There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the debate. This book thoroughly and calmly examines all the arguments and associated considerations offered in support of religious belief, and does so in full consciousness of the reasons people have for subscribing to religion, and the needs they seek to satisfy by doing so. And because it takes account of all the issues, its solutions carry great weight. The God Argument is the definitive examination of the issue, and a statement of the humanist outlook that recommends itself as the ethics of the genuinely reflective person.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A. C. Grayling is Master of the New College of the Humanities, UK. He has written and edited numerous works of philosophy and is the author of biographies of Descartes and William Hazlitt. He believes that philosophy should take an active, useful role in society. He has been a regular contributor to The Times, Financial Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, Literary Review, New Statesman and Prospect, and is a frequent and popular contributor to radio and television programmes, including Newsnight, Today, In Our Time, Start the Week and CNN news. He is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum at Davos, and advises on many committees ranging from Drug Testing at Work to human rights groups.
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198 mm
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129 mm
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238 gr
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Religion as Regression
The first half of Grayling’s book is a critique of religion while the second half offers a viable alternative. The alternative is clear from the title of the book: Humanism.
Grayling argues that religion belongs to “mankind’s less educated and knowledgeable” realms like magic and astrology. He won’t agree with those who argue that it is not religion that is at fault for the atrocities committed in its name but those who misuse it. Grayling rightly argues that if religion is misused so mu...