Russell on Religion: Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell (Russell on... Series)

Annotation Russell on Religion presents a comprehensive and accessible selection of Bertrand Russell's writing on religion and related topics from the turn of the century to the end of his life. The influence of religion pervades almost all Bertrand Russell's writings from his mathematical treatises to his early fiction. This comprehensive selection of writings offers a clear overview of the development of his thinking about religion. Russell contends with religion as a philosopher, historian, social critic and private individual. The selections papers are arranged chronologically, and span Russell's thinking with his personal statements, and his views on religion and philosophy, religion and science, religion and morality and religion and history. This collection shows the development and diversity of Russell's thinking on religion and exposes the reader to all aspects of his work on this subject Humanities Book Cover 1 Title 4 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 8 Introduction 10 Personal statements 28 From 'My Mental Development' and 'Reply to Criticisms' 32 The Free Man's Worship 40 Autobiography: Mystic Illumination 48 What is an Agnostic? 50 Religion and philosophy 60 The Essence of Religion 66 The Essence and Effect of Religion 79 Why I Am Not a Christian 86 The Existence and Nature of God 101 Religion and science 116 Mysticism and Logic 118 Science and Religion 140 Review of Sir Arthur Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World 149 Review of James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe 152 Do Science and Religion Conflict? 156 Religion and morality 160 Religion and the Churches 162 Inherent Tendencies of Industrialism 176 Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization? 178 The Sense of Sin 195 Religion and history 204 Introduction to History of Western Philosophy 208 The Religious Development of the Jews 212 Christianity During the First Four Centuries 228 Mohammedan Culture and Philosophy 238 The Reformation and Counter-Reformation 247 Notes 250 Selected bibliography 256 Index 258 Russel on Religion presents a unique selection of Bertrand Russell's writings on religion and related topics from the turn of the century to the end of his life which provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the development of his thin Bertrand Russell's Religious Convictions Were Controversial, And One Of His Best Selling Titles Is 'why I Am Not A Christian'. This Is A Comprehensive And Coherent Survey Of Russell On Religion, With Notes For Students. This first section contains two kinds of statements: the first (Chapters 1 and 3) is mainly autobiographical, the second (Chapters 2 and 4) expresses his views at the time they were written. In 1876, when, after my father's death, I was brought to the house of my grandparents, my grandfather was eighty-three and had become very feeble.