The end of faith : religion, terror, and the future of reason / Sam Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Sam, 1967-

Contributor:

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Controversial literature.

Religion.

Terrorism--Religious aspects.

Terrorism.

Psychology, Religious.

Secular humanism.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

336 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2004]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Reason in exile

The nature of belief

In the shadow of God

The problem with Islam

West of Eden

A science of good and evil

Experiments in consciousness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-321) and index.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.

ISBN:

0393035158

OCLC:

54972862