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The Clash of Faith and Reason
This important and timely book delivers a startling
analysis of the clash of faith and reason in the
modern world. The End of Faith provides a harrowing
glimpse of mankinds willingness to suspend reason in
favor of religious beliefs, even when these beliefs
inspire the worst of human atrocities. Harris argues
that in the presence of weapons of mass destruction,
we can no longer expect to survive our religious
differences indefinitely. Most controversially, he
maintains that moderation in religion poses
considerable dangers of its own: as the accommodation
we have made to religious faith in our society now
blinds us to the role that faith plays in perpetuating
human conflict. While warning against the
encroachment of organized religion into world
politics, Harris draws on insights from neuroscience,
philosophy, and Eastern mysticism in an attempt to
provide a truly modern foundation for our ethics and
our search for spiritual experience.
Winner of the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of
Reason by Sam Harris is a genuinely frightening book
about terrorism, and the central role played by
religion in justifying and rewarding it. Others blame
extremists who distort the true message of
religion. Harris goes to the root of the problem:
religion itself. Even moderate religion is a menace,
because it leads us to respect and cherish the idea
that certain fantastic propositions can be believed
without evidence. Why do men like Bin Laden commit
their hideous cruelties? The answer is that they
actually believe what they say they believe. Read
Sam Harris and wake up.
Richard Dawkins, The Guardian
"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, almost personally understood
Harris
writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are
willing to say in contemporary America
This in an
important book, on a topic that, for all its inherent
difficulty and divisiveness, should not be shielded
from the crucible of human reason.
Natalie Angier, The New York Times Book Review (read
the full review)
"Sam Harris launches a sustained nuclear assault
A
bold and exhilarating thesis
The End of Faith is a
brave, pugilistic attempt to demolish the walls that
currently insulate religious people from criticism
The End of Faith is badly needed...
The Independent (U.K.) (read the full review)
"This book will strike a chord with anyone who has
ever pondered the irrationality of religious faith
Even Mr. Harriss critics will have to concede the
force of an analysis which roams so far and wide, from
the persecution of the Cathars to the composition of
George Bushs cabinet.
The Economist (read the full review)
"[Harris] writes with such verve and frequent insight
that even skeptical readers will find it hard to put
down.
The San Francisco Chronicle (read the full review)
"A radical attack on the most sacred of liberal
preceptsthe notion of tolerance
[The End of Faith]
is an eminently sensible rallying cry for a more
ruthless secularisation of society.
The Observer (U.K.) (read the full review)
Harris tour de force demonstrates how faithblind,
deaf, dumb, and unreasonedthreatens our very
existence. His exposé of faith-based unreasonfrom the
religious fanaticism of Islamic suicide bombers to the
secular fanaticism of Noam Chomskyis a clarion call
for reasoned debate in this age of terrorism. THE END
OF FAITH shows how the perfect tyranny of religious
and secular totalitarianism demonizes imperfect
democracies such as the United States and Israel. A
must read for all rational people.
Alan Dershowitz, professor of law at Harvard and
author of America on Trial.
"Here is a ringing challenge to all Americans who
recognize the danger to American democracy posed by
the political alliance of right wing religion and
politics and the failure of the tepid and tentative
responses by liberal persons of faith. While one might
dispute some of the claims and arguments presented by
the author, the need for a wake up call to religious
liberals is right on the mark.
Joseph C. Hough, Jr., President of Union Theological
Seminary, New York
At last we have a book that focuses on the common
thread that links Islamic terrorism with the
irrationality of all religious faith. THE END OF
FAITH will challenge not only Muslims but Hindus, Jews
and Christians as well.
Peter Singer, professor of philosophy at Princeton
and author of The President of Good and Evil: The
Ethics of George W. Bush.
"Do we need another book on the conflict between
reason and faith?
Yes, if it is as well-written as Sam Harriss The End
of Faith.
New Scientist
The Los Angeles Times (read the full review)
The Chicago Tribune (read the full review)
The Globe and Mail (read the full review)
The New York Sun (read the full review)
Press Materials
* Press Release | (HTML version)
* Q&A with Sam Harris | (HTML version)
* A selection of pointed comments by Sam Harris |
(HTML version)
* Interview with Sam Harris: The Mortal Dangers of
Religious Faith
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