Religion and the new atheism a critical appraisal / edited by Amarnath Amarasingam.

Other author Amarnath Amarasingam.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionxv, 253 p. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesStudies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; v. 25. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 1
Studies in critical social sciences v. 25. ^A610397
Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 1. ^A1179084
Contents Introduction : what is the new atheism? / Amarnath Amarasingam -- Judaism and atheism : the challenge of secular humanism / Robert L. Platzner -- Beating 'God' to death : radical theology and the new atheism / Jeffrey W. Robbins and Christopher D. Rodkey -- Religion as phantasmagoria : Islam in The end of faith / Rory Dickson -- What has atheism ever done for science? / Steve Fuller -- Cognitive science and the new atheism / William Sims Bainbridge -- 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 Ian Borer -- The new atheism and the empowerment of American freethinkers / Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith -- 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 C. Falcioni.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.
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LCCN 2010015918
ISBN9789004185579 (hardback : alk. paper)
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