God is not great: how religion poisons everything
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New York : Twelve, 2007.
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307 pages ; 24 cm.
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Whether you're a lifelong believer, a devout atheist, or someone who remains uncertain about the role of religion in our lives, this insightful manifesto will engage you with its provocative ideas.
With a close and studied reading of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.
In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion.
With a close and studied reading of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.
In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion.
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1st ed.
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English
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9780446579803 :, 0446579807
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index.
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Hitchens, C. (2007). God is not great: how religion poisons everything. New York, Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hitchens, Christopher. 2007. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. New York, Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hitchens, Christopher, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. New York, Twelve, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hitchens, Christopher. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. New York, Twelve, 2007.
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Putting it mildly -- Religion kills -- A short digression on the pig; or, Why Heaven hates ham -- A note on health, to which religion can be hazardous -- The metaphysical claims of religion are false -- Arguments from design -- Revelation: the nightmare of the "Old" Testament -- The "New" Testament exceeds the evil of the "Old" one -- The Koran is borrowed from both Jewish and Christian myths -- The tawdriness of the miraculous and the decline of Hell -- "The lowly stamp of their origin": religion's corrupt beginnings -- A coda: how religions end -- Does religion make people behave better? -- There is no "Eastern" solution -- Religion as an original sin -- Is religion child abuse? -- An objection anticipated: the last-ditch "case" against secularism -- A finer tradition: the resistance of the rational -- In conclusion: the need for a new enlightenment. | |
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