Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment (Hardcover)

from ElectricKoolAid

Should lay to rest for Americans the notion that people need to believe in fairy tales to live peaceably with one another. The next step is to stop being Christian atheists and purge the leftover mental baggage that still infects the West's value system. We need a non-christian atheism. The West ...

from K.J.

Well-written, balanced and accurate. A sensible review of the no-religion concept and how it actually can work in today's world. I found this book to be a very interesting read and recommend that anyone studying religion - or anyone else, for that matter - take time to read it.

from auntmarge64

Reading this book reminded me of a conversation I once had with a psychotherapist acquaintance. I had asked her somewhat distractedly what she was planning to do for the holidays, meaning Christmastime. She looked at me rather strangely, and said, "Well, I'm Jewish. Christmas has no meaning for m...

from MarkBeronte

Before he began his recent travels, it seemed to Phil Zuckerman as if humans all over the globe were “getting religion”—praising deities, performing holy rites, and soberly defending the world from sin. But most residents of Denmark and Sweden, he found, don't worship any god at all, don't pray, ...

from snash

The author spent a little over a year in Denmark and Sweden. During that time he carried out a large number of interviews exploring their attitudes and beliefs about religion, death, meaning of life etc. They revealed themselves to be a secular society spending very little time worrying about suc...