(H/B) RELIGION FOR ATHEISTS

Παρουσίαση

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. (from the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

I: Wisdom without Doctrine
II: Community
III: Kindness
IV: Education
V: Tenderness
VI: Pessimism
VII: Perspective
VIII: Art
IX: Architecture
X: Institutions