Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

By: Alain de Botton

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Religion, Self help,

ISBN: 9780141046310

SKU: BE501722943048

Pages: 320

Description: He suggests that rather than mocking religion, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from it--because the world's religions are packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies. De Botton looks to religion for insights into how to build a sense of community, make relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, inspire travel, get more out of art, and reconnect with the natural world. For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between swallowing lots of peculiar doctrines or doing away with a range of consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. "Religion for Atheists" offers a far more interesting and truly helpful alternative.