Religion and the new atheism: a critical appraisal

Preliminary Material /A. Amarasingam -- 1. Introduction: What Is The New Atheism? /Amarnath Amarasingam -- 2. Judaism And Atheism: The Challenge Of Secular Humanism /Robert L. Platzner -- 3. Beating ‘God’ To Death: Radical Theology And The New Atheism /Jeff Rey W. Robbins and Christopher D. Rodkey -...

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Altri autori: Amarasingam, Amarnath 1982- (Altro)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Libro
Lingua:Inglese
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: Leiden Boston Brill 2010
In:Anno: 2010
Periodico/Rivista:Studies in critical social sciences Studies in critical research on religion v. 1
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(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Ateismo / Religione
Altre parole chiave:B Atheism
B Raccolta di saggi
B Religione Controversial literature History and criticism
B Religione Controversial literature History and criticism
Accesso online: Volltext (DOI)
Edizione parallela:Non elettronico
Erscheint auch als: Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal. - Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2010. - 9789004185579
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Riepilogo:Preliminary Material /A. Amarasingam -- 1. Introduction: What Is The New Atheism? /Amarnath Amarasingam -- 2. Judaism And Atheism: The Challenge Of Secular Humanism /Robert L. Platzner -- 3. Beating ‘God’ To Death: Radical Theology And The New Atheism /Jeff Rey W. Robbins and Christopher D. Rodkey -- 4. Religion As Phantasmagoria: Islam In The End Of Faith /Rory Dickson -- 5. What Has Atheism Ever Done For Science? /Steve Fuller -- 6. Cognitive Science And The New Atheism /William Sims Bainbridge -- 7. One-Dimensional Rage: The Social Epistemology Of The New Atheism And Fundamentalism /William A. Stahl -- 8. The New Atheism And Sociology: Why Here? Why Now? What Next? /Stephen Bullivant -- 9. The New Atheism And The Secularization Thesis /Michael Ian Borer -- 10. The New Atheism And The Empowerment Of American Freethinkers /Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith -- 11. Ethics, Out-Group Altruism, And The New Atheism /Gregory R. Peterson -- 12. Disparate Destinations, Parallel Paths: An Analysis Of Contemporary Atheist And Christian Parenting Literature /Jeff Nall -- 13. Is God A Hypothesis? The New Atheism, Contemporary Philosophy Of Religion, And Philosophical Confusion /Ryan C. Falcioni -- Afterword /Mark Vernon -- About The Authors /A. Amarasingam -- References /A. Amarasingam -- Index /A. Amarasingam.
The term “new atheism” has been given to the recent barrage of bestselling books written by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and others. These books and their authors have had a significant media presence and have only grown in popularity over the years. This book brings together scholars from religious studies, science, sociology of religion, sociology of science, philosophy, and theology to engage the new atheism and place it in the context of broader scholarly discourses. This volume will serve to contextualize and critically examine the claims, arguments and goals of the new atheism so that readers can become more informed of some of the debates with which the new atheists inevitably and, at times unknowingly, engage. Contributors include Richard Harries, Reza Aslan, Amarnath Amarasingam, Robert Platzner, Jeffrey Robbins, Christopher Rodkey, Rory Dickson, Steve Fuller, William Sims Bainbridge, William A. Stahl, Stephen Bullivant, Michael Borer, Richard Cimino, Christopher Smith, Gregory R. Peterson, Jeff Nall, Ryan Falcioni, and Mark Vernon. Studies in Critical Research on Religion , volume 1
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index
Descrizione fisica:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9004190538
Accesso:Available to subscribing member institutions only
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004185579.i-253