BOOK OF ATHEIST SPIRITUALITY

CAN WE DO WITHOUT RELIGION? CAN WE HAVE ETHICS WITHOUT GOD? IS THERE SUCH A THING AS 'ATHEIST SPIRITUALITY'? IN THIS POWERFUL BOOK, THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ANDRE COMTE-SPONVILLE ANSWERS QUESTIONS LIKE THESE THROUGH A PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLORATION OF ATHEISM - AND HE COMES TO SOME STARTLING CONCLUSIONS. ACCORDING TO COMTE-SPOONVILLE, WE HAVE ALLOWED THE CONCEPT OF SPIRITUALITY TO BECOME INTERTWINED WITH RELIGION AND THUS HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH THE NATURE OF A TRUE SPIRITUAL EXISTENCE.IN ORDER TO CHANGE THIS, HOWEVER, WE NEED NOT REJECT THE ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND VALUES THAT ARE PART OF OUR HERITAGE; RATHER, WE MUST RETHINK OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THESE VALUES AND ASK OURSELVES WHETHER THEIR SIGNIFICANCE COMES FROM THE EXISTENCE OF A HIGHER POWER OR SIMPLY FROM THE HUMAN NEED TO CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER AND THE UNIVERSE. COMTE-SPONVILLE OFFERS RIGOROUS, REASONED ARGUMENTS THAT TAKE BOTH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS INTO ACCOUNT. THROUGH HIS CLEAR, CONCISE, AND OFTE