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.

About the Author
Sam Harris is a graduate in philosophy from Stanford University.

Awards
Winner of Literary Award (First Nonfiction) 2005 and Independent Publisher Book Awards (Religion) 2005.



Book Information
ISBN 9780393035155
Author Sam Harris
Format Hardback
Page Count 338
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 566g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 150mm * 30mm