Why I Am Not a Christian cover art

Why I Am Not a Christian

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Why I Am Not a Christian

By: Bertrand Russell
Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

About this listen

Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned with the basic questions to which religion also addresses itself - questions about man’s place in the universe and the nature of the good life, questions that involve life after death, morality, freedom, education, and sexual ethics. He brings to his treatment of these questions the same courage, scrupulous logic, and lofty wisdom for which his other work as philosopher, writer, and teacher has been famous. These qualities make the essays included in this collection perhaps the most graceful and moving presentation of the freethinker's position since the days of Hume and Voltaire.

Whether listeners share or reject Bertrand Russell’s views, they will find this book an invigorating challenge to set notions, a masterly statement of a philosophical position, and a pure joy to listen to. This collection was edited, with Lord Russell’s full approval and cooperation, by Professor Paul Edwards of the Philosophy Department of New York University.

©1927, 2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC Religious Studies Spirituality World
All stars
Most relevant
Yes this first chapter has made some much sense to me ,, I wish oh I wish I had heard all this as a younger person ,,

Relief from Religious beliefs

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The content is great, the collection of essays is rather coherent and they go along way to show Russell’s clarity of thought. The appendix goes along way to set the record right on what happened to Russell in relation to his revoked NYC college appointment. The performance is great too.

Russel’s views are clear, eloquent, and still modern

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.