A critical study of Paulo Coelho's view on faith and religion

Abstract: Paulo Coelho, intensely being affected by Marx and Engels` works and accepting a kind of disbelief and paganism, fundamentally changed Marxist beliefs. His following of Marx has been to such an extent that a considerable part of his thoughts, specially, those of belief and religion, can be known as derivations from Marx. His view on belief is self-contradicted; in some cases he seems as a supporter of belief while in others as an opponent. Again, on one hand, the case for belief is not clear for him and, on the other hand, he seems of little attention to belief. In addition, his thought and works stand directly opposite to religion. In many cases, he has known religion as something meaningless. In this paper, Coelho`s view on belief and religion has been criticized.