Name: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, Hardcover/Sam Harris
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
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Awards Winner (2005) - Literary Award - (First Nonfiction) Winner (2005) - Independent Publisher Book Awards - (Religion) Contributor(s): Author: Sam Harris 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 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. Review citations Kirkus Reviews - pg. 526 - 06/01/2004 Publishers Weekly - pg. 73 - 05/31/2004 Library Journal - pg. 75 - 06/15/2004 New York Times - pg. 19 - 09/05/2004 Commonweal - pg. 24 - 11/04/2005 Christianity Today - pg. 80 - 03/01/2007