In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism.
I commend the book to those seeking an honest reckoning with their religion--and those curious about how the world looks from a rigorously naturalistic and atheistic point of view."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The full, electrifying transcript of the one and onl. . . .
The text affords a different, more reflective way of processing the truly vital exchange of ideas. . . .
It\'s fascinating to watch Four first-class minds explore a rugged intellectual terrain.
Praise for The Four Horsemen "This bracing exchange of ideas crackles with energy.
Each man contends with the most fundamental questions of human existence while challenging the others to articulate their own stance on God and religion, cultural criticism, spirituality, debate with people of faith, and the components of a truly ethical life.
These new essays, introduced by Stephen Fry, mark the evolution of their thinking and highlight particularly resonant aspects of this epic exchange.
Here is the transcript of That conversation, in print for the first time, augmented by material from the living participants: Dawkins, Harris, and Dennett.
This is intellectual inquiry at its best: exhilarating, funny, and unpredictable, sincere and probing, reminding us just how varied and colorful the threads of modern atheism are.
What followed was a rigorous, pathbreaking, and enthralling exchange, which has been viewed millions of times since it was first posted on You Tube.
At the dawn of the new Atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as "the Four horsemen," the heralds of religion\'s unraveling--Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett--sat down together over cocktails.
Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their Conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants and an introduction by Stephen Fry.
The video went viral.
In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism
