Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Rel... by Bertrand Russell

Whether the reader shares or rejects Bertrand Russell's views, he will find this book an invigorating challenge to set notions, a masterly statement of a philosophical position, and a pure joy to read. In an Appendix, Professor Edwards contributes a full account of the highly controversial 'Bertrand Russell Case' of 1940, in which Russell was judicially declared 'unfit' to teach philosophy at the College of the City of New York.

The book has been edited, with Lord Russell's full approval and cooperation, by Professor Paul Edwards of the Philosophy Department of New York University. Read Why I am not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects by Bertrand Russell available from Rakuten Kobo. Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Paperback 30 October 1967 by Bertrand Russell (Author) 526 ratings See all formats and editions Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 14,737.00 1 Used from 14,737.00 Paperback 1,326.00 1 Used from 2,236. Originally delivered on March 6th, 1927, Russell goes through all aspects of what he means by Christian, his views on the arguments for the existence of God, a discussion of Christ and his teachings, and more. 'I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue,' Russell declares in his Preface, and his reasoned opposition to any system or dogma which he feels may shackle man's mind runs through all the essays in this book, whether they were written as early as 1899 or as late as 1954. The collection opens with the title lecture, Why I am not a Christian which is perhaps the talk for which Bertrand Russell is best know. These qualities make the essays included in this book perhaps the most graceful and moving presentation of the freethinker's position since the days of Hume and Voltaire.

He brings to his treatment of these questions the same courage, scrupulous logic, and lofty wisdom for which his other work as philosopher, writer, and teacher has been famous. Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned with the basic questions to which religion also addresses itself - questions about man's place in the universe and the nature of the good life, questions that involve life after death, morality, freedom, education, and sexual ethics.

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Rel... by Bertrand Russell