Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Harris, Sam, 1967-

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.

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Details

Description

348 p.; 21 cm.

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.

Subjects

• Religion
• Ouvrage de controverse (Descripteur de forme)
• Humanisme laïque
• Psychologie religieuse
• Terrorisme > Aspect religieux
• Religion > Ouvrages de controverse
• Secular humanism
• Psychology, Religious
• Terrorism > Religious aspects
• Religion > Controversial literature
• Croyance religieuse
• Fanatisme
• Foi
• Raison

Genre/Form

Ouvrage de controverse (Descripteur de forme)

Note

• "With a new afterword"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-331) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 0393327655 (pbk.)
• 9780393327656 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2006273725

OCLC

• 62035805
• SCSB-11302737

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library