An Atheist's Belief History

Matthew Kneale tries to present a general picture of beliefs by discussing the idea of "religious belief" from the early periods of human history: He focuses on the backgrounds, social and cultural structures of the birth of religions from the Middle East, the cradle of great religions, to South America, from China to India. . It focuses on what ordinary people believe and looks at the continuities and changes in religious beliefs. It also touches upon the relationship of various political ideas with religious conceptions.

Kneale approaches the beliefs that shape human history, from literature to architecture, from wars to alliances, not by belittling them, but by trying to understand them. Because he suggests that human history can be better understood by thoroughly examining the beliefs that he claims are "humankind's greatest imaginary project." An Atheist's History of Beliefs is a concise explanation of humanity's relationship with the unknown, with the "search for assurance" for tens of thousands of years... "Religions are like ice cores. It is possible to find layers of past beliefs in each of them. Even the beliefs of 33,000 years ago still exist in our world. This book is this ice." "It aims to examine some of their cores, discover how their many layers are formed, and see how they continue to influence our world, sometimes in the most unexpected ways."
-Matthew Kneale-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 278

Year of Printing: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 278

First Print Year: 2015

Language Turkish