Is Anybody Up There?: Adventures of a Devout Sceptic

by PaulArnott (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $7.14

  Religious fundamentalism tells us what we must believe; atheism tells us why we shouldn't. But what does faith mean to the majority of us who aren't quite so certain? In this entertaining guide to religion as it is lived, Arnott draws on his own Anglican upbringing and further encounters with Sikh bus drivers, Greek Orthodox tour guides and a friend who runs the Hari Krishnas flapjack company to explore the impact our spiritual side really has on our day-to-day existence. Funny, accessible and far from polemical, Is Anybody Up There? is an open-minded and insightful look at what we believe and why we believe it.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.28

  When he was little Paul Arnott believed in fairies, Father Christmas and Baby Jesus. But as he got older he found things weren't so simple. Whether recalling encounters with hardcore Christians speaking in tongues or being taught Orthodox paradoxes by a beautiful Greek tour guide, seeking serenity with the Dalai Lama or being stoned by Palestinians in the Holy Land, Arnott is an entertaining guide through the half-beliefs and fully-fledged convictions of himself and others. With one friend vanishing into the Moonies and another emerging from a decade in an ashram to head up the Hari Krishnas' international flapjack corporation, what seems clear to Arnott is that to deny our spiritual side is to deny our history, our humanity and, crucially, a great deal of our humour. IS ANYBODY UP THERE? is an open-minded and insightful look into what we believe and why we believe it.