Why I am not a Christian And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

is written by Bertrand Russell. The publisher of this title is Taylor & Francis Group.

Why I am not a Christian is considered one of the most blasphemous philosophical documents ever written and at a time when we have faith schools and wars over religious beliefs, its message today could not be more relevant. If Religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always beset humankind-why are we here, what is the point of being alive, how ought we to behave-then Russell snatches that comfort away, leaving us instead with other, more troublesome alternatives: responsibility, autonomy self-awareness,

Ranked alongside Voltaire's Candide, Tom Paine's Age of Reason, Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ, and Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Bertrand Russell's Why I am not a Christian has had some odd bedfellows over the years. While its tone is playful and frivolous, it poses tough questions over the nature of religion and belief.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) The leading British philosopher of the twentieth century, who made major contributions in the areas of logic and epistemology. Politically active and habitually outspoken his ethical principles twice led to imprisonment

Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition
Editor's Introduction
Preface/Bertrand Russell

1. Why I am not a Christian
2. Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilisation?
3. Do We Survive Death?
4. Seems, Madam? Nay, it is
5. On Catholic and Protestant Sceptics
6. Life in the Middle Ages
7. The Fate of Thomas Paine
8. Nice People
9. The New Generation
10. Our Sexual Ethics
11. Freedom and the Colleges
12. The Existence of God-a Debate Between Bertrand Russell and Father F.C. Copleston, SJ
13. Can Religion Cure Our Troubles?
14. Religion and Morals