The Portable Atheist Essential Readings for

From the #1New York Timesbest-selling author ofGod 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 Atheistwill speak to you and engage you every step of the way.

Christopher Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. His numerous books include Letters to a Young Contrarian and Why Orwell Matters.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
from De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), Book I, Translated by W. Hannaford Brown	p. 1
from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A Paraphrase from Several Literal Translations by Richard Le Gallienne	p. 7
Of Religion, from Leviathan	p. 12
Theological-Political Treatise	p. 21
The Natural History of Religion	p. 26
Of Miracles	p. 32
An Account of My Last Interview with David Hume, Esq.	p. 46
A Refutation of Deism	p. 50
Moral Influences in My Early Youth, From Autobiography	p. 57
Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right	p. 64
Evangelical Teaching	p. 75
Autobiography	p. 93
An Agnostic's Apology	p. 97
Miracle	p. 112
Thoughts of God, From Fables of Man	p. 116
Bible Teaching and Religious Practice, From Europe and Elsewhere and A Pen Warmed Up In Hell	p. 119
Author's Note to The Shadow Line	p. 123
God's Funeral	p. 126
The Philosophy of Atheism	p. 129
A Letter on Religion	p. 134
Why I Am An Unbeliever	p. 138
Memorial Service	p. 143
from The Future of an Illusion, Translated and edited by James Strachey	p. 147
Selected Writings on Religion	p. 155
from A Clergyman's Daughter	p. 166
In Westminster Abbey	p. 168
Monism and Religion	p. 170
An Old Story	p. 178
An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish	p. 181
Aubade	p. 207
Church Going	p. 209
The Wandering Jew and the Second Coming	p. 211
The Demon-Haunted World 218
The God Hypothesis	p. 226
from Roger's Version	p. 239
Conclusions and Implications, From The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and against the Existence of God	p. 246
Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story	p. 267
That Undiscovered Country	p. 270
Thank Goodness!	p. 277
from A Farewell to God, A Personal Word	p. 282
Questions to Ask Yourself	p. 285
Why There Almost Certainly Is No God	p. 287
Gerin Oil	p. 305
Atheists for Jesus	p. 307
from God: the Failed Hypothesis, Cosmic Evidence 311
A Working Definition of Religion, From "Breaking Which Spell?"	p. 328
If God Is Dead, Is Everything Permitted?	p. 333
There Is No God	p. 349
End of the World Blues	p. 351
What About God? From Dreams of a Final Theory	p. 366
"Imagine There's No Heaven": A Letter to the Six Billionth World Citizen	p. 380
The Koran	p. 384
The Totalitarian Nature of Islam	p. 445
In the Shadow of God, From The End of Faith	p. 454
Can an Athiest Be a Fundamentalist? From Against All Gods	p. 473
How (and Why) I Became an Infidel	p. 477
Credits and Permissions	p. 481
Index	p. 485
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