Religion and the New Atheism : A Critical Appraisal.

This book brings together eminent and rising scholars from religious studies, science, sociology of religion, sociology of science, philosophy, and theology in order to engage the new atheism and place it in the context of broader debates in these areas.

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Author / Creator: Amarasingam, Amarnath.
Other Authors / Creators:Rodkey, Christopher W.
Robbins, Professor Jeffrey W.
Bullivant, Stephen S.
Bainbridge, Co-Director William Sims.
Aslan, Reza.
Nall, Jeff A.
Stahl, William A.
Borer, Michael Ian.
Falcioni, Ryan N.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Boston : BRILL, 2010.
Series:Studies in Critical Social Sciences Ser.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Religion and the New Atheism -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Series Editor Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: What is the New Atheism? -- I. Religion and the New Atheism -- 2. Judaism and Atheism: The Challenge of Secular Humanism -- 3. Beating 'God' to Death: Radical Theology and the New Atheism -- 4. Religion as Phantasmagoria: Islam in The End of Faith -- II. Science and the New Atheism -- 5. What Has Atheism Ever Done for Science? -- 6. Cognitive Science and the New Atheism -- III. Sociology and the New Atheism -- 7. One-Dimensional Rage: The Social Epistemology of the New Atheism and Fundamentalism -- 8. The New Atheism and Sociology: Why Here? Why Now? What Next? -- 9. The New Atheism and the Secularization Thesis -- 10. The New Atheism and the Empowerment of American Freethinkers -- IV. Philosophy, Ethics and the New Atheism -- 11. Ethics, Out-Group Altruism, and the New Atheism -- 12. Disparate Destinations, Parallel Paths: An Analysis of Contemporary Atheist and Christian Parenting Literature -- 13. Is God a Hypothesis? The New Atheism, Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophical Confusion -- Afterword -- About the Authors -- References -- Index. 
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