For the documentary film, see The Root of All Evil?
2006 book by Richard Dawkins
The God Delusion
First edition UK cover
Author
Richard Dawkins
Language
English
Subjects
Criticism of religion
atheism
Publisher
Bantam Press
Publication date
2 October 2006
Publication place
United Kingdom
Media type
Print (hardcover and paperback)
Pages
464
ISBN
978-0-618-68000-9
Dewey Decimal
211/.8 22
LC Class
BL2775.3 .D39 2006
The God Delusion is a 2006 book by British evolutionary biologist and ethologist Richard Dawkins. In The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator, God, almost certainly does not exist, and that belief in a personal god qualifies as a delusion, which he defines as a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence. He is sympathetic to Robert Pirsig's statement in Lila (1991) that "when one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."[1] In the book, Dawkins explores the relationship between religion and morality, providing examples that discuss the possibility of morality existing independently of religion and suggesting alternative explanations for the origins of both religion and morality.
In early December 2006, it reached number four in the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Best Seller list after nine weeks on the list.[2] More than three million copies were sold.[3]
According to Dawkins in a 2016 interview with Matt Dillahunty, an unauthorised Arabic translation of this book has been downloaded 3 million times in Saudi Arabia.[4] The book has attracted widespread commentary and critical reception, with many books written in response.
^Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 406. ISBN 0-618-68000-4.; "Preface on-line" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2008. (101 KB)
^"Hardcover Nonfiction – New York Times". The New York Times. 3 December 2006. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2006.
^Cite error: The named reference BCDp173 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Richard Dawkins and Matt Dillahunty In Conversation". YouTube. 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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