# Roundup: Religion for atheists

> An enduringly useful guide.

8 March 2012 · News

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/roundup-religion-for-atheists/

## [Paradox regained](https://www.literaryreview.co.uk/holloway_02_12.php)

An enduringly useful guide.

## [Religion for Atheists](https://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/religion-for-atheists/87/)

Popular British philosophical essayist Alain de Botton grew up in a “committedly atheistic” family, but finds religion interesting and even valuable for what it can teach us.

## [Admirable but ultimately hollow](https://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/22/religion-atheists-de-botton-review)

Alain de Botton’s attempt to encourage secular society to steal religion’s most fruitful ideas.

## [What secular society can learn from the faithful](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/religionbookreviews/9054164/Religion-for-Atheists-by-Alain-de-Botton-review.html)

The underlying theme is de Botton’s religiously inspired awareness of human childishness.