Faith in the ‘War with Islam’
MRZine Book Review:
The End of Faith:
Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris.
Norton, New York, 2004.
ISBN 0-393-03515-8. 336 pp. Cloth $24.95.
Reviewed by Alexander Saxton
Sam Harris’ The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason is unusual among books recently issued by mainline publishers in that it begins by rejecting all religious faiths — not just Islam or fundamentalist Christianity but ALL — as contrary to reason and detrimental to the human condition. Thus far, your reviewer could read with enthusiastic agreement. But unfortunately, after this strong opener, Harris’ book goes downhill as he develops four themes that become increasingly problematic and end by contradicting his starting assertion. (more…)
