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Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is exactly what A.C. Grayling has done by creating a non-religious Bible, drawn from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both Western and Eastern traditions, using the same techniques of editing, redaction, and adaptation that produced the holy books of the Judaeo-Christian and Islamic religions. The Good Book consciously takes its design and presentation from the Bible, in its beauty of language and arrangement into short chapters and verses for ease of reading and quotability, offering to the non-religious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of secular humanist traditions that are older, far richer and more various than Christianity. Organized in 12 main sections——Genesis, Histories, Widsom, The Sages, Parables, Consolations, Lamentations, Proverbs, Songs, Epistles, Acts, and the Good—— The Good Book opens with meditations on the origin and progress of the world and human life in it, then devotes attention to the question of how

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Author

Grayling A. C.; Overdrive Inc

Publisher

Walker Books

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802778383

Category

history

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, Fiction

Rating

3.69 / 5 (537 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14