Overview

The term ""new atheism"" has been given to the recent barrage of bestselling books by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and others. Their books have had a significant media presence and have only grown in popularity over the years. This volume will serve to contextualize and critically examine the claims, arguments and goals of this new atheism.

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Author:   Amarnath Amarasingham
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Volume:   No. 25
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.379kg
ISBN:  

9781608462032

ISBN 10:   160846203
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   18 September 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 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

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Amarnath Amarasingam is a doctoral candidate in the Laurier-Waterloo PhD in Religious Studies in Ontario, Canada. He has published articles in The Journal of Contemporary Religion, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, as well as Mental Health, Religion and Culture.

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