This is a free event but bookings are essential as places are strictly limited. Beyond Belief is available for a special pre-sale price of $29.70 (includes book launch reservation) or for sale on the night for $32.99. Hugh will be signing after the event.
About the Book
A powerful investigation into how we make sense of our lives and find purpose in an age without God.
This is a major work of non-fiction by one of Australia's most respected authors. Hugh Mackay takes on one of the biggest topics of our time: the declining role of religion in our society. In this he follows writers such as Dawkins and Hitchens, but his arguments are more conciliatory. Like them, he grasps the absurdity of certain religious concepts and their relevance to contemporary life, but he also argues that for the sake of our humanity we need to believe in something bigger than ourselves.
Mackay looks at the many paradoxes of belief. He questions why 61 per cent of us say we believe in God, but only 8 per cent of us go to church. He looks at the various ways we try to find other forms of transcendence in our stridently materialistic lives. And he warns of what may be lost with the wholesale casting out of spirituality.
About the Author
Hugh Mackay is a social researcher and the author of seventeen books, including the 2013 bestseller,
The Good Life.
Hugh has had a 60-year career in social research, and was also a weekly newspaper columnist for over 25 years. He is currently a patron of the Asylum Seekers Centre and an honorary professor at Charles Sturt University and the University of Wollongong.
In recognition of his pioneering work in social research, Hugh has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and awarded honorary doctorates by Charles Sturt, Macquarie, NSW and Western Sydney universities. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015.
Can't make it?
Can't make it? We'll happily have a copy of Hugh Mackays' Beyond Belief signed for you. Simply contact us via phone, email, online or visit us in-store, and we'll take care of the rest.
A powerful investigation into how we make sense of our lives and find purpose in an age without God.
