Times: "The End of Faith articulates the dangers and absurdities of organized religion so fiercely and so fearlessly that I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated
.Harris writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are willing to say."
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- Paperback 224 Pages
- Edition: 1st Norton Pbk
- ISBN-10: 0393327655
- ISBN-13: 9780393327656
- Publisher: W. W. Norton
- Pub date: Oct 10, 2005
- Dimensions: 21 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
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Not for the religiously squeemish!
Although Sam Harris didn't convince me to give up what little faith I hold, he did a hell of a job trying...(no pun intended)..LOL