OL13786272W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 74.17 Pages 122 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0307266605 In his book, Letter to a Christian Nation, Harris presses his worldview over the dominating worldview of Christianity. Urn:lcp:lettertochristia00harr:epub:e1a6f3cb-8c4d-4489-9ceb-ec25e89fa56a Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier lettertochristia00harr Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6h13vx8w Isbn 0307265773ĩ780307265777 Lccn 2006046578 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition In Letter to a Christian nation, Sam Harris makes a sneering, feeble and condescending attempt to demonstrate that religion is an imagination of human mind and the sooner humanity discards it, the better. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:49:52 Bookplateleaf 0005 Boxid IA133113 Boxid_2 CH102501 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Containerid_2 X0001 Curatenote shipped Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 12th printing External-identifier
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