against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and
reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry
of the double helix.
Ynetnews | Judaism a religion of peace – for some Ynetnews More recently, however, that story was revived by the late Christopher Hitchins in his book, “God is not Great.” Hitchins was apparently unaware of the fact that Shahak's story had been discredited by Shahak himself. But in the tradition of all good ... and more » |
USA TODAY | Silas Weir Mitchell finds 'resonance' in Grimm role USA TODAY "I just wanted to read Frued and Jung and get the big picture," says Mitchell, who's had Christopher Hitchens' God Is Not Great and George RR Martin's Game of Thrones books on his reading list lately. Conversations with Mitchell can tend to get deep, ... and more » |
On Faith: The existential option for God Daily Pilot I assume this theory of existentialism will please neither the believer nor the denier, neither the Archbishop of Canterbury nor the late Christopher Hichens (he of the book "God is not Great"). That is as it should be, for life is full of mystery, ... and more » |
Book Review: “God is not Great” by Christopher Hitchens Blogger News Network (blog) The body of work left behind by Christopher Hitchens, who died last year at the age of 62, is remarkable but none of it is more worthy of our respect than his “Case against Religion” “God is not Great”. It is an extraordinary book not so much for its ... |
Peaceful Co-existence Namibian We would like to draw Kapepu's attention to the writings of the liberal Richard Dawkins who penned 'The God Delusion' (2006) or the book by the conservative Christopher Hitchens entitled 'God is not great' – How religion poisons everything(2007). and more » |
Backfire: Piers Morgan and the churlish interviewer Washington Examiner So when I moderated three debates with him on the substance of "god is not Great," and conducted a three-hour interview on "Hitch-22," his dazzling memoir, I took the time to read the books closely and make extensive preparations. and more » |
Daily Maverick | Capital punishment and the US's mounting shame Daily Maverick Unsurprisingly for someone who wrote a book called God is Not Great, and who refused to acknowledge the possibility of a deity even while he was dying painfully of throat cancer, his final answer was this: “The point of the penalty was that it was ... and more » |
The Guardian | Paperback Q&A: Naomi Wood on The Godless Boys The Guardian I had been reading widely in the "God slot" – books like Richard Dawkins' s The God Delusion, Christopher Hitchens's God is Not Great, and Sam Harris's The End of Faith. As an atheist, I agreed with their arguments but felt uncomfortable with the ... |
Toronto Star | Toronto Marlies: a team with a dream Toronto Star He brings four books on a road trip, including God Is Not Great by the late Christopher Hitchens and The Upside of Irrationality. “I don't see what's wrong with having an opinion as long as you're steadfast in your opinion,” he says. and more » |
Aljazeera.com | Modern orthodoxy, modern heresy Aljazeera.com From How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World in 2004 to Counterknowledge in 2008 via The God Delusion and God is Not Great in 2006 and 2007 respectively, publishers found that noisy atheism and jeremiads about the decline and fall of reason were ... |
