"A superbly argued book." --Richard Dawkins, author of The God
Delusion
The New York Times bestselling author of Why Evolution is True
explains why any attempt to make religion compatible with science is
doomed to fail
In this provocative book, evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne lays out
in clear, dispassionate detail why the toolkit of science, based on
reason and empirical study, is reliable, while that of
religion--including faith, dogma, and revelation--leads to incorrect,
untestable, or conflicting conclusions.
Coyne is responding to a national climate in which more than half of
Americans don't believe in evolution, members of Congress deny global
warming, and long-conquered childhood diseases are reappearing because
of religious objections to inoculation, and he warns that religious
prejudices in politics, education, medicine, and social policy are on
the rise. Extending the bestselling works of Richard Dawkins, Daniel
Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens, he demolishes the claims of religion
to provide verifiable "truth" by subjecting those claims to the same
tests we use to establish truth in science.
Coyne irrefutably demonstrates the grave harm--to individuals and to our
planet--in mistaking faith for fact in making the most important
decisions about the world we live in.
Praise for Faith Versus Fact
"A profound and lovely book . . . showing that the honest doubts of
science are better . . . than the false certainties of religion." --Sam
Harris, author of The End of Faith
