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Gunning for God: Why the New Atheists are Missing the Target
John C. Lennox
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Description for Gunning for God: Why the New Atheists are Missing the Target
paperback. A pithy critique of the New Atheism Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Atheism is on the march in the western world, and its enemy is God. Religion, the New Atheists claim, is dangerous , it kills or poisons everything . And if religion is the problem with the world, their answer is simple: get rid of it. But are things really so straightforward? Tackling the likes of Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett head on, John Lennox highlights the fallacies in the their approach, arguing that their irrational and unscientific methodology leaves them guilty of the same obstinate foolishness of which they accuse dogmatic religious folks. Erudite and wide-ranging, Gunning for God packs some debilitating punches. It also puts forward new ideas about the nature of God and Christianity that will give the 'New Atheists' best friends and worst enemies alike some stimulating food for thought.
Product Details
Publisher
Lion UK
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
309g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745953229
SKU
V9780745953229
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About John C. Lennox
John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He lectures on Faith and Science for the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He has lectured in many universities around the world, including Austria and the former Soviet Union. He is particularly interested in the interface of Science, Philosophy and Theology. Lennox has been part of numerous public debates defending the Christian faith. He debated Richard Dawkins on The God Delusion in the University of Alabama (2007) and on Has Science buried God? in the Oxford Museum of Natural History (2008). He has also debated Christopher Hitchens on the New Atheism (Edinburgh Festival, 2008) and the question of Is God Great? (Samford University, 2010), as well as Peter Singer on the topic of Is there a God? (Melbourne, 2011). John is the author of a number of books on the relations of science, religion and ethics. He and his wife Sally live near Oxford.
Reviews for Gunning for God: Why the New Atheists are Missing the Target
...robust reply to writers such as Dawkins, Hitchens and others...
The Bookseller
This is a powerful, hard-hitting yet accurate indictment of the `New Atheists'. Quoting extensively from their works, Lennox fully documents their closemindedness, their reluctance to consider evidence, and their resort to ridicule, mockery, and misrepresentation in the place of serious argument - qualities that can make their work confirm rather than undermine religious belief.
Professor Alvin Plantinga, The William Harry Jellema Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College There is no more important debate than this - science versus religion. But it needs to begin again, with a clear understanding of what science and religion actually are. Lennox has done this wonderfully.
Colin Tudge in The Guardian
The Bookseller
This is a powerful, hard-hitting yet accurate indictment of the `New Atheists'. Quoting extensively from their works, Lennox fully documents their closemindedness, their reluctance to consider evidence, and their resort to ridicule, mockery, and misrepresentation in the place of serious argument - qualities that can make their work confirm rather than undermine religious belief.
Professor Alvin Plantinga, The William Harry Jellema Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College There is no more important debate than this - science versus religion. But it needs to begin again, with a clear understanding of what science and religion actually are. Lennox has done this wonderfully.
Colin Tudge in The Guardian