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The Little Book of Humanist Weddings: Enduring inspiration for celebrating love and commitment

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Little Book of Humanist Weddings: Enduring inspiration for celebrating love and commitment
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Andrew Copson
By (author) Alice Roberts
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 180,Width 114
Category/GenreEthics and moral philosophy
Humanist and secular alternatives to religion
Dating, relationships, living together and marriage
Weddings, wedding planners
ISBN/Barcode 9780349429731
ClassificationsDewey:392.5
Audience
General
Illustrations B&W illustrations, approx. 70

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Piatkus Books
Publication Date 23 September 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From the authors of the Sunday Times bestseller The Little Book of Humanism A humanist wedding ceremony allows couples the freedom to express their love in a completely personal way - and choose what marriage means to them. In a beautiful collection of insights from humanist celebrants, plus quotes, poems and meditations from humanist writers and thinkers throughout history, The Little Book of Humanist Weddings is filled with inspiration to complement your unique celebration of love and commitment.

Author Biography

Professor Alice Roberts is a writer, broadcaster, and President of Humanists UK. She is the bestselling author of eight popular science books including Evolution: The Human Story, the Incredible Unlikeliness of Being and Tamed: Ten Species that Changed Our World. Making her television debut on Time Team in 2001, she has become one of Britain's best-known broadcasters and has written and presented a huge range of television series for BBC2, BBC4 and Channel 4, including The Incredible Human Journey, Origins of Us and Ice Age Giants, and several Horizon programmes. Her humanist 'mini-sermons' on Twitter have been liked and shared many thousands of times. Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK and President of Humanists International. He has provided a humanist voice on many television and radio programmes and written on humanism for publications including The Economist, New Statesman, Guardian, Prospect, The Times and Buzzfeed. With AC Grayling, he edited the Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism and his most recent book is Secularism: A Very Short Introduction. He has been the humanist contributor to many compendiums and anthologies of quotations such as Wisdom for Life and numerous resources for schools.

Reviews

For those who prefer not to have the supernatural preside over their joyful day, here is the perfect guide -- Ian McEwan