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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alain de Botton
• Verlag: Hamish Hamilton
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 29.02.2012
• EAN: 9780241145357
• ISBN: 978-0-241-14535-7
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke