# Religion for Atheists

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- Book: [Religion for Atheists](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton/religion-for-atheists) ([Religion for Atheists.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton/religion-for-atheists.md))
- Authors: [Alain de Botton](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4193-760-1
- Published: 2012-01-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain de Botton's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false - and yet that religions still have important things to teach the secular world. Rather than mocking religions, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from them - because they're packed with good ideas on how we live and arrange our societies. Blending deep respect with total impiety, de Botton (a non-believer) proposes that we should look to religions for insights into how to build a sense of community, make our relationships last, get more out of art, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy,and much more. For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between either swallowing peculiar doctrines or doing away with consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. At last Alain de Botton has fashioned a far more interesting and truly helpful alternative.