| | The End Of Faith | |
Description
This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of
faith and reason in today's world. Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of
mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even
when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour 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 organised 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.
Details
Country of Origin : UK
Edition : New Ed
Number Of Pages : 336
Year of Publication : 2006
Genre: CURRENT & WORLD AFFAIRS
Binding: paperback
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Published: 06-02-2006
