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Religion for Atheists
  • Published: 29 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141046310
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $27.99
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Religion for Atheists

A non-believer's guide to the uses of religion

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29 Jan 2014
EBook
25 Jan 2012
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The Sunday Times bestseller that exploded the God debate

All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. And in this wise and life-affirming book, non-believer Alain de Botton suggests that religions, far from being nonsensical as atheists maintain, are instead full of good ideas on how to live.

And that we should steal from them.

Picking and choosing from the thousands of years of advice assembled by the world's great religions to get practical insights on art, community, love, friendship, work, life and death, Alain de Botton will show how each of us may find our place in the world.
  • Published: 29 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141046310
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $27.99
Categories:

About the author

Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including The School of Life: An Emotional Education, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love. He is the founder of The School of Life (theschooloflife.com).
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Praise for Religion for Atheists

Smart and stimulating . . . a sensitive analysis of the deeply human needs that faith meets

Financial Times

A beautiful, inspiring book . . . offering a glimpse of a more enlightened path

Sunday Telegraph

A serious and optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve and alter the way we live

Jeanette Winterson, The Times

His prose is lovely: clear, gently persuasive, light of touch

Observer

Beautifully written

Evening Standard

Cool, crystal-clear prose . . . There isn't a page in this book that doesn't contain a striking idea or a stimulating parallel

Daily Mail