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God is not great : how religion poisons everything

Hitchens, Christopher (Author).

Summary: "A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0446579807
  • ISBN: 9780446579803
  • Physical Description: 307 pages ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Twelve, 2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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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Subject: Religion Controversial literature
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Albright Memorial Library 200 HITCHEN (Text) 50686013264838 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 200 HITCHEN (Text) 50686013330191 Storage Available -
Coudersport Public Library 200 HIT (Text) 30183000418077 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dalton Community Library 200 HITCHEN (Text) 50689010268992 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Ellwood City Area Public Library 200 Hitchens (Text) 32102000580361 ECAM Non-Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library 200 HITC (Text) 36446001547838 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library 200 HIT (Text) 33249016992236 Non-fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library 200 HITCHENS (Text) 35740632962510 Nonfiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults 200 HIT Nonfiction (Text) 34007001440234 Adult Area Available -
Highland Community Library 200 HIT (Text) 35610000715420 HGHM Non-Fiction Available -
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