num_pages: 307
description: God Is Not Great makes the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive, and distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, and proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without "him."
language: English
title: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
titlecomplete: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
characters: Omar Khayyám, Voltaire, Jawaharlal Nehru, Walter Kirn, Joseph Stalin, Jennifer Michael Hecht, E.P. Thompson, Joseph Smith, Moses, Daniel Dennett, John Frum, Stephen Jay Gould, Allah, Richard Gere, Mahatma Gandhi, Osama Bin Laden, God, Steven Seagal, Karen Armstrong, Muhammad (Quran), Jesus, Jerry Falwell Sr., Mother Teresa, Mary, mother of Jesus (Bible), Dalai Lama XIV, Henry VIII of England, Albert Einstein, Sam Harris, Dennis Prager, Thomas Jefferson, Malcolm Muggeridge, Baruch Spinoza, Richard Dawkins
genres: Audiobook, Religion, Politics, Philosophy, Theology, Science, Atheism, Nonfiction, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 104619
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Twelve Books