Humanist bible good book

Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, and the literary skill to conceive of a powerful secular alternative to the bible. It has some extremely good parts and some parts that are very boring, but its worth reading in many ways. While there are chapters in the book that provided good guidancee. Reading through this i was really pleasantly surprised at how much i liked it. Grayling few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, andyesthe audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the bible. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. The good book is an inspired work of insight, wisdom, solace, and commentary on the human condition drawn from the worlds great humanist traditions of thought.

Organized in 12 main sectionsgenesis, histories, widsom, the sages, parables, consolations, lamentations, proverbs, songs, epistles, acts, and the goodthe good book opens with meditations on the origin and progress of the world and human life in. The book was designed as a secular alternative to religious text, and to be read as a narrative drawing on nonreligious philosophy, including that from ancient greek, chinese, roman, indian and arab civilizations, as well as the european renaissance and the age of enlightenment. They believe that because the writers of the bible lived in an unenlightened era, the book. Humanist bible copies the christian look but leaves god. Published on the four hundredth anniversary of the king james bible, the good book is a work of extraordinary audacity from a remarkable thinkera secular humanist bible drawn from the wisdom and. The good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible, in the beauty of its language and its pdf arrangement into short chapters and verses, offering to the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of various secular humanist traditions. In its beauty of language and its arrangement into short chapters and verses for. Sommer introduction humanists reject the claim that the bible is the word of god. A humanist bible, a nonreligious bible that draws from the wealth of secular. Grayling is being billed as if it is an inspirational collection of ethical tidbits. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Grayling has distilled the work of hundreds of authors and more than one thousand texts using the same techniques.

The good book few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, andyesthe audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the bible. Like the real bible, the good book is an eclectic and contradictory mix, containing much that really is very good, but also some thats bad and ugly, and quite a lot thats unbearably dull. A marvel, a distillation of over a thousand authoritative texts, edited, redacted, and assembled in the manner of the holy bible, though by one man. An atheists view of the bible special nook edition a critical atheist examination of the good book the holy bible nookbook editionis the bible really the good book. Im used to this language being peppered with things i dont believe in, and listening to it at weddings or funerals generally gives me a lump in my stomach. Some reasons why humanists reject the bible american. A humanist bible and millions of other books are available for instant access. In this classic work, the atheist and scholar william foote. In the good book, professor grayling offers a thoughtful, nonreligious alternative to the bible, drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative writing. The good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible, in the beauty of its language and its arrangement into short chapters and verses, offering to the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of various secular humanist traditions. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.

A book of extraordinary audacity from a remarkable thinkera secular bible drawn from the wisdom and humanity in the worlds great literature. The good book begins with genesis, where you can see the ideas of darwin laid out in an inspirational way. In its beauty of language and its arrangement into short. The christian bible, the hebrew bible, the koran are all central to many peoples lives. A humanist bible, a nonreligious bible that draws from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in. I was expecting it to begin with the big bang, go on to summarise how the earth formed and evolution then the spread of humanity a bit like the bible but based on scientific. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. The good book cant be bettered the philosopher ac grayling has created a secular bible, but its guidance for a good life fails to convince genevieve fox. Humanist association, is making the rounds on this side of the pond, touting his new creation the. It is divided into books like genesis, lamentations and proverbs. A humanist bible, a nonreligious bible that draws from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both western and eastern traditions. The good book is an inspired work of insight, wisdom. It imitates the editorial style of the judeochristian bible and of the quran, but is entirely secular and makes no mention of god. But its sole message, the author insists, is to think for yourself and dictate your own good life.

After all the subtitle of the book is a humanist bible. I do think there is scope for a humanist secular bible, but i dont think this book is up to the job. Antichristian polemic makes only a brief appearance, in the epistle that prefaces the good book, but such polemic is central to graylings identity as humanist, atheist and secularist, and to a. The good book is a book of insight, inspiration, wisdom, solace and commentary on the human condition drawn from the great humanist traditions of thought and literature of the world. This is one of the few books ive read that changed the way i think about the world.

He urged the people to read it in any way they chose, and grow wise. They are convinced the book was written solely by humans in an ignorant, superstitious, and cruel age. The good book is an inspired work of insight, wisdom, solace, and commentary on the human condition drawn from the worlds great humanist traditions of thought and literature, western and easter alike. A humanist bible reprint by grayling, reader in philosophy birkbeck college a c isbn. Stimulating, thoughtful, rational and rewarding, it is now published in a compact edition. Graylings the good book mimics the bible right down to language and its use of books, chapters and verses. The atheists bible is the anti good book in more ways than one. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. A secular bible pays backhanded tribute to scripture by patterning itself loosely upon the multigenre structure of the bible. The good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible, in its beauty of language and arrangement into short chapters and verses for ease of reading and quotability, offering to the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of secular humanist traditions that are older, far richer and. The good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible, in its beauty of language and arrangement into short chapters and verses for ease of reading and quotability, offering to the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of secular humanist traditions that are older, far richer and more various than christianity.