Atheism : a guide for the perplexed / Kerry Walters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walters, Kerry S.

Series:

Guides for the Perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atheism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Atheism: A Guide for the Perplexed moves beyond the polemics to present an overview of atheism that is rigorous but still accessible to the educated layperson as well as to the undergraduate student in philosophy and theology. After a preliminary investigation of what atheists mean when they use the words "atheism" and "God"GÇöa much more complex investigation than one might suspectGÇöthe book explores the differences and similarities between "old" and "new" atheism; places atheism of either variety in context by examining the naturalistic worldview that grounds it; provides a short historical

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: What This Book Isn't and What It Is; Chapter 1 What Is Atheism?; Chapter 2 The Atheist Worldview; Chapter 3 Refuting Theistic "Proofs"; Chapter 4 Why God Can't Exist; Chapter 5 The Natural History of Religion; Chapter 6 A Godless Morality; Chapter 7 Sisyphus' Question; Chapter 8 An Atheist Spirituality?; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-187) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-87664-3

9786612876646

1-4411-8794-4

OCLC:

676696343