Neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris focuses in this book on the 20-some percent of Westerners who identify with no religion but who believe that the experiences of figures such as Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tsé, Rumi, and others might contain profound truths. This is a lucid investigation into the scientific foundations of spirituality.
“The great value and novelty of this book is that Harris, in a simple but rigorous style, takes the middle way between these pseudoscientific and pseudo-spiritual assertions . . . [leading] to a profoundly more salubrious life.”—Publishers Weekly, on the English- language edition
"A demanding, illusion-shattering book.”—Kirkus Reviews, on the English-language edition
“Harris’s book . . . caught my eye because it’s so entirely of this moment, so keenly in touch with the growing number of Americans who are willing to say that they do not find the succor they crave, or a truth that makes sense to them, in organized religion.”—Frank Bruni, columnist, New York Times, on the English- language edition
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