Publications and Lectures

Harris, S., (2008, May 5) Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks. The Huffington Post.

Harris, S., (2008, March 21) What Barack Obama Could Not (and Should Not) Say. The Huffington Post.

Harris, S., Sheth, S.A., Cohen, M.S. (2008). Functional neuroimaging of belief, disbelief, and uncertainty.Annals of Neurology, 63(2), 141-147.

Harris, S. (2008, January 1). Mother Nature is Not Our Friend. The Edge Annual Question 2008. Edge.org.

Harris, S. (2007). We are making moral progress. In J. Brockman. (Ed.), What Are You Optimistic About? New York: Harper Perennial.

Harris, S. (2007). In the Shadow of God. In C. Hitchens (Ed.), The Portable Atheist. New York: Da Capo Press.

Harris, S. (2007, November 28) Response to Paul C. Davies. Samharris.org.

Harris, S. “The Case Against God.” The Leadership Gathering, Austin, Texas. November 16, 2007

Harris, S (in debate with Rabbi D. Wolpe). “Does God Exist?” A debate at the American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA, November 6, 2007

Harris, S. (2007, November) “God-Drunk Society.” The Atlantic Monthly.

Harris, S. “Closing Remarks.” Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, October 31-November 2, 2007.

Harris, S. (2007, October 29). Response to Theodore Dalrymple. City Journal.

Harris, S. (2007, October 28). Secularism and the Power of Conversation. On Secularism: A Round Table.

Harris, S. & Rushdie, S. (2007, October 9). Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics. The Los Angeles Times.

Harris, S. (2007, October 8). Response to My Fellow ‘Atheists.’ Samharris.org.

Harris, S (in debate with Prof. M. Sandel). “Religion in American Society: Threat or Necessity?” A debate at Pomona College, Pomona, CA, October 4, 2007.

Harris, S. (2007, October 2). The Problem with Atheism. Washington Post / Newsweek: On Faith.

Harris, S. “The Problem with Atheism.” Atheists Alliance Conference, Washington, DC, September 28, 2007.

Harris, S. (2007, September 27). Religion as a Black Market for Irrationality. Washington Post / Newsweek: On Faith.

Harris, S. (2007, September 12). Response to Jonathan Haidt. Edge.org.

Harris, S. (2007, August 29). The Sacrifice of Reason. Washington Post / Newsweek: On Faith.

Harris, S. (2007, August 23) Scientists should unite against threat from religion. Nature 448, 864.PDF

Harris, S. “Believing the Unbelievable: The Clash of Faith and Reason in the Modern World.” Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO, July 4th, 2007.

Harris, S. (2007, June 26). In Defense of Witchcraft. The Huffington Post.

Harris, S. (2007, May 29). Response to Chris Hedges. TruthDig.

Harris, S. (in debate with C. Hedges & R. Scheer). “The TruthDig Debate: Religion, Politics, and the End of the World.” A debate at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA, May 22nd, 2007.

Harris, S. (2007, April 18). The Empty Wager. Washington Post / Newsweek: On Faith.

Harris, S. “The Problem of Faith.” A lecture at Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, April 11th, 2007

Harris, S., Warren, R. & Meacham, J. (2007, April 9). God Debate: Sam Harris v. Rick Warren. Newsweek.

Harris, S. (2007, March 15). God’s Dupes. The Los Angeles Times.

Harris, S. (2007, February/March). Beyond the Believers. Free Inquiry.

Harris, S. (in debate with R. Aslan). “Debate at the Los Angeles Public Library.” Los Angeles, CA, January 25, 2007 (broadcast on CSPAN-2).

Harris, S. (2007, January 19). God’s Hostages. Washington Post / Newsweek: On Faith.

Harris, S. (2007, January 6). Selfless Consciousness Without Faith. Washington Post / Newsweek: On Faith.

Harris, S. & Sullivan, A. (2007, January 1-May 3). Is Religion Built Upon Lies? Beliefnet Debate.

Harris, S. (2007, January) Reply to B. Alan Wallace. Shambhala Sun.

Harris, S. (2007, January 1). We are Making Moral Progress. The Edge Annual Question 2007. Edge.org.

Harris, S. (2006, December 29). God’s Enemies Are More Honest Than His Friends. Washington Post / Newsweek: On Faith.

Harris, S. (2006, December 24). 10 myths—and10 truths—About Atheism. The Los Angeles Times.

Harris, S. (2006, December 6). Reply to Nicholas D. Kristof. The New York Times.

Harris, S. (2006). Letter to a Christian Nation. New York: Knopf.

Harris, S. (2006). Science must destroy religion. In J. Brockman (Ed.), What is Your Dangerous Idea? New York: Simon and Schuster.

Harris, S. (2006). “Killing the Buddha.” In M. McLeod, M. (Ed.). Mindful Politics. Boston: Wisdom Publications.

Harris, S. Untitled Lecture. The Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, Harvard University, November 18, 2006.

Harris, S. & Prager, D. (2006, November 16-21). Why Are Atheists So Angry? Jewcy.com.

Harris, S. (2006, November 29). Reply to Scott Atran. Beyond Belief: The Debate Continues. Edge.org.

Harris, S. (2006, November 16). Faith Won’t Heal a Divided World. Washington Post / Newsweek: On Faith.

Harris, S. (2006, November 13). The Case Against Faith. Newsweek (Cover Article).

Harris, S. Two untitled lectures. Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason, and Survival, the Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, November 5-7, 2006.

Harris, S. Untitled lecture. The Atlantic Ideas Tour. San Francisco, October 28th, 2006.

Harris, S. (2006, October 22). Do we really need bad reasons to be good? The Boston Globe.

Harris, S. “The Problem with Religion.” University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, October 19th, 2006.

Harris, S. Untitled lecture and panel discussion. The Skeptic’s Society, Caltech, Pasadena, CA. October 8th, 2006.

Harris, S. Untitled lecture. The Freedom from Religion Foundation Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 6th, 2006.

Harris, S. & McTernan, O. “Sam Harris in conversation with Oliver McTernan.” The New York Public Library, NY, September 25th, 2006

Harris, S. (2006, September 18). Head-in-the-Sand Liberals. The Los Angeles Times.

Harris, S. (2006, September 16). ‘God’s Rottweiler’ Barks. TruthDig.

Harris, S. (2006, August 15). The Language of Ignorance. TruthDig.

Harris, S. (2006, June/July). Reply to a Christian. Free Inquiry.

Harris, S. (2006-). Response to Controversy. Samharris.org.

Harris, S. (2006, April/May). The Myth of Secular Moral Chaos. Free Inquiry.

Harris, S. (2006, Spring). Ode to Reason. The Harvard International Review.PDF

Harris, S. (2006, March 12). Reply to Leon Wieseltier. The New York Times.

Harris, S. (2006, March). Killing the Buddha. Shambhala Sun.PDF

Harris, S. (2006, February 16). Where Are the Moderate Muslims? The Huffington Post.

Harris, S. (2006, February 7). The Reality of Islam. TruthDig.

Harris, S. (2006, February 2). A Contemplative Science. The Huffington Post.

Harris, S. “What If There is No God?” A Weekend Seminar, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA, January 27th-29th, 2006.

Harris, S. (2006, January 1). Science Must Destroy Religion. The Edge Annual Question 2006. Edge.org.

Harris, S. (2005, December 7). An Atheist Manifesto. TruthDig.

Harris, S. (2005, December). Selling Out Science. Free Inquiry.

Harris, S. (2005, October 11). Bombing Our Illusions II. The Huffington Post.

Harris, S. (2005, October 10). Bombing Our Illusions. The Huffington Post.

Harris, S. (2005, October 6). There is No God (And You Know It). The Huffington Post.

Harris, S. (2005, October/November). Rational Mysticism. Free Inquiry.

Harris, S. (2005, August 2). The Politics of Ignorance. The Huffington Post.

Harris, S. (2005).Belief is a content-independent process. In J. Brockman (Ed.), What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today’s Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty. London: Free Press.

Harris, S. (2005). Experiments in consciousness. In M. McLeod (Ed.) The Best Buddhist Writing 2005. Boston: Shambhala Publications.

Harris, S. “On Belief.” Conference on Epistemology, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA, December 11-13, 2005.

Harris, S. “The View from the End of the World.” The Long Now Foundation, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2005

Harris, S. “Religion, Terror, and Self-Transcendence.” The Ethical Culture Society and the Center for Inquiry, New York, NY, November 16, 2005 (broadcast on CSPAN-2)

Harris, S. “The Scientific Examination of Religion.” Toward a New Enlightenment. Council for Secular Humanism: 25th Anniversary Conference, Amherst, New York, October 29, 2005.

Harris, S. “The Problem of Belief.” The Pop!Tech Conference 2005: Grand Challenges, Camden, Maine, October 19-22, 2005.

Harris, S. “Killing the Buddha.” The Buddhist Response to Violence, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MA, September 11, 2005.

Harris, S. Panel discussions. The 2005 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute. Garrison Institute, Garrison, New York. June 26-July 2, 2005.

Harris, S. “The End of Faith.” The Idea City Conference, Toronto, June 24, 2005

Harris, S. “The Nature of Belief.” Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Los Angeles, CA, May 15, 2005

Harris, S. (2005, March 19). The Virus of Religious Moderation. The Times (London).PDF

Harris, S. (2005, January). Who Needs Religious Moderation? Playboy.

Harris, S. (2005, January). Why Religion is a Dangerous Myth. The Dubliner.

Harris, S. (2005, January 1). Belief is a content-independent process. The Edge Annual Question 2005. Edge.org.

Harris, S. & Cohen, M.S. “The functional neuroanatomy of the belief.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25, 2004.

Harris, S. (2004, August 15). Holy Terror. The Los Angeles Times.

Harris, S. (2004). The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. New York: W.W. Norton.

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