Overview
Dan Barker, ex-preacher and co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, travels widely, arguing in debates and speaking on his beliefs that Christianity is false, God does not exist, and the Bible is filled with errors and mythology. He has been touted as one of America's leading atheists. Yet close examination of his arguments shows that Barker's reasons for disbelief are poorly reasoned and miss the mark as they are aimed at a mistaken caricature of Christian theism. Answering the Music Man exposes Barker's misunderstandings of Christianity and provides compelling answers to Barker's arguments.
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Author: B Kyle Keltz ,
Tricia Scribner ,
Richard Land
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.508kg
ISBN: 9781725253377
ISBN 10: 1725253372
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 29 May 2020
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This book is a helpful and clear response to Dan Barker's popular-level atheism. It examines his terms and labels, his assumptions, and his arguments in an incisive and accessible manner. Though one may disagree here and there, the book overall presents a highly effective and robust challenge to Barker's version of atheism as well as presenting the case for the Christian faith. --Paul Copan, Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics, Palm Beach Atlantic University; author of Loving Wisdom: A Guide to Philosophy and Christian Faith As much as this book is about Dan Barker, it is about the new atheism in general. It explains and refutes such views in an academic but accessible way. Being broad in topics and deep in content, it is a wonderful apologetic resource not only to refute the new atheism but to introduce the reader to classical views on many important topics. --J. Brian Huffling, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Author Information
B. Kyle Keltz is assistant professor of English and philosophy at South Plains College. He has articles published in The Heythrop Journal, The Journal of Value Inquiry, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, and Sophia. He also contributed chapters to God and the World of Insects (2017). Tricia Scribner is a PhD candidate in philosophy of religion at Southern Evangelical Seminary. She is the author of LifeGivers Apologetics: Women Designed and Equipped to Share Reasons for the Hope Within (2016), co-author with Edna Ellison of Woman to Woman: Preparing Yourself to Mentor (2005), and with Frank Turek of Stealing from God and Essentials of the Faith study guides.
