![]() ![]() In fact, after I read de Botton's pleasant new offering, I found myself wanting to live a more religious life. I don't think people judge non-militant atheists with any sort of the unkindness some reserve for virulent atheists, so de Botton comes off as innocuous in his essential claim, but poetic in his religious descriptions. ![]() He seems like too much of a nice, kind, delightful person to actually stir up anger on either side. (If you are new to de Botton, he is the Gladwell of literature and philosophy with similar strengths and weaknesses.) However, de Botton, I believe, grossly overestimates his ability to stir controversy. In this new book, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion, Alain de Botton attempts to plunge himself into the raging storm of religious and atheistic controversy. ![]()
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