Book · 2004 · Controversial literature
The End of Faith
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Sam Harris came to prominence in 2004 with the publication of his first book The End of Faith. It was a harsh criticism of organized religion and has spent 33 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
Steve Levitt · People I (Mostly) Admire · Jan 2023 Listen at 0:03 What they say about it
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Check out all of his books from letter to a Christian Nation was the first one that I ever read to end of faith.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2013 I read Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, in 2006, and so I've followed him for 15 years, religiously read all of his books.
After I wrote my first two books The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation where I was noticing disproportionally on the left.
Sam Harris The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Dec 2023 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The End of Faith by Sam Harris is a sharp critique of organized religion and a foundational text of New Atheism that questions the role of dogmatic belief in modern society. Bryan Callen and Joe Rogan discussed reading Sam Harris's body of work on The Joe Rogan Experience, where Rogan recommended both this book and Letter to a Christian Nation to listeners interested in religion and spirituality. Coleman Ruiz mentioned reading the book in 2006 on Huberman Lab, noting how it sparked a fifteen-year journey of following the author's publications. Sam Harris himself reflected on the book during an appearance on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, explaining how the critical reception of his early writings motivated his search for objective moral foundations. Furthermore, Steve Levitt discussed the book on People I (Mostly) Admire, recalling its 2004 publication and its long run on the New York Times bestseller list as a severe critique of religious organization.
Every mention
Joe Rogan check out all of his books from letter to a Christian Nation was the first one that I ever read to end of f… 2
Discussed
“Not only are you right, but that's even what Sam wrote in End of Faith.”
Recommended
“check out all of his books from letter to a Christian Nation was the first one that I ever read to end of faith”
Bryan Callen I actually I love it because I read his book spirituality without religion and I really liked it 1
Recommended
“I actually I love it because I read his book spirituality without religion and I really liked it”
Coleman Ruiz But also, I mean, I read Sam Harris's first book, 'The End of Faith' in 2006, and so I've followed him for… 1
Discussed
“But also, I mean, I read Sam Harris's first book, 'The End of Faith' in 2006, and so I've followed him for 15 years, religiously read all of his books.”
Sam Harris after I wrote my first two books the end of faith and letter to a Christian Nation where I was noticing dis… 1
Discussed
“after I wrote my first two books the end of faith and letter to a Christian Nation where I was noticing disproportionally on the left”
Steve Levitt Sam Harris came to prominence in 2004 with the publication of his first book the end of faith it was a hars… 1
Discussed
“Sam Harris came to prominence in 2004 with the publication of his first book the end of faith it was a harsh criticism of organized religion and has spent 33 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
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“on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt and then best friend of the pod Samantha power joins to talk about the failure of the UN and other global institutions in responding to this pandemic also by Sam's book if you haven't already the education of an idealist it is fantastic”
Other mentions (19: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“this is a point I made long ago in my first book the end of Faith”
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“so I had that book which you're holding waking up which is the um uh which is where I talk about my experience in meditation and just how I fit it into a a scientific secular worldview”
Passing
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up."”
Passing
“he has authored five five New York Times bestselling books, including The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason and Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion.”
Plugged
“I wrote my first book, The End of Faith, and that proved so controversial and the the conversation around those issues was so rich and interesting that uh I quickly wrote a second book in response to the pushback there, A Letter to a Christian Nation”
Passing
“Sam Harris came to prominence in 2004 with the publication of his first book the end of faith it was a harsh criticism of organized religion”
Passing
“the subsequent release of the wildly popular waking up app his 2020 book making sense conversations on Consciousness morality and the future of humanity and it's making sense”
Passing
“His books include The End of Faith: The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, and Waking Up.”
Plugged
“this is something I did in the end of faith as a as a parlor trick just because I wanted to prove this point is that I literally walked into a bookstore”
Passing
“he's the host of the making sense podcast and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind including the end of faith the moral landscape lying free will and waking up”
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“Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith”
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“Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith”
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“I can't blur up the book we wrote together”
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“what's up all right how are you man what's going on great Sam Harris ladies and gentlemen got Harris and Harris Dan and Sam”
Passing
“Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, and The Moral Landscape.”
Plugged
“the example I I dealt with in my first book the end of Faith was uh and this was in reaction to a short book he did right after 9/11 called 911”
Plugged
“This is a um this is really in my view a completion of the project I started with the end of faith where you know I I started by just noticing how divisive and unnecessary and and ultimately dangerous our our incompatible religious ideas are”
Plugged
“it was one of my books Hoodwinked was it letters to a Christian Nation I don't know it was either that or the end of Faith”
Plugged
“there’s actually a story I I think I had told in an end note of the end of faith I knew some guys who brought out a guru from India”