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This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Sam 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 religion - an 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.
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'A bold and exhilarating thesis . . . A brave, pugilistic attempt to demolish the walls that currently insulate religious people from criticism' -- Johann Hari, Independent
'A clever thesis by a clever man . . . Even Harris's critics will have to concede the force of [his] analysis' -- The Economist
'A genuinely frightening book . . . Read Sam Harris and wake up' -- Richard Dawkins, Guardian
'A tour de force' -- Alan Dershowitz
'I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated, almost personally understood . . . This is an important book' -- Natalie Angier, New York Times Book Review
'Radical . . . An eminently sensible rallying cry for a more ruthless secularisation of society' -- Stephanie Merritt, Observer
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'A clever thesis by a clever man . . . Even Harris's critics will have to concede the force of [his] analysis' -- The Economist
'A genuinely frightening book . . . Read Sam Harris and wake up' -- Richard Dawkins, Guardian
'A tour de force' -- Alan Dershowitz
'I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated, almost personally understood . . . This is an important book' -- Natalie Angier, New York Times Book Review
'Radical . . . An eminently sensible rallying cry for a more ruthless secularisation of society' -- Stephanie Merritt, Observer
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- PublisherFree Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0743268083
- ISBN 13 9780743268080
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages336
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