Thursday, 20 September 2012

Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton

Read in hardback after seeing Alain speak at Cambridge WordFest 2012.

Subtitled "A non-believer's guide to the uses of religion", this book is Alain's attempt to gather from some of the world's major religions those elements which could be useful to secular society.

Covers a wide range of topics, including Community, Education, Art and Architecture.

Well written and researched, also very well-meaning, Alain seems determined to bring depth of feeling and thinking to the secular world.

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