000323401 000__ 02044cam\a2200313\a\4500 000323401 001__ 323401 000323401 005__ 20210513120301.0 000323401 008__ 060713s2007\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000323401 010__ $$a 2006023039 000323401 020__ $$a9780446579803 000323401 020__ $$a0446579807 000323401 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm70630426 000323401 035__ $$a323401 000323401 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dVPL$$dNSB$$dJED$$dC#P$$dIXA 000323401 049__ $$aISEA 000323401 05000 $$aBL2775.3$$b.H58 2007 000323401 08200 $$a200$$222 000323401 1001_ $$aHitchens, Christopher. 000323401 24510 $$aGod is not great :$$bhow religion poisons everything /$$cChristopher Hitchens. 000323401 250__ $$a1st ed. 000323401 260__ $$aNew York :$$bTwelve,$$c2007. 000323401 300__ $$a307 p. ;$$c24 cm. 000323401 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index. 000323401 5050_ $$aPutting 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. 000323401 520__ $$a"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher. 000323401 650_0 $$aReligion$$vControversial literature. 000323401 650_0 $$aRationalism. 000323401 85200 $$bgen$$hBL2775.3$$i.H58$$i2007 000323401 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006023039-d.html 000323401 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2006023039-b.html 000323401 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:323401$$pGLOBAL_SET 000323401 980__ $$aBIB 000323401 980__ $$aBOOK