WINNER OF THE 2005 PEN AWARD
FOR NONFICTION
From W.W. Norton:
This important and timely book delivers a
startling analysis of the clash of faith and
reason in the modern world. The End of
Faith provides a harrowing glimpse of
mankind’s willingness to suspend reason in
favor of religious beliefs, even when these
beliefs inspire the worst of human
atrocities. Harris argues that in the
presence of weapons of mass destruction,
we can no longer expect to survive our
religious differences indefinitely. Most
controversially, he maintains that
"moderation" in religion poses considerable
dangers of its own: as the accommodation
we have made to religious faith in our
society now blinds us to the role that faith
plays in perpetuating human conflict. While
warning against the encroachment of
organized religion into world politics, Harris
draws on insights from neuroscience,
philosophy, and Eastern mysticism in an
attempt to provide a truly modern
foundation for our ethics and our search
for spiritual experience.