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Religion for atheists : a non-believer's guide to the uses of religion / Alain de Botton.

De Botton, Alain. (Author).
  • Description: 320 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books,
  • ISBN: 9780307379108
  • ISBN: 0307379108

Available copies

  • 3 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).

Current holds

1 current hold with 7 total copies.

Library Location Call Number Status Due Date
Danvers Adult Nonfiction BL 2776 D4 2012 (Text to phone) Available -
Gloucester Adult Nonfiction 200/De Botton (Text to phone) Available -
Lynnfield Adult Nonfiction BL 2776 .D4 2012 (Text to phone) Available -
Northern Essex - Haverhill Campus New Books BL2776 .D4 2012 (Text to phone) Checked out 05/20/2013
Peabody Main Adult Nonfiction NEW BL 2776 .D4 2012 (Text to phone) In transit -
Salem Adult Non-Fiction 200/ De BOTTON (Text to phone) Checked out 05/28/2013
Swampscott Thomson Room 200 D (Text to phone) Checked out 05/22/2013

Contents: Wisdom without doctrine -- Community -- Kindness -- Education -- Tenderness -- Pessimism -- Perspective -- Art -- Architecture -- Institutions.
Summary: What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton's inspiring book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false--but that it still has some very important things to teach the secular world. Religion for Atheists 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. Blending deep respect with total impiety, de Botton (a non-believer himself) proposes that we look to religion for insights into how to, among other concerns, build a sense of community, make our relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, inspire travel and reconnect with the natural world.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.

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Subject: Atheists.
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