Why I Am Not a Christian
"Why I Am Not a Christian" is an essay by Bertrand Russell, first given as a talk at Battersea Town Hall on 6 March 1927 for the National Secular Society and printed as a pamphlet that year. In 1957 Paul Edwards edited a wider collection of Russell's writings on religion under the same title.
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Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell was first published in 1927. We track 2 editions.
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More by Bertrand Russell
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- Political Ideals1917 · 2 editions
- Roads to Freedom1918 · 1 edition
- Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy1919 · 2 editions
- The Analysis of Mind1921 · 1 edition
- What I Believe1925 · 1 edition
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Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell was first published in 1927.
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