Description
| Product ID: | 9780415325103 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
| Title: | Why I am not a Christian |
| Subtitle: | and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects |
| Authors: | Author: Bertrand Russell |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy of religion |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Why I am not a Christian is considered one of the most blasphemous philosophical documents ever written, and at a time when we have faith schools and wars over religious beliefs, its message today couldn't be more relevant. While its tone is playful and frivolous, this book poses tough questions over the nature of religion and belief. Religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always beset humankind - why are we here, what is the point of being alive, how ought we to behave? Russell snatches that comfort away, leaving us instead with other, more troublesome alternatives: responsibility, autonomy, self-awareness. He tells us that the time to live is now, the place to live is here, and the way to be happy is to ensure others are happy. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-02-02 |