Why I am Not a Christian : And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects (Record no. 6383)
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| fixed length control field | 02340nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0042000289 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 211 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Russell, Bertrand |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Why I am Not a Christian : And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects |
| Statement of responsibility | Bertrand Russell |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Unwin Paperbacks |
| Year of publication | 1989 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 205 Pages |
| Other physical details | 13x20 cm |
| -- | PB |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Appendix and Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The title-essay, with its incisive analysis of Christianity, is followed by a major statement of Russell's own beliefs, discussions of immortality, the misery caused by religion, and the danger of looking to it for help. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned with the basic questions to which religion also addresses itself -- questions about man's place in the universe and the nature of the good life, questions that involve life after death, morality, freedom, education, and sexual ethics. He brings to his treatment of these questions the same courage, scrupulous logic, and lofty wisdom for which his other work as philosopher, writer, and teacher has been famous. These qualities make the essays included in this book perhaps the most graceful and moving presentation of the freethinker's position since the days of Hume and Voltaire. "I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue," Russell declares in his Preface, and his reasoned opposition to any system or dogma which he feels may shackle man's mind runs through all the essays in this book, whether they were written as early as 1899 or as late as 1954. The book has been edited, with Lord Russell's full approval and cooperation, by Professor Paul Edwards of the Philosophy Department of New York University. In an Appendix, Professor Edwards contributes a full account of the highly controversial "Bertrand Russell Case" of 1940, in which Russell was judicially declared "unfit" to teach philosophy at the College of the City of New York. Whether the reader shares or rejects Bertrand Russell's views, he will find this book an invigorating challenge to set notions, a masterly statement of a philosophical position, and a pure joy to read. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Free thought |
| -- | Religion--Philosophy |
| -- | Religion |
| -- | Atheism |
| -- | Philosophy and religion |
| -- | Christianity |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2016-12-26 | MSL | 202.50 | 211 R949W 1989 | 10219 | Books |