Why I am not a Christian

While its tone is playful and frivolous, this book poses tough questions over the nature of religion and belief. Religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always beset humankind - why are we here, what is the point of being alive, how ought we to behave? Russell snatches tha...

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Glavni autor: Russell, Bertrand 1872-1970 (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: London Routledge, 2004
Nakladnička cjelina: Routledge classics
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100 |a Russell, Bertrand  |d 1872-1970. 
245 |a Why I am not a Christian :   |b and other essays on religion and realted subjects   |c Bertrand Russell ; with a new preface by Simon Blackburn. 
260 |a London   |b Routledge,  |c 2004   |g (2005 printing) 
300 |a xxiv, 223 p. ;  |c 20cm. 
490 |a Routledge classics 
500 |a Repr. with new preface. Originally published : Allen & Unwin, 1957. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 |a 1. Why I am not a Christian 2. Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilisation? 3. Do We Survive Death? 4. Seems, Madam? Nay, it is 6. On Catholic and Protestant Sceptics 7. Life in the Middle Ages 8. The Fate of Thomas Paine 9. Nice People 10. The New Generation 11. Our Sexual Ethics 12. Freedom and the Colleges 13. The Existence of God - a debate between Bertrand Russell and F.C. Copleston, SJ. 14. Can Religion Cure our Troubles? 15. Religion and Morals. 
520 |a While its tone is playful and frivolous, this book poses tough questions over the nature of religion and belief. Religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always beset humankind - why are we here, what is the point of being alive, how ought we to behave? Russell snatches that comfort away, leaving us instead with other, more troublesome alternatives: responsibility, autonomy, self-awareness. He tells us that the time to live is now, the place to live is here, and the way to be happy is to ensure others are happy  
650 |2 Philosophy and religion 
650 |a Atheism 
653 |a Free thought. 
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