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| Original Title: | The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason |
| ISBN: | 0393327655 (ISBN13: 9780393327656) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.samharris.org |
| Characters: | Condoleezza Rice, Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens, Fareed Zakaria |
| Literary Awards: | PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction Writers (2005) |
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Paperback | Pages: 348 pages Rating: 3.93 | 32333 Users | 1625 Reviews
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| Title | : | The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason |
| Author | : | Sam Harris |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 348 pages |
| Published | : | September 17th 2005 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Religion. Nonfiction. Philosophy. Atheism. Science. Politics |
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In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs—even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into world politics, Harris draws on insights from neuroscience, philosophy, and Eastern mysticism to deliver a call for a truly modern foundation for ethics and spirituality that is both secular and humanistic.Winner of the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction.
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Ratings: 3.93 From 32333 Users | 1625 ReviewsCriticism Regarding Books The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Harris can pen a clever turn of phrase. Unfortunately, that's most of what he has going for him. The old standby "What's good isn't new and what's new isn't good" very much applies here.It's funny how much Harris and I agree on the fundamental issues -- we are both atheists and we both believe that religion can and has done great harm -- yet I found little of value in this work of atheist apologetics. History, politics, and culture are grossly distorted in service of Harris' arguments. The prime
updated 4/12. It has always been clear to me that faith-based belief systems eliminate the possibility of conversation and the alternative to conversation is violence. For example, if you want to discuss a policy issue that relates to a faith-based belief, the dialogue ceases when one says "I don't believe that." There can be no response.Sam Harris discusses the issue also, but much more articulately. He argues that current world conflicts relate to incompatible religious doctrines; that even
I've been reading this book forever now. I imagine I'll finish sometime.I'm sympathetic to Harris' arguments: I've been an atheist since I was a teenager. But Harris' book is hypocritical, shallow, and unpleasant. Religion is bad--unless it's his own brand of Buddhism, apparently. And his defense of torture could not have been easy to write with his head shoved so far up his own asshole. And the sad truth is that however much his general case might apply to almost all religion (potentially even
So near the mark, but just off of center. This book makes many laudable points, not the least of which is the critique that allowing faith/religion into the political sphere on equal footing with science and reason will doom us all. My primary complaint with this work, and the reason I knocked off a couple stars, is due to Mr. Harris's illogical and inconsistent privileging of America and fundamentalist Christianity over the more "violent" Islam.For example, he argues that we can rest assured
I'm going to be brief. The End of Faith by Sam Harris is a landmark book for me. It blew my mind when I first read it. Now, it doesn't feel as good as the short and sharp Letter To A Christian Nation, and has less great moments than the slow starting and uneven The Moral Landscape. The End Of Faith opened my eyes to reviews and reviewing possibilities. It gave me an insight into writing quickly, with as much original thought and fluidity of prose as I am able to muster. It influenced my writing
Another yawner from the "New" atheists. This is another book by a pretentious atheist who just can't believe that there are still theists. "Arrrgh! Don't you know we've beaten you theists fair and square. It is just obvious that theism is false. If you won't give up your theistic beliefs by our obviously superior rational arguments, then I'll shame you in to giving them up."Ho hum.Harris trots out the usual dusty canards of the New Atheists: religion is evil, it's the cause of all the wars, it's
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