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Overview

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.

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Natalie Angier
… 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, almost personally understood. Sam Harris presents major religious systems like Judaism, Christianity and Islam as forms of socially sanctioned lunacy, their fundamental tenets and rituals irrational, archaic and, important when it comes to matters of humanity's long-term survival, mutually incompatible. A doctoral candidate in neuroscience at the University of California, Los Angeles, Harris writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are willing to say in contemporary America.
— The New York Times
Publishers Weekly
In this sometimes simplistic and misguided book, Harris calls for the end of religious faith in the modern world. Not only does such faith lack a rational base, he argues, but even the urge for religious toleration allows a too-easy acceptance of the motives of religious fundamentalists. Religious faith, according to Harris, requires its adherents to cling irrationally to mythic stories of ideal paradisiacal worlds (heaven and hell) that provide alternatives to their own everyday worlds. Moreover, innumerable acts of violence, he argues, can be attributed to a religious faith that clings uncritically to one set of dogmas or another. Very simply, religion is a form of terrorism for Harris. Predictably, he argues that a rational and scientific view-one that relies on the power of empirical evidence to support knowledge and understanding-should replace religious faith. We no longer need gods to make laws for us when we can sensibly make them for ourselves. But Harris overstates his case by misunderstanding religious faith, as when he makes the audaciously na ve statement that "mysticism is a rational enterprise; religion is not." As William James ably demonstrated, mysticism is far from a rational enterprise, while religion might often require rationality in order to function properly. On balance, Harris's book generalizes so much about both religion and reason that it is ineffectual. (June) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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Harris, who is currently completing a doctorate in neuroscience, pulls no punches in this forcefully presented call to reject all forms of religious faith. Viewing religious irrationality and fundamentalism as both the immediate source of terrorism and also the source of much of the evil that has taken place throughout history, Harris proposes turning away from religion entirely and living on the basis of reason. Drawing on insights from Eastern philosophy and neuroscience, he suggests using meditation to achieve a state of consciousness that is nondualistic. While Harris's arguments are attention-grabbing and carefully presented, readers might get the sense that much of this has been stated before —his plea for rejecting religion in light of the violence it inspires is reminiscent of the Enlightenment's call for religious tolerance and the primacy of reason. Still, it is rare in this postmodern age to read a book by someone so vigorously defending rational thought, especially from a unique neuroscientific perspective. Recommended for academic libraries.-John Jaeger, Dallas Baptist Univ. Lib. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
In a debut certain to anger anyone who is not an atheist, the author argues that religious faith is the root of all evil. Sacred books, Harris declares, are either sacred or not; religious adherents must therefore either believe everything in them or question everything. People cannot, he continues, assert that the virgin birth is true because it is in the Bible and simultaneously decline to murder their children for apostasy, as Deuteronomy prescribes. Harris believes the most dangerous religion today is Islam and quotes several pages of passages from the Koran to illustrate his contention that it is manifestly not a religion of peace and tolerance. But he is an equal-opportunity opponent, so he also assails, in phrases that coruscate with sarcasm, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and by extension all the world's religions. They are medieval at best, he declares. And anti-intellectual, requiring believers to accept without question notions that they would summarily reject in all other arenas of life. How would we react, he wonders, if President Bush replaced the word "God" with "Apollo" in his public comments? There really is no difference, states Harris. He begins his treatise by showing how religious faith trumps rationality, proceeds to a disquisition on belief itself, glances at the Inquisition and the Holocaust (to show religion run amok), gnaws on the problems in the Middle East, attacks religious objections to stem-cell research, drug use, and sexual privacy, considers how ethics may thrive in a nonreligious world, and ends with a dense discussion of consciousness, much of which he ought to have consigned to the lengthy and often discursive endnotes. In many ways this is acourageous analysis whose theses will deeply trouble readers who choose to think about them rather than summarily reject them. But Harris's discussion of ethics sometimes reads like an undergraduate essay-the probable parent of his arguments. Provocative is too pale a word.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780393327656
  • Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
  • Publication date: 10/10/2005
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 63,570
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

SAM HARRIS received his degree in philosophy from Stanford University. He is now completing his doctorate in neuroscience. Visit his Web site at www.samharris.org.

Table of Contents

1 Reason in exile 11
2 The nature of belief 50
3 In the shadow of God 80
4 The problem with Islam 108
5 West of Eden 153
6 A science of good and evil 170
7 Experiments in consciousness 204

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 27, 2006

    Why should we have to respect nonsense?

    When someone claims something preposterous, unsupported by fact, out of wishful thinking and/or ignorance, we don't have to respect those claims. There is no reason religious faith should be an exception, argues the author. Faith is not worthy of respect in a conversation. More importantly, Sam Harris makes the point that if we bend over backwards not to offend religious moderates, and the latter do the same not to offend religious fundamentalists (as you've noticed they inevitably do!), we're just freeing the way for the cancerous growth of fundamentalism, with the associated suicide-bombings and other fun stuff. This is an excellent book making the point that faith is positively harmful and could well spell the end of our world (think a bit about nuclear weapons in the hands of religious fanatics). The only part that left me quizzed is the chapter about mysticism and meditation: Sam Harris may be onto something, but I really am at a loss figuring out what he's talking about. Apart from that, the style of the author is crystal clear, brief, concise, admirably articulate. Make sure you check out Sam Harris's web site: it has very interesting print, audio, and video material. And buy the book and promote the cause!

    8 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 26, 2009

    more from this reviewer

    Thought Provoking

    This may offend those that choose to belive in tribal myths. The majority of the human race require the comfort provided by religious leaders that promise wonderful things at the end of life. This book shows that our civilization is still relatively primitive.

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 6, 2009

    Great

    Great book. Harris seems as if he is only concerned with reason, whereas I feel Richard Dawkins has a bias he hides behind. I reccomend this book to everyone because we all need to hear this in the world we live in today. The Christians and Hindus are just as mentally dead as the Muslims are and they all need to wake up and stop hating eachother with their "truth". Dont listen to any reader who gave this book a one star. If a person doesnt like the material they at least need to give it a 2 or 3 for how smart and well written it is.

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 3, 2009

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    A Much Needed Topic of Discussion is Now Discussed

    Sam Harris's book definitely shows that he has well thought out what to say on the topic of religion. He explains, in very descriptive terms, how religious fundamentalism, whether it's Chrisianity, Judaism or Islam, has everything to do with controlling people, as opposed to loving them. While I do disaree with him saying that all religious moderates are a threat (even though I think they're wrong as well) he provides a decent argument on why he thinks that way. I would absolutely recommend this book to anybody who is disheartened by religion's need to control people's everyday lives, including their own.

    5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted February 19, 2011

    The courage to speak the truth

    i used to not advertise my atheism, because I figured other's beliefs did not matter to me. after reading this book, I realized it is my duty to the human race to help expose the harm of organized religion in the modern world. This book should be required reading for all people, especially teens before their brainwashing is complete.

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 20, 2007

    Interesting but Highly Flawed

    I picked up this book because I, too, believe that, by and large, organized religion is a scourge that has been more divisive than beneficial in the history of humankind, and I wanted to know what someone else had to say on the subject. Unfortunately, Sam Harris is as dogmatic and bombastic -- and often simplistic -- as many of the people he criticizes. His arguments, finally, are generally not persuasive because they are expressed in such concrete, absolute terms -- he is terribly convinced of his own 'rightness,' and he puts many questions to the reader that he then answers for him/her, without giving the reader a chance to come to his/her own conclusion. In short, he shoves his opinions -- often thinly disguised as facts -- down the reader's throat instead of taking the time and thought to present a full argument 'despite the many citations and the voluminous -- and often fascinating -- notes, which in the end are more about quantity than quality'. The prose is also laced through with a sarcasm that is funny but does not serve his argument well and that seems a substitute for greater intellectual rigor and objectivity. I wanted to admire this book, but it was impossible given his all-or- nothing stance. He also seems to use the words 'God' and 'religion' interchangeably. Whether one believes in God or not, the two terms represent very different things -- and the book's focus should have been the 'religion' of the title. Questions of 'God' are something different, as many who have spurned organized religion 'and violence' have maintained a belief in God -- the venerable and highly ethical George Eliot 'nee Maryann Evans' among them. Sam Harris is a good writer who knows how to keep his reader's attention. But this book, whose subject held so much promise, seems little more than a grad student's diatribe in the end -- prettily written, to be sure, but nowhere near as sophisticated as its author appears to believe.

    4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 18, 2007

    Man Without Faith?

    This was probablly the largest collection of condescending, smark, snippy and sarcastic remarks ever collected by a man in a peice of literature. Never has a man written such an acclaimed peice of work that would so horribly impact our world since Mein Kamph. If Sam Harris's world were to come to fruition, a world without faith, mankind would be directionless and hopeless. He has taken a side against faith, the one and perhaps only force powerful enough in this world to move the masses towards good and charity.I am appalled. Mr.Harris does not seem to understand the hope that faith can give the hopeless. God and his power saved me from a near-fatal car crash. I called his name and he delivered me. I asked for a sign of his love for me and it was given. I'm sorry Mr.Harris, this is one 'impressionable' youth that you will not taint. God bless you Mr.Harris.

    4 out of 68 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 20, 2007

    A well-written book on a difficult subject.

    I was particularly impressed with the 'problem of evil'. I did not understand the part about meditation because I dislike meditating. I would have liked to have him address the benefits of religion because religion has many powerful benefits. When people pray with faith, they thank God for their blessings, they ask God to look after others, and they seek guidance. After prayer believers feel blessed, benevolent toward others, clear-headed, and free of worldy cares. Indescribable job flows from prayer, but I no longer believe that it is the work of God. Understanding what happens to believers is important, however, if we hope to persuade believers to think more rationally.

    3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 29, 2006

    No more Ms GoodGuy!

    The End of Faith pried me out of a bad habit, which, in turn, will threaten the bad habit in others: that of accepting toxic social conditions. Really, the situation of atheists is rather like a non-smoker in the 50¿s. When asked, ¿Do you mind if I smoke,¿ we knee-jerked, ¿O no, of course not,¿ even though it always presented discomfort. In present social situations atheists are often confronted with the toxic statement ¿I have faith in¿¿ to which the speaker expects the usual genuflection of respect, even though we don¿t feel respect. This destroys the fabric of genuine social exchange. Tradition has demanded that we should acknowledge the speaker¿s fantasy, delusion, rigidity, and refusals to examine evidence as marvelous and desirable attributes. By refusing to challenge such a person, we become complicit. No longer! Thanks, Sam! A great book!

    3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 8, 2010

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    There is nothing like ending faith. It's as natural as the air we breathe. That said. What the book is trying to say or do is expose the harmful effects of religion due mainly to the resurgence of the Islamic fights in the west. This is good but the writer didn't go far enough to explain the origins of these religions. Rumors also abound that he favors buddhist philosophy which was a breakaway from hindu religion. But it's the letter to a christian nation that hit the nail on the head, without bias.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 6, 2009

    about the end of fatith is a good book talak about the double morality is in USA how religion maniplulate and poison everthing , how this nation even when is a 1st world world country there are people still believe an ilusion call god

    well that book is make my undrestand how thing work here in america , how just maybe a 10 porcent of the americans use teh rational mind , why? how? well we need to more into the science and knowledge , that book shows how the religion controlling the minds of the people specially christain, muslims and jewish

    2 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 20, 2006

    Intellectually Wanting

    While the author obviously has a great deal of knowledge, he fails to do much with it. These are the same tired arguments made since the beginning of western thought. And as a new generation stumbles across these largely discarded notions, they announce their discovery to the world. Yawn. He does point to much with which the religious world must grapple and correct. But when it does, and it does, no one notices much. So Harris¿ work is sure to be even more popular among those who fail to keep up. I¿m not sure why I feel the need to read these kinds of works from time to time. They never say anything new nor of value. Intellectually, it¿s like eating a month old rice cake only without the savory flavor. Of course the haters of all things religious will applaud the book. Hate always finds something to trumpet when purveyors of the way of love become too numerous and successful. Did I mention that I didn¿t much care for it?

    2 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 13, 2006

    Brilliant

    I found in this book a well thought out and clearly presented argument. And although the author would hold all religious faith to be irrational and obsolete, the book demonstrates that the real danger is not so much that people have faith in a particular God or religion, but that many people view their faith as the only true path, and believe they have the right to attack and kill people who do not share that faith.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 28, 2011

    Good read.

    Open-minded for an atheiet.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 15, 2011

    Excellent Book

    A great book by one of my favorite authors.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 7, 2011

    If your open minded enough to read this ...

    This was a wonderful book, made me feel like I wasn't alone in my thoughts. I'm going to download the next two books now...

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 12, 2010

    Give a copy to everyone you know

    Sam Harris brilliantly and accessibly expresses a powerful and thoughtful argument against dogmatic faith and religion.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 9, 2010

    Excellent

    Very enlightening and absorbing. Excellent book.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 5, 2009

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    This book states quite succinctly precisely what I have come to believe.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 17, 2008

    Possibly my all-time favoite book.

    Sam Harris says what we are thinking. Religious faith does not deserve any more respect than any other outrageous claim. In fact, because it is so dangerous and gets so many of us killed, it deserves LESS. If Joe Smith at the supermarket claimed that he was born of a virgin and healed people with his spit, you would not respect that. Why respect similar ridiculous claims? I anxiously await your next book, Sam.

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