The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal

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Prometheus Books, 1986 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 500 pages
"In this higly acclaimed and controversial book, Paul Kurtz critically analyses the bases of religion: How provable are the claims of the famous prophets who found religions in their names, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Jpseph Smith, Ellen G. White and others?

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Contents

Meaning and transcendence
17
Logical coherence
51
The role of education
66
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About the author (1986)

Paul Kurtz was born on December 21, 1925. He received a bachelor's degree from New York University and a master's degree and doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University. During World War II, he served in the United States Army and helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp in 1945. He was a philosopher who focused on fighting prejudice against people who reject belief in a god and promoting a non-religious stance in life. He wrote or edited more than 50 books on ethics without religion, critiques of religion and the paranormal, and on skepticism, or the challenging of received wisdom. His works include The Transcendental Temptation, Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism, The Courage to Become, Multi-Secularism: A New Agenda, and What is Secular Humanism? He founded the journal Free Inquiry and the secular humanist Center for Inquiry. He also taught at numerous universities including the State University of New York at Buffalo and Vassar. He died on October 20, 2012 at the age of 86.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal
G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
AuthorPaul Kurtz
PublisherPrometheus Books, 1986
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 23, 2009
ISBN0879753625, 9780879753627
Length500 pages
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Body, Mind & Spirit / General
Religion / Agnosticism
  
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