Is Religion Dangerous?: 2nd Ed. - Softcover

Ward, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1459663470 ISBN 13: 9781459663473

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2013

Synopsis

Many commentators today claim that religion is dangerous and harmful. In addressing this question, Keith Ward begins by defining what religion actually is and how most human harm has been caused. He then looks at why people say that religion is dangerous, focusing particularly on religious wars and conflicts and on specific attacks on religion, such as the claims that God is wrathful, that religion is intolerant, that religious morality is primitive and cruel. Keith Ward argues that religion produces great good - for example, in terms of hospitals, the abolition of slavery, great art and music, moral heroism, and philosophy and science. Religion, he concludes, is the best rational basis for morality.

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Review:

This book, unlike many religious books, is very clearly written. I wish I could explain myself as clearly as he does. I think a good way to approach the book could be to regard it as a series of essays on topics such as Life after Death, Morality and the Bible, and Faith and Reason, which can be read independently of each other. -- Christopher Vane * The Lance *

About the Author:

A well-known broadcaster and presenter, Professor Keith Ward's work is internationally respected and he is today known as one of Britain's foremost philosopher-theologians. Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford, Joint President of the World Congress of Faiths and a Fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of over 20 books, including God, Chance and Necessity.

About this edition

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1459663470
• ISBN 13: 9781459663473
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300