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Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion (Hardback)
Short Description for Religion for AtheistsArgues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false - and yet that religions still have important things to teach the secular world. This book proposes that we should look to religions for insights into how to build a sense of community, make our relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, and more.
Full description- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Published: 26 January 2012
- Format: Hardback 320 pages
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- Categories: Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects | Popular Philosophy | Philosophy Of Religion | Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems
- ISBN 13: 9780241144770 ISBN 10: 0241144779
- Sales rank: 316
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Full description for Religion for Atheists
The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain de Botton's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false - and yet that religions still have important things to teach the secular world. Rather than mocking religions, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from them - because they're packed with good ideas on how we live and arrange our societies. Blending deep respect with total impiety, de Botton (a non-believer) proposes that we should look to religions for insights into how to build a sense of community, make our relationships last, get more out of art, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, and much more. For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between either swallowing peculiar doctrines or doing away with consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. At last Alain de Botton has fashioned a far more interesting and truly helpful alternative.
