Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal (repost)

Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal (repost)

Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal (repost)

Amarnath Amarasingam, -Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal-

English | 2010-06-14 | ISBN: 9004185577 | 272 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

The mete -new atheism- has been given to the new barrage of bestselling books written by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and others. These books and their authors be delivered of had a significant media presence and be in possession of only grown in popularity over the years. This volume brings together scholars from religious studies, science, sociology of science, philosophy, and theology to engage the new atheism and place it in the context of broader scholar-like discourses. This volume will serve to contextualize and critically study the claims, arguments and goals of the renovated atheism so that readers can grow more informed of some of the debates with which the new atheists inevitably and, at epochs unknowingly, engage.

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