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001 ocm70630426
003 OCoLC
005 20160226122650.0
008 060713s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2006023039
020 _a9780446579803
020 _a0446579807
035 _a(OCoLC)70630426
040 _aDLC
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050 0 0 _aBL2775.3
_b.H58 2007
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092 _a200 H636G 2007
999 _c11743
_d11743
999 _b02413323
100 1 _aHitchens, Christopher.
_92169
245 1 0 _aGod is not great :
_bhow religion poisons everything /
_cChristopher Hitchens.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bWarner 12,
_c2007.
300 _a307 p. ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index.
505 0 _aPutting it mildly -- Religion kills -- A short digressiuon 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.
520 _a"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher.
650 0 _aReligion
_vControversial literature.
_92170
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006023039-d.html
942 _2ddc
_c1