Religion and the new atheism : a critical appraisal / edited by Amarnath Amarasingam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amarnath Amarasingam.

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 25.

Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 1.

Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; v. 25. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atheism.

Religion--Controversial literature--History and criticism.

Religion.

Religion--Controversial literature.

Physical Description:

xv, 253 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Contents:

Introduction : what is the new atheism? / Amarnath Amarasingam

Judaism and atheism : the challenge of secular humanism / Robert L. Platzner

Beating 'God' to death : radical theology and the new atheism / Jeffrey W. Robbins and Christopher D. Rodkey

Religion as phantasmagoria : Islam in The end of faith / Rory Dickson

What has atheism ever done for science? / Steve Fuller

Cognitive science and the new atheism / William Sims Bainbridge

One-dimensional rage : the social epistemology of the new atheism and fundamentalism / William A. Stahl

The new atheism and sociology : why here? why now? what next? / Stephen Bullivant

The new atheism and the secularization thesis / Michael Ian Borer

The new atheism and the empowerment of American freethinkers / Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith

Ethics, out-group altruism, and the new atheism / Gregory R. Peterson

Disparate destinations, parallel paths : an analysis of contemporary atheist and Christian parenting literature / Jeff Nall

Is God a hypothesis? : the new atheism, contemporary philosophy of religion, and philosophical confusion / Ryan C. Falcioni.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004185579

9004185577

OCLC:

608687631