Why I Am Not a Christian

essay by Bertrand Russell advocating atheism
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Why I Am Not a Christian
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Why I Am Not a Christian

Summary

Why I Am Not a Christian is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why I Am Not a Christian authored Bertrand Russell[3].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's image is recorded as Waarom-ik-geen-christen-ben.jpg[4].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's genre is recorded as non-fiction literature[6].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's genre is recorded as essay[7].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 309293809[8].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's GND ID is recorded as 1088027776[9].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's publication date is recorded as +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zmdp[13].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1088563W[14].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's main subject is recorded as religion[15].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's main subject is recorded as Christianity[16].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's main subject is recorded as atheism[17].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's work available at URL is recorded as https://users.drew.edu/~jlenz/whynot.html[18].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 8529[19].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Why I Am Not a Christian'}[20].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Warum ich kein Christ bin'}[21].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Kial mi ne estas kristano'}[22].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Por qué no soy cristiano'}[23].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Pourquoi ne suis-je pas chrétien ?'}[24].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Perché non sono cristiano'}[25].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Waarom ik geen christen ben'}[26].
  • Why I Am Not a Christian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'হোয়াই আই এম নট এ ক্রিশ্টিয়ান'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

Why I Am Not a Christian authored Bertrand Russell[3].

Why It Matters

Why I Am Not a Christian ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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