{"product_id":"letter-to-a-christian-nation-paperback","title":"Letter to a Christian Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the new afterword by the author: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHumanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact, it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs, who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its course or to ensure a rich harvest is to lead him by tender hand into a field or to a mountaintop and bury, butcher, or burn him alive as offering to an invisible God. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that his death constitutes a successful propitiation of a \"loving\" God is a direct and undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting that has plagued bewildered people throughout history. . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Harris is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest seller, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. He is a graduate in philosophy from Stanford University and has studied both Eastern and Western religious traditions, along with a variety of contemplative disciplines, for twenty years. Mr. Harris is now completing a doctorate in neuroscience, studying the neural basis of belief, disbelief, and uncertainty with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). His work has been discussed in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Economist, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist, \u003c\/i\u003eamong many other journals, and he has made television appearances on The O'Reilly Factor, Scarborough Country, Faith Under Fire, and Book TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.06 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754177888544,"sku":"9780307278777","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f97ad5da37ebb1d49a251e1740003a0d.webp?v=1780035096","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/letter-to-a-christian-nation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}