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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78705-5

9786612787058

90-04-19053-8

OCLC:

667295439

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004185579.i-253 DOI