He calls on us to invoke that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world. 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. Most controversially, he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religion - an accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another. 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. This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. This book offers a 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.
In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and. The End of Faith by Sam Harris is a genuinely frightening book about terrorism, and the central role played by religion in justifying and rewarding it. Delivers an analysis of the clash of faith and reason. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. Description for The End of Faith - Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason Paperback.
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