Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - Danny René - GoodreadsDennett offers an abundance of questions for the reader to ask themselves about their feelings toward other religions, but more importantly about their own. Having no religion, I know he wasn't ... Read full review
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - GoodreadsDennett seems like he'd be one of the nicest people you would ever meet. He is not polarizing like, say Dawkins, but that also gives him the ability to reach a broader audience. That, unfortunately ...
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - John Alt - GoodreadsIn Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, Daniel Dennett hopes to break the spell--not of religious belief, but of the conviction that it is not a fit subject for scientific inquiry ... Read full review
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - Christine - GoodreadsAs a former evangelical,now a new atheist this is one of my three new favorite nonfiction books December 11, 2012 Along with Why I Believed: Reflections of a Former Missionary and The Book Your Church ... Read full review
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - Charlotte - GoodreadsAn interesting look at the evolution of religion, with a plea to further study religion. I don't think there was anything really new in it and, unfortunately, I doubt the message (to further study religion) will reach the people who need to be convinced. We can hope! Read full review
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - JP - GoodreadsIt's a very well written, thoughtful & thought provoking book. It's a call for, believers & people who may have doubts, to examine & understand religion, faith & belief. It's a call to find out ... Read full review
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - Jan - GoodreadsBreaking the Spell tries to be two books at once, and that's a bad thing. The bulk part is a popular science work on religion, written by a guy who tends to know what he's on about. A much smaller ... Read full review
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - Daniel Sepulveda - GoodreadsDefenitely not recommended for those who would feel uneasy at the presentation of incisive questions regarding the cultural aspect of religious thought. Not for the religiously faint hearted. Read full review
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - Earl Grey Tea - GoodreadsOne thing to note about this book is that the author does not set out to prove anything. Daniel C. Dennett is a philosopher and approaches the subject of religion with that mindset along with ideas ... Read full review
Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
User Review - Ilya - GoodreadsA philosopher of the mind (I've read his book on consciousness and the anthology of writing on the mind he coauthored with Douglas Hofstadter) looks at religion. Religious beliefs are memes, and like ... Read full review
