The Flame of Reason

A passionate, highly accessible clarion call to a world dangerously threatened by irrational superstitions of all kinds.''Truly a book for our time'' Steven Pinker ''In Sweden''s public square, Christer Sturmark has done as much as anyone to uphold reason and humane critical thinking'' Richard Dawkins ''As lucid and illuminating as it is warm and inspiring'' Rebecca GoldsteinIn country after country, conspiracy theories and religious dogmas that once seemed to have been overtaken by enlightened thought are helping to lift authoritarian leaders into power. The effects are being felt by women, ethnic minorities, teachers, scientists and students ¿ and by the environment, the ultimate victim of climate change denial. We need clear thinking now more than ever.Christer Sturmark is a crusading secular humanist as well as a Swedish publisher and entrepreneur, and The Flame of Reason is his manifesto for a better world. It provides a set of simple tools for c