The end of faith : religion, terror, and the future of reason

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Label

The end of faith : religion, terror, and the future of reason

Title remainder

religion, terror, and the future of reason

Statement of responsibility

Sam Harris

Creator

• trueHarris, Sam, 1967-
• Harris, Sam, 1967-

Subject

• trueLogic
• Psychology, Religious
• trueReligion -- Controversial literature
• Religion -- Controversial literature
• trueReligious psychology
• Secular humanism
• trueSecular humanism
• trueSpirituality and Religion -- General
• Terrorism -- Religious aspects
• trueTerrorism -- Religious aspects
• trueFaith

Genre

• trueSpirituality and Religion
• trueControversial literature

Language

eng

Summary

A startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world, this historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify atrocities, asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we can not expect to survive our religious differences indefinitely. Most controversially, argues that moderate lip service to religion only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism. Harris also draws on new evidence from neuroscience and insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological, brain-based need, and invokes that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• truePersuasive

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

200

Index

index present

LC call number

BL2775.3

LC item number

.H37 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult