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Additional Praise for
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
"Breaking the Spell
continues to spark controversy with its Darwinian
take on the all-too-human urge to believe.. .. Dawkins, Dennett, and
Harris argue that religious beliefs, particularly those derived literally
and selectively from religious texts, can lead to behavior that is dubi-
ously moral according to more universal principles of right and
wrong. The killing of innocents in the name of holy war is only the
most obvious instance. . . . Dennett extends a conciliatory hand to
believers so long as they are willing to subject any purportedly God-
given moral edict 'to the full light of reason, using all the evidence at
our command.'"
"Rich and rewarding.. .the main business of the book is to give a sci-
entific account of how religion may have developed among creatures
such as us... Dennett here does an admirable job of dismantling the
common (yet almost never argued for) prejudice that those who be-
lieve in the supernatural have some sort of moral superiority."

San Francisco Chronicle
"In Breaking the Spell,
the blasting rhetoric of Dawkins and Harris is
absent, replaced by provocative, often humorous examples and thought
experiments."
"Mr. Dennett's main argument is that religious belief—especially in
the United States—is often sheltered from the cut and thrust of intel-
lectual argument and scientific scrutiny, and it should not be."

The Economist
"Dennett describes the various stages of the long historical evolution
of religion, beginning with primitive tribal myths and rituals, and
ending with the market driven evangelical megachurches of modern
America. ... He emphasizes that his explanation of the evolution of
religion is testable with the methods of science. It could be tested by
quantitative measurements of the transmissibility and durability of
various belief systems. . .. [His] account is on the whole fair and well
balanced."

U.S. News & World Report

Wired

The New York Review of Books
"An important inquiry into the nature of religion and into its morality
... or lack of it.... Dennett develops a convincing evolutionary scenario
in which religions emerge through natural selection and through
market forces, without guidance, human or divine."

Tricycle Magazine
"Thoughtful, informed, and probing. It is surprisingly cautious: Den-
nett is sensitive to the limits on what we currently know and is mainly
concerned to develop a research agenda. In discussing specific hy-
potheses about specific religions, he is not at all dogmatic."

American Scientist
"The whole book is marked by a careful attention to documenting
sources and studies wherever an empirical assertion is made ... and,
indeed, it is also successful in being just about as accessible as is pos-
sible to a very wide audience while applying sophisticated analytic
tools to its subject. Dennett has done what he wanted to do, and it is
an extremely important and timely achievement."
—3quarksdaily
"Brilliant, insightful, provocative, clarifying, important, amusing,
courageous, mind expanding, and a damned good read; try
Breaking
the Spell
and your view of religion—and of yourself—will never be the
same. Thank God (or rather, evolution) for Daniel Dennett. In a politi-
cal era increasingly dominated by ignorant, narrow-minded ideologues,
we need him more than ever, and his 'biologizing' of religion is a wel-
come
of
fresh
air."
—David P. Barash
"In the growing debate about which has primacy, a faith-based or an
evidence-based view of the world, philosopher Daniel Dennett makes
a comprehensive case for evidence, including evidence-based exami-
nation of the processes and fruits of faith. His eloquent book is essen-
tial reading in a time of potential religious war." —Stewart Brand
breath
PENGUIN BOOKS
BREAKING THE SPELL
Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor, professor of philosophy,
and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts Univer-
sity. His books include
Brainstorms, Elbow Room, Consciousness Ex-
plained, Darwin's Dangerous Idea
(a finalist for the National Book
Award and the Pulitzer Prize), and
Freedom Evolves.
He lives in
North Andover, Massachusetts.
DANIEL C. DENNETT
BREAKING
RELIGION AS A NATURAL PHENOMENON
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THE SPELL
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