Short description
From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The End of Faith" comes a new, hard-hitting, and impassioned book that continues Harriss fight against the rigid adherence to Christian religious literalism that is altering the face of this nation.
Long description
Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ' s love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism. While we may want to ascribe this to human nature, it is clear that such hatred draws considerable support from the Bible. How do I know this? The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite chapter and verse. So begins Letter to a Christian Nation. .. www.samharris.org From the Hardcover edition.
Review
A breath of fresh fire. -- Wall Street Journal
I dare you to read this book...it will not leave you unchanged. Read it if it is the last thing you do. --Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion
It's a shame that not everyone in this country will read Sam Harris' marvelous little book Letter to a Christian Nation. They won't but they should. --Leonard Susskind, Felix Bloch Professor in theoretical physics, Stanford University