Page 16 of 2007 Fall Winter by Arcade Publishing

if nietzsche proclaimed the death of god onfray starts from the premise that god is not only very much alive today but increasingly controlled by fundamentalists in this groundbreaking work michel onfray france s leading philosopher documents the ravages of organized religions over the centuries in doing so he makes a strong and compelling case against all three monotheistic religions for their obsession with purity their intolerance their contempt for and antipathy to reason and intelligence and their stance against individual freedom desire and the human body sexuality and pleasure and women in general he rails against the concept of the afterlife emphasizing the importance of the here and now the only world that really exists citing chapter and verse of the three monotheims holy works onfray demonstrates clearly and convincingly how they have been dissected and altered censored and rewritten to suit each doctrine and convince the faithful that they are the word of god not man marke ti ng promotion web marketing a wonderful invigorating blast of sanity delivered against the fog of high-toned mumbo-jumbo we have to endure everywhere today a passionate and coolly reasoned advocacy of atheism william boyd london times literary supplement · with over 270,000 copies sold in france alone this book has become a bestseller in all of the 15 countries where it has already appeared · like sam harris s the end of faith w w norton 2005 and richard dawkins s the god delusion houghton mifflin 2006 onfray s book has the potential to become a bestseller here as well · a london times literary supplement book of the year · will help people understand the fundamentalism and fanaticism that informs so much of these three religions today · hardcover isbn 1-55970-820-4 an acerbic stylish and erudite polemic against received religions [and a wonderful invigorating antidote to the tsunami of religious fanaticism that is engulfing the western world as well doug ireland new politics as islamic countries onfrey laments the abiding insidious influence of christian monotheism and the growing influence of islam library journal atheist manifesto the case against christianity judaism and islam michel onfray translated from the french by jeremy leggatt 1-55970-850-6 978-1-55970-850-0 $14.99 ncr · religion · paperback 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 · 240 pages · rights us open market arcade ja n ua ry 120 dorothÉe schwartz michel onfray is the author of some 30 works of philosophy in 2002 he founded the free university of caen open to all regardless of age or education he divides his time between normandy and paris.

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