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100	1		_91142 _aHarris, Sam, _d1967-
245	1	4	_aThe end of faith : _breligion, terror and the future of reason / _cSam Harris.
260			_aLondon : _bFreePress, _c2006.
300			_a336 p. ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCh. 1. Reason in exile -- Ch. 2. The nature of belief -- Ch. 3. In the shadow of God -- Ch. 4. The problem with Islam -- Ch. 5. West of Eden -- Ch. 6. A science of good and evil -- Ch. 7. Experiments in consciousness.
520			_aOffers 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. It 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, drawing on new evidence from neuroscience and insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological, brain-based need.
650		0	_91143 _aReligion _vControversial literature
650		0	_9267 _aTerrorism _xReligious aspects
650		0	_91144 _aPsychology, Religious
650		0	_91145 _aSecular humanism
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