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Why God Won't Go Away: Engaging with the New Atheism
Alister McGrath
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Description for Why God Won't Go Away: Engaging with the New Atheism
Paperback. The rise of the New Atheism has aroused great general interest, yet the debate up to this point has focused largely on rebutting the new atheist critique of Christianity. Alister McGrath takes the discussion further, and explores how the ideas of the New Atheism are defended and propagated through websites and blogs. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
The recent rise of the New Atheism has aroused great general interest, thrown up questions of fundamental importance, and started a fascinating conversation. Why God Won't Go Away invites us to join in. The volume opens with a survey of the main ideas of the New Atheism, as expressed in the works of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens. We then examine the core views of the movement closely, making due reference to its 'virtual community' of websites and blogs. Subjects explored include: whether religion is delusional and evil, the belief that human beings are ... Read more
The recent rise of the New Atheism has aroused great general interest, thrown up questions of fundamental importance, and started a fascinating conversation. Why God Won't Go Away invites us to join in. The volume opens with a survey of the main ideas of the New Atheism, as expressed in the works of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens. We then examine the core views of the movement closely, making due reference to its 'virtual community' of websites and blogs. Subjects explored include: whether religion is delusional and evil, the belief that human beings are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281063871
SKU
V9780281063871
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About Alister McGrath
Alister McGrath is Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, and a prolific author. His bestselling volume The Dawkins Delusion? has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide in 17 languages, and his other books for SPCK include The Landscape of Faith, Mere Theology and Enriching Our Vision of Reality.
Reviews for Why God Won't Go Away: Engaging with the New Atheism
McGrath's book, in my view, conclusively refutes any claim that "reason and science" can claim some sort of rational superiority to "reason and religion", and is a masterly exposé of the moral pretensions of the "new atheism".
Keith Ward
Church Times
Why God Won't Go Away simply demolishes New Atheism in all departments and in every respect ... Read more
Keith Ward
Church Times
Why God Won't Go Away simply demolishes New Atheism in all departments and in every respect ... Read more