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In the twenty-first century, religion is making a comeback, bringing in its wake extremism of all kinds. From Christian anti-abortion campaigns to suicide bombers claiming the righteousness of Islam, we are witnessing a resurgence of fundamentalism. Michel Onfray's response to the threat of a post-modern theocracy is to lay down the principles of an authentic atheism: exposing the fiction that is God, he proposes instead a new philosophy of reason that celebrates life and humanity. In Defence of Atheism demonstrates that organised religion is motivated by worldly, historical and political power; that the three dominant monotheisms - Christianity, Islam and Judaism - exhibit the same hatred of women, reason, the body, the passions; that religion denies life and glorifies death. Onfray exposes some uncomfortable truths: Judaism invented the extermination of a people; Jesus never existed historically; Christianity was enforced with extreme violence by Constantine; Islam is anti-Semitic, misogynist, warlike and incompatible with the values of a modern democracy.Product Identifiers
PublisherProfile Books
ISBN-139781852429935
eBay Product ID (ePID)90261134
Product Key Features
Publication Year2008
TopicAlternative Belief Systems, Popular Philosophy
Book TitleIn Defence of Atheism: the Case Against Christianity, Judaism and Islam
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorMichel Onfray
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight184 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMichel Onfray