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A New Theist Response to the New Atheists

Author : Kevin Vallier

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 207 pages

File Size : 46,20 MB

Release : 2019-11-11

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1351139347

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Book Description

In response to the intellectual movement of New Atheism, this volume articulates a "New Theist" response that has at its core a desire to engage in productive and depolarizing dialogue. To ensure this book is of interest to atheists and theists alike, a team of experts in the field of philosophy of religion offer an assessment of the strongest New Atheist arguments. The chapters address the most pertinent questions about God, including politics and morality, and each essay shows how a reflective theist might deal with points raised by the New Atheists. This volume is a serious academic engagement with the questions asked by New Atheism. As such, it will be of significant interest to scholars working in the philosophy of religion and theology, as well as those engaged in religious studies generally.



God and the New Atheism

Author : John F. Haught

Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press

Page : 142 pages

File Size : 23,24 MB

Release : 2008-02-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1611641934

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In God and the New Atheism, a world expert on science and theology gives clear, concise, and compelling answers to the charges against religion laid out in recent best-selling books by Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), Sam Harris (The End of Faith), and Christopher Hitchens (God Is Not Great). For some, these "new atheists" appear to say extremely well what they believe to be wrong with religion. But, as John Haught shows, the treatment of religion in these books is riddled with logical inconsistencies, shallow misconceptions, and crude generalizations. Can God really be dismissed as a mere delusion? Is faith really the enemy of reason? And does religion really poison everything? God and the New Atheism offers a much-needed antidote to the extremist claims of scientific fundamentalism. This provocative and accessible little book will enable readers to see through the rhetorical fog of this recent phenomenon and come to a clearer understanding of the issues at stake in this crucial debate.



Contending with Christianity's Critics

Author : Paul Copan

Publisher : B&H Publishing Group

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 38,10 MB

Release : 2009-08-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1433668459

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Contending with Christianity’s Critics is book two in a series on modern Christian apologetics that began with the popular Passionate Conviction. This second installment, featuring writings from eighteen respected apologists such as Gary Habermas and Ben Witherington, addresses challenges from noted New Atheists like Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion) and other contemporary critics of Christianity concerning belief in God, the historical Jesus, and Christianity’s doctrinal coherence. Contending with Christianity's Critics and Passionate Conviction are the result of national apologetics conferences sponsored by the Evangelical Philosophical Society (www.epsociety.org).



A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism

Author : Peter S Williams

Publisher : Authentic Media Inc

Page : 230 pages

File Size : 43,58 MB

Release : 2013-09-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1842278991

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This is an accessible response to the contemporary anti-God arguments of the 'new atheists' (Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens, Grayling, etc). Atheism has become militant in the past few years, with its own popular mass media evangelists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett. In this readable book, Christian philosopher Peter S. Williams considers the arguments of the 'new atheists' and finds them wanting. Williams explains the history of atheism and responds to the claims that: 'belief in God causes more harm than good'; 'religion is about blind faith and science is the only way to know things'; 'science can explain religion away'; 'there is not enough evidence for God'; 'the arguments for God's existence do not work'. Williams argues that belief in God is more intellectually plausible than atheism.



Gunning for God

Author : John C. Lennox

Publisher : Lion Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 20,89 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780745953229

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Packing a powerful punch, this compelling read is an argument against the new atheists



The Moral Landscape

Author : Sam Harris

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 322 pages

File Size : 26,79 MB

Release : 2011-09-13

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 143917122X

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Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.



Believing in Dawkins

Author : Eric Steinhart

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 412 pages

File Size : 38,61 MB

Release : 2020-09-16

Category : Science

ISBN : 3030430529

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Dawkin's militant atheism is well known; his profound faith less well known In this book, atheist philosopher Eric Steinhart explores the spiritual dimensions of Richard Dawkins’ books, which are shown to encompass: · the meaning and purpose of life · an appreciation of Platonic beauty and truth · a deep belief in the rationality of the universe · an aversion to both scientism and nihilism As an atheist, Dawkins strives to develop a scientific alternative to theism, and while he declares that science is not a religion, he also proclaims it to be a spiritual enterprise. His books are filled with fragmentary sketches of this ‘spiritual atheism’, resembling a great unfinished cathedral. This book systematises and completes Dawkins’ arguments and reveals their deep roots in Stoicism and Platonism. Expanding on Dawkins’ ideas, Steinhart shows how atheists can develop powerful ethical principles, compelling systems of symbols and images, and meaningful personal and social practices. Believing in Dawkins is a rigorous and potent entreaty for the use of science and reason to support spiritually rich and optimistic ways of thinking and living.



The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

Author : Stephen Bullivant

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 781 pages

File Size : 36,83 MB

Release : 2013-11

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0199644659

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This handbook is a pioneering edited volume, exploring atheism - understood in the broad sense of 'an absence of belief in the existence of a God or gods' - in its historical and contemporary expressions. It probes the varied manifestations and implications of unbelief from an array of disciplinary perspectives and in a range of global contexts.



The New Atheism, Myth, and History

Author : Nathan Johnstone

Publisher : Springer

Page : 311 pages

File Size : 47,53 MB

Release : 2018-06-11

Category : Religion

ISBN : 3319894560

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This book examines the misuse of history in New Atheism and militant anti-religion. It looks at how episodes such as the Witch-hunt, the Inquisition, and the Holocaust are mythologized to present religion as inescapably prone to violence and discrimination, whilst the darker side of atheist history, such as its involvement in Stalinism, is denied. At the same time, another constructed history—that of a perpetual and one-sided conflict between religion and science/rationalism—is commonly used by militant atheists to suggest the innate superiority of the non-religious mind. In a number of detailed case studies, the book traces how these myths have long been overturned by historians, and argues that the New Atheism’s cavalier use of history is indicative of a troubling approach to the humanities in general. Nathan Johnstone engages directly with the God debate at an academic level and contributes to the emerging study of non-religion as a culture and an identity.



A Manual for Creating Atheists

Author : Peter Boghossian

Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)

Page : 267 pages

File Size : 38,21 MB

Release : 2014-07-01

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1939578159

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For thousands of years, the faithful have honed proselytizing strategies and talked people into believing the truth of one holy book or another. Indeed, the faithful often view converting others as an obligation of their faith—and are trained from an early age to spread their unique brand of religion. The result is a world broken in large part by unquestioned faith. As an urgently needed counter to this tried-and-true tradition of religious evangelism, A Manual for Creating Atheists offers the first-ever guide not for talking people into faith—but for talking them out of it. Peter Boghossian draws on the tools he has developed and used for more than 20 years as a philosopher and educator to teach how to engage the faithful in conversations that will help them value reason and rationality, cast doubt on their religious beliefs, mistrust their faith, abandon superstition and irrationality, and ultimately embrace reason.