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Philosophy & religion
Religion for Atheists
By Alain de Botton
Paperback
Published 07-Feb-2013
| RRP: | £9.99 |
| Our price: | £7.99 |
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Rejects the supernatural claims of religion and points out just how many good ideas they sometimes have about how we should live. This book shows us a range of ideas on a range of topics, including relationships, work, culture, love and death - and that could be of use to all of us, irrespective of whether we do or don't believe.
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God Delusion
By Richard Dawkins
Paperback
Published 21-May-2007
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Presenting different arguments for religion, this book demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. It aims to show how religion fuels war, foments bigotry and abuses children.
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Joy of Secularism
By George Levine
Paperback
Published 11-Dec-2012
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Alone of All Her Sex
By Marina Warner
Hardback
Published 21-Mar-2013
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A polemical study about the most powerful divine woman in the history of the world.
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Philosophy for Life
By Jules Evans
Paperback
Published 03-May-2012
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Explains how ancient philosophy saved the author's life, and how we can all use it to become happier, wiser and more resilient. This title explores how ancient philosophy is inspiring modern communities - Socratic cafes, Stoic armies, Platonic sects, Sceptic summer camps - and even whole nations in their quest for the good life.
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Faith Confirmed
By Peter Jackson
Paperback
Published 17-Jan-2013
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A completely updated edition of this confirmation preparation guide, Faith Confirmed covers all the essentials of the Christian faith and is ideal for use with individuals or groups.
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Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?
By Anthony Clavane
Hardback
Published 27-Sep-2012
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The largely underappreciated - and often hidden - history of Jewish involvement in English football.
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Book of Silence
By Sara Maitland
Paperback
Published 03-Aug-2009
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After a noisy upbringing as one of six children, and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, the author began to crave silence. She has spent periods of silence in the Sinai desert, the Australian bush, and the Isle of Skye. This book interweaves these experiences with the history of silence through fairy-tale and myth.
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Natural History of Ghosts
By Roger Clarke
Hardback
Published 01-Nov-2012
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What explains sightings of ghosts? Why do they fascinate us? What exactly did the haunted see? What did they believe? And what proof is there? This history of the evolution of the ghost in the west, examines the behaviour of the subject in its preferred environment: the stories we tell each other.
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History of Christianity
By Diarmaid MacCulloch
Paperback
Published 02-Sep-2010
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How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book describes not only the main facts, ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organization and spirituality, but how it has changed politics, sex, and human society.
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