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02216cam a2200337 a 4500 001 CEF1DDE482A611DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090806125530 008 060713s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006023039 020 $a 0446579807 020 $a 9780446579803 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d VPL $d NSB $d JED $d C#P $d IXA $d TBS $d XXH $d IMV $d SILO 050 00 $a BL2775.3 $b .H58 2007 082 00 $a 200 $2 22 100 1 $a Hitchens, Christopher. 245 1 $a God is not great : $b how religion poisons everything / $c Christopher Hitchens. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Twelve, $c 2007. 300 $a 307 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index. 505 0 $a Putting 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. 650 0 $a Religion $v Controversial literature. 650 0 $a Rationalism. 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006023039-d.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2006023039-b.html 941 $a 1 952 $l O3AX572 $d 20090806133704.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CEF1DDE482A611DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IMVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search