The Good Book
AC Grayling
The Good Book
Drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative non-religious writing on all that it means to be human — from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life — A.C. Grayling has created a secular bible. Designed to be read as narrative and also to be dipped into for inspiration, encouragement and consolation, The Good Book aims to offer a thoughtful, non-religious alternative to the many people who do not follow one of the world's great religions.
2.1 out of 5 based on 4 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Non-fiction |
| Genre |
Religion & Spirituality |
| Format |
Hardback |
| Pages |
608 |
| RRP |
£25.00 |
| Date of Publication |
April 2011 |
| ISBN |
978-0747599609 |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury |
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Drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative non-religious writing on all that it means to be human — from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life — A.C. Grayling has created a secular bible. Designed to be read as narrative and also to be dipped into for inspiration, encouragement and consolation, The Good Book aims to offer a thoughtful, non-religious alternative to the many people who do not follow one of the world's great religions.
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Reviews
The Sunday Express
Terry Waite
“Good sensible stuff and well worth reflecting on. However, I can’t help but feel that in compiling this vast collection Grayling has missed a trick. It would have been so helpful to a reader such as myself to have some information about his sources, perhaps in an introduction to each chapter.”
17/04/2011
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The Observer
Richard Holloway
“"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun."”
24/04/2011
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The Sunday Times
Christopher Hart
“… a bit like reading the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations with most of the good bits taken out … Still, as failures go, Grayling’s Good Book is undeniably thought-provoking, even if it is unlikely ever to sit by anyone’s bedside, not even Richard Dawkins’s, in the same way as the Bible. Compared to the original, it’s a molehill at the foot of Everest.”
10/04/2011
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The Spectator
AN Wilson
“The book is described as ‘A Secular Bible’, which is baffling. For a start, what is secular about a book composed of, among others, Aristotle, Chaucer, Cicero, Euripides, Herrick, Milton, Seneca, Sophocles, and Vergil to name a few, all of whom were notably religious in outlook? And secondly, who, apart from the Mormons, needs a pretend Bible when there exists a real one? ... My advice to any potential purchaser is to wait until it appears in the remainder bookshop — it can’t be long now.”
07/05/2011
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