Why I am not a Christian : and other essays on… by Bertrand Russell Why I am not a Christian : and other essays on religion and related subjects

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by Bertrand Russell.
New York:  Simon & Schuster,  —

 

Contents
Why I am not a Christian —
Has religion made useful contributions to civilization? —
What I believe —
Do we survive death? —
Seems, madam? Nay, it is —
Free man’s worship —
On Catholic and Protestant skeptics —
Life in the Middle Ages —
Fate of Thomas Paine —
Nice people —
New generation —
Our sexual ethics —
Freedom and the colleges —
Can religion cure our troubles? —
Religion and morals —

 

Biography

Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970). Philosopher, mathematician, educational and sexual reformer, pacifist, prolific letter writer, author and columnist, Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential and widely known intellectual figures of the twentieth century. In 1950 he was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1950 for his extensive contributions to world literature and for his “rationality and humanity, as a fearless champion of free speech and free thought in the West.”