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God Is Not Great

2007 essay by Christopher Hitchens
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God Is Not Great
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God Is Not Great

Summary

God Is Not Great is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (498 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • God Is Not Great authored Christopher Hitchens[3].
  • God Is Not Great's image is recorded as God is not great.JPG[4].
  • God Is Not Great's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • God Is Not Great's publisher is recorded as Hachette Book Group[6].
  • God Is Not Great's genre is recorded as opinion journalism[7].
  • God Is Not Great's genre is recorded as polemical lampoon[8].
  • God Is Not Great's genre is recorded as essay[9].
  • God Is Not Great's GND ID is recorded as 7627822-0[10].
  • God Is Not Great's OCLC number is recorded as 416305554[11].
  • God Is Not Great's Commons category is recorded as God Is Not Great[12].
  • God Is Not Great's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • God Is Not Great's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • God Is Not Great's publication date is recorded as +2007-05-01T00:00:00Z[15].
  • God Is Not Great's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02kw8ln[16].
  • God Is Not Great's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2974379W[17].
  • God Is Not Great's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as aun2010584570[18].
  • God Is Not Great's has edition or translation is recorded as God is Not Great[19].
  • God Is Not Great's main subject is recorded as criticism of religion[20].
  • God Is Not Great's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 2482940[21].
  • God Is Not Great's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'God is Not Great'}[22].
  • God Is Not Great's BBC Things ID is recorded as 3ff4a073-7cf2-4663-ac76-ea8227dc9bf9[23].
  • God Is Not Great's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How Religion Poisons Everything'}[24].
  • God Is Not Great's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'If the intended reader of this book should want to go beyond disagreement with its author and try to identify the sins and deformities that animated him to write it (and I have certainly noticed that those who publicly affirm charity and compassion and forgiveness are often inclined to take this course), then he or she will not just be quarreling with the unknowable and ineffable creator who—presumably—opted to make me this way.'}[25].
  • God Is Not Great's NNL item ID is recorded as 002677806[26].
  • God Is Not Great's OCLC work ID is recorded as 3943374020[27].

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Designation and Status

God Is Not Great's instance of is recorded as written work[5].

Why It Matters

God Is Not Great ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (498 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Christopher Hitchens United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  21. [23] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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