How to See Religion Differently
What questioning your beliefs can reveal, and why it can lead to a healthy mind
by Luke Pemberton
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Pub Date Jul 14 2018 | Archive Date Aug 16 2018
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Description
Ever felt confused about religious belief but reluctant to question it? Ever considered that religious beliefs may in fact be less than wholesome, but weren’t sure how to ponder them? Well this book will help. Written by someone who attended religious schools all his life, studied theology, and was a committed believer for many years, the author will walk you through his journey from belief to full-blown scepticism. Easy-to-read, and containing over 200 drawings, this book will help give you clarity of mind and a sense of liberation allowing you to move forward in life with new found confidence and self-acceptance.
Pick up a copy of How to See Religion Differently today and see why it’s better to be an amazing primate than a fallen angel, why religion is like a teddy bear, why God would be unfriended on social media today, and why religion should fall foul of advertising standard guidelines.
Featured Reviews
Han H, Educator
This is exactly the book I am looking forward to show my students in order to demonstrate that religion is not a rigid absolute phenomenon but something that can, and should, be examined.
The writing is personable and the drawing are perfect.
Reviewer 174028
As someone who has a strong view on religion, and challenges anyone to ask (and answer) the hard questions about their religion, I raced right through this short book. This book brings up points that do make you question the validity of Christianity. If you've already taken the journey into Atheism, you've likely heard many of the lines provided by the author. Otherwise, if you have any doubt whatsoever in your faith, you'll find that Luke Pemberton gives you a lot to think about,
I was provided an ARC of this book, therefore the handwritten notes were a bit difficult to read on a mid-sized device.
My thanks to NetGalley for the pleasure of reading and reviewing How to See Religion Differently by Luke Pemberton.
Cristie U, Book Trade Professional
The author's mission to make the reader look at religion differently was accomplished as I read this! This book is not preachy and doesn't push the author's beliefs on you, it just encourages you to look at things more closely and interpret them yourself. I loved the stick figures!
Jack R, Reviewer
Questioning your beliefs is a good thing
The full title of this book is How to See Religion Differently: What questioning your beliefs can reveal, and why it can lead to a healthy mind. The book is by Luke Pemberton who was raised Catholic and questioned his beliefs (or at least what he was told to believe) as he got a bit older.
I think that questioning your beliefs is a good thing. Different folks will decide different things. Religion makes sense to many people. Others will decide that religion or maybe a particular religion is not for them.
Like Luke, I was raised Catholic and questioned the teachings as I got older and decided the Catholic faith was not for me. We reached the same conclusion but my journey was very different.
Luke felt guilty for questioning what he was told to believe. I did not. I don’t know if the difference was in parenting, education, or specific experiences in his parish. I could understand his feelings although it was not at all like my experience.
I read this on my Kindle and I’ll say more about that in a minute. First I want to thank Netgalley for a chance to read this an Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
So these comments might relate the ARC rather than the book itself. Amazon lets you download a free sample so check that to see if it is acceptable to you if you are thinking about eis book.
I was not big fan of the illustrations in the book. First of all they were very small so I could not read them on the Kindle. I found the iPad Kindle app allowed me to enlarge them but the resolution was fairly low and the enlarged images with text were often hard to read.
This may not be true of the final product so if you are interested in this book, please look at the sample first. I have no idea if the print version has this problem.
I enjoyed reading this book and I hope you will too.
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