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Titre :
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In defence of atheism : The case against Christianity, Judaism and Islam
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Auteurs :
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Michel Onfray, Auteur
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Type de document :
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texte imprimé
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Editeur :
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New York : Serpent's Tail, 2007
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-1-85242-993-5
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Format :
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239 p.
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Note générale :
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Religion is making a comeback, bringing in its wake extremism. This text demonstrates that organised religion is motivated by worldly, historical and political power; that the three monotheisms - Christianity, Islam and Judaism - exhibit the same hatred of women, reason, the body, the passions; that religion denies life and glorifies death.
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Langues originales:
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Français
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Index. décimale :
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194 (Philosophie française moderne)
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Mots-clés:
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athéisme
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Résumé :
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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.
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