| Title | : | Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | Alain de Botton |
| Release | : | 2012-03-06 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Religion & Spirituality |
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| 1 | Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's | Alain de Botton |
| 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. |
