Tag Archives: Alain de Botton

Against Agape (Restaurants) and All That

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the Spectator, A.N. Wilson, a former atheist, responds to de Botton: De Botton has little chance of success — either in starting a chain of Agape restaurants, or in persuading bigots on either side of this argument. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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Agape at Agape

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the weekend’s Wall Street Journal, cuddly atheist Alain de Botton offers up a vision of hell with his proposal for a series of atheist “Agape” restaurants (God help us) at which secular folk could come to share in … Continue reading →

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Okey Dokey

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Guardian: Plans to build a £1m “temple for atheists” among the international banks and medieval church spires of the City of London have sparked a clash between two of Britain’s most prominent non-believers. The philosopher and writer Alain … Continue reading →

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More Guidance Needed?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The New Atheists are much too shrill for my decidedly agnostic tastes. In many respects, they are on a hiding to nothing. The religious impulse will always be with us and so will be a belief in the supernatural. But … Continue reading →

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