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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason Paperback – September 17, 2005

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"The End of Faith articulates the dangers and absurdities of organized religion so fiercely and so fearlessly that I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated....Harris writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are willing to say."―Natalie Angier, New York Times

In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs―even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into world politics, Harris draws on insights from neuroscience, philosophy, and Eastern mysticism to deliver a call for a truly modern foundation for ethics and spirituality that is both secular and humanistic. Winner of the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction.

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September 17, 2005
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"A genuinely frightening book.... Read Sam Harris and wake up."
― Richard Dawkins, The Guardian

"Sam Harris launches a sustained nuclear assault.... A brave, pugilistic attempt to demolish the walls that currently insulate religious people from criticism.... Badly needed."
― Johann Hari, The Independent

"A radical attack on the most sacred of liberal precepts―the notion of tolerance.... An eminently sensible rallying cry for a more ruthless secularisation of society."
― Stephanie Merritt, The Observer

"Shows how the perfect tyranny of religious and secular totalitarianism demonizes imperfect democracies such as the United States and Israel. A must read for all rational people."
― Alan Dershowitz, professor of law at Harvard University and author of America on Trial

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Sam Harris is a graduate in philosophy from Stanford University.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton; Reprint edition (September 17, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393327655
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393327656
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.3 inches

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MKM

Solid, but Off-Putting in Multiple Ways

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019

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Harris both knows his stuff and feels passionate about it. He articulates clearly the dangers of granting organized religion such power in a government, be it the US or elsewhere. He has particular animus toward Islam; I'm not sure how much that's due to the fact that this was written in GWB's first term. Obviously, he's not going to win any converts (so to speak) who are strong adherents, but he inadvertently works against his own agenda by tacitly ridiculing those who may be struggling to leave orthodoxy behind and align themselves with reason. I was raised evangelical, and I fully understand how insane the Eucharist sounds. If one was raised with that or other mainstream religious beliefs, however, the process is in disentangling the powerful emotion and sometimes community vested in those beliefs. Talking about washing down Jesus' body with a burgundy accomplishes his desired snark level; it also renders anyone who struggles with that belief one step up from a Neanderthal. I was disappointed, too, to see that for someone who espouses forward-thinking behavior and mindsets, his language is stunningly sexist: surgeons are male; examples are male; even the god in which he doesn't believe is male. In sum, he argues a case that anyone who doesn't believe in God already believes and his tone makes it difficult for anyone trying to leave orthodoxy to engage with his ideas without feeling completely ridiculed. I think a more helpful book would be geared toward this latter group; not by endorsing religion, but by making room for their struggle.

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RandFan

Long overdue...

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2019

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… intelligent dismissal of all religion and its moronic, deceitful concept of 'faith'. By age 13 I realized I was at least an 'atheist' after years of forced weekly Bible classes in public elementary school in the 1950s where only Catholics were allowed to leave the classroom. Despite my early contempt for religion and utter dismissal of the Bible as anything worth human attention, I still studied all mainstream religions for several decades trying to understand what the hell the appeal of them were to my friends and relatives. Once I discovered Ayn Rand's writings in the mid-1980s, I realized that my efforts had been a total waste of time. After a lifetime of having religious idiocy imposed on me from every corner of society, at age 70 I'm now done being silent, patient and respectful of that which is clearly mankind's biggest self-imposed fraud. Rand observed that "faith is belief in the absence of reason"; Sam Harris has eloquently and thoroughly explained why, and it's time humanity woke up from its supernatural stupor and gave all religion the boot worldwide. (It occurs to me that religion's idiotic "conversion therapy" currently in use against homosexuals can and should be used to remove the religious brainwashing that has been polluting our children's minds for centuries...)

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Required reading for seekers and questioners of all stripes

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2016

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How I wish that this book had been available 40 years ago when I was having doubts about my faith in middle school. To have known that there were so many others like myself who did not put constraints upon their questioning would have been so incredibly liberating and saved me from an additional 10 years of slipping, sliding and unguided pointless research. To be sure, the search continues, but on far sturdier ground.

It cannot be overstated the liberating effect of Harris' constant calling out of the incredulousness of the magical and completely unverifiable claims of millennia old religions. Also refreshing is to bring in some history about how those claims have been used to justify some of humanity's most problematic traits like racism, mob violence, misogyny and the like. He makes the important observation that in no other spheres of life do we rely on millennia old knowledge. To truly live as Jesus would have, try using 2000 year old medicine, or dress in the same cloth, or grow your food the same way, or travel the same way, (we could go on).

Once, in a family discussion (argument) about the merits of allowing the teaching of 'intelligent design' in public schools on the basis of being 'fair and balanced', I allowed that would be acceptable when Sunday schools, in the spirit of reciprocity, would be mandated to also teach evolution. I now have another book I'd like to bring to both classes - The End of Faith!! May I live so long to see the day (sigh).

In a different direction, an eye opener for me was Harris' pointed confrontation of the Islamic faith. On that score, he almost becomes an ally of my, mostly right-wing - gun friendly - soldiers for the Christian faith - friends and family. I wouldn't be surprised if some would complain by claiming that he is in some way possibly racially or tribally prejudiced, but it seems to me that this is simply going after the 'low hanging fruit' that is in our headlines almost daily. He makes a telling point that we don't see many Christian suicide bombers. And so, rather than relying on dusty history to make the point of how religious faith might have been abused in the, possibly irrelevant past, he brings it into the present day where it can't be as easily denied. (I wish he would have turned his sharp mind against the modern day faith healers like Benny Hinn and his ilk.)

Highly stimulating and highly recommended!

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Rowan Parker

A very thoughtful and important book, which has become ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2016

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A very thoughtful and important book, which has become even more so since it was published, even if a little too much of the book is on (the side topics of non-religious spirituality and consciousness).

It is gratifying in a way that, at last, public opinion is turning away for the mindless political correctness which has made any criticism of religious faith and religion (particularly Islam) inadmissible, and becoming conscious of the threat that Islam poses to Western civilisation, even to its very existence.

Thanks, Sam Harris. May you be more widely heard.

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Keith.

Excellent Read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2020

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A succinct little book that all non-delusionals should read. I cannot believe the negative 1 star reviews about this piece. Instead, I will quote from the it's back cover, by someone who is a respected atheist and writer himself, Richard Dawkins: "I dare you to read this book....it will not leave you unchanged. Read it if it is the last thing you do."

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D. Rice

Not lightweight reading but very captivating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2011

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Ill try to keep this short rather than delve into a self-indulgent synopsis. Sam Harris possesses a profound intellect and any case he cares to make is further lubricated and reinforced by easy reach to a collosal vocabulary and a pretty way with words. Whether by accident or design, as a result of this book, he has forged a career, at least in part, specialising in morally lambasting and dismantling organised religion. Check him out on YouTube to see him in action as an entertaining and thought provoking public speaker and debater of considerable prowess.

This book is not easy bedtime reading and goes deep into the threat that organised, or indeed any religion poses to and inhibts our civilisation. It's not likely that you'll pick this book up if you're a head-banging bible or koran thumper, you're already most probably a lost cause but if your on the cusp of questioning your own faith or would enjoy to have your atheism or secularism reinforced with stinging logic then read it. I've given this only four stars simply because in one or two areas, for me at least, he goes a bit too far into the fringes of what makes religion tick in the human psyche but there's some profound stuff in here that badly needed to be said and it's well worth delving into.

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Kiam

An important book on an important subject

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2016

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I read this book after hearing Sam Harris take part in debates on the subject of religion. As was said of the late Christopher Hitchens, people who consider it worthwhile trying to get the better of Sam Harris in a reasoning contest are best to give up! Religion, especially Islam, is the big debate in today's world, and this is an important contribution from one of the foremost debaters on the subject.

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Sam Burge

Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2021

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One of the ‘4 horsemen of the apocalypse.’
Harris is a great read to balance with Dawkins 8if interested in understanding concepts of new atheism

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