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Book SynopsisWithin Religion and the New Atheism, scholars from a diverse array of disciplines critically appraise the current intellectual fad championed by Richard Dawkins and his co-thinkers. The term new-atheism has been given to the barrage of bestselling books by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and many others. This volume seeks to contextualise and critically examine the claims, goals and arguments of this new atheism in a rigorous manner.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword, Richard Harries Preface, Reza Aslan Introduction: What is the New Atheism?, Amarnath Amarasingam I. Religion and the New Atheism Judaism and Atheism: The Challenge of Secular Humanism, Robert Platzner Beating 'God' to Death: Radical Theology and the New Atheism, Jeffrey Robbins and Christopher Rodkey Religion as Phantasmagoria: Islam in The End of Faith, Rory Dickson II. Science and the New Atheism What Has Atheism Ever Done for Science?, Steve Fuller Cognitive Science and the New Atheism, William Sims Bainbridge III. Sociology and the New Atheism 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 Borer The New Atheism and the Empowerment of American Freethinkers, Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith IV. Philosophy, Ethics and the New Atheism 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 Falcioni Afterword, Mark Vernon About the Authors References Index
