The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
by Christopher Hitchens

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
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Author: Christopher Hitchens
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-05
ISBN: 0306816083
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: Nothing new...and that's good!
Summary: 4 Stars

I've been struggling with belief in God for most of my 59 years, coming down largely on the "well, that doesn't make any sense" side of the concept. I've always considered religious skepticism a relatively modern concept, but this book opened my eyes to some very well considered arguments for atheism that go back quite a long time. This has helped reinforce and strengthen my own non-belief. A very good selection of readings from many excellent sources.

Summary of The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages--with never-before-published pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the influential voices--past and present--that have shaped his side of the current (and raging) God/no-god debate. With Hitchens as your erudite and witty guide, you'll be led through a wealth of philosophy, literature, and scientific inquiry, including generous portions of the words of Lucretius, Benedict de Spinoza, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Mark Twain, George Eliot, Bertrand Russell, Emma Goldman, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and many others well-known and lesser known. And they're all set in context and commented upon as only Christopher Hitchens--"political and literary journalist extraordinaire" (Los Angeles Times)--can.

Atheist? Believer? Uncertain? No matter: The Portable Atheist will speak to you and engage you every step of the way.

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