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245 04 a| The varieties of atheism :b| connecting religion and its critics /c| edited by David Newheiser.;

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500 a| Papers from a conference of the same name held in Rome, 19-22 August 2018, and organized by the Australian Catholic University's Institute for Religion & Critical Inquiry.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "The conversation around atheism is still dominated by the strident and combative voices of figures like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and the now-deceased Christopher Hitchens. In bestselling books, prominent columns, and widely viewed lectures, these commentators have claimed that religion is irrational, unscientific, morally corrosive, and something that must be actively opposed. Those who have tried to defend religion against these criticisms have tended to reproduce the idea that religion and atheism are competing theories about belief in divine beings. But defining atheism narrowly in terms of belief makes it into an abstraction that misrepresents atheism as it actually exists. There are other ways to imagine atheism, and The Varieties of Atheism performs that imaginative work. This collection offers an expansive account of atheism's diversity, exploring what it has meant in the past and what it can mean in the future. The essays highlight the contingency and ambivalence of basic categories like "atheism" and "religion," which are marked by the history of post-Enlightenment debates over Judaism and Christianity. The essays in this collection trace key themes and figures in these debates in conversation with early modern philosophy, medieval theology, and contemporary theory. By clarifying the complex lines of affinity and tension between particular atheists and particular religious traditions, The Varieties of Atheism opens new avenues for the study of secularity"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The varieties of atheism : connecting religion and its critics / edited by David Newheiser.

Other author	Newheiser, David, 1982- editor.
Format	Book
Publication	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Description	1 volume ; 23 cm
Subjects	Atheism--Congresses. Christianity and atheism--Congresses. Atheism and literature--Congresses.

Contents	Introduction -- The genealogy of atheism / David Newheiser -- Atheism and science : on Einstein's "cosmic religious sense" / Mary-Jane Rubenstein -- Atheism and society : Home's prefiguration of Rorty / Andre C. Willis -- Atheism and power : Nietzsche, nominalism, and the reductive spirit / Denys Turner -- Atheism and ethics : recovering the link between truth and transformation / Susannah Ticciati -- Atheism and metaphysics : a problem of apophatic theology / Henning Tegtmeyer -- Atheism and politics : abandonment, absence, and the empty throne / Devin Singh -- Atheism and literature : living without God in Dante's Comedy / Vittorio Monetemaggi -- Atheism and the affirmation of life : Dostoevsky's response to Russian nihilism / George Pattison -- Afterword : the drama of atheism / Constance M. Furey.
Abstract	"The conversation around atheism is still dominated by the strident and combative voices of figures like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and the now-deceased Christopher Hitchens. In bestselling books, prominent columns, and widely viewed lectures, these commentators have claimed that religion is irrational, unscientific, morally corrosive, and something that must be actively opposed. Those who have tried to defend religion against these criticisms have tended to reproduce the idea that religion and atheism are competing theories about belief in divine beings. But defining atheism narrowly in terms of belief makes it into an abstraction that misrepresents atheism as it actually exists. There are other ways to imagine atheism, and The Varieties of Atheism performs that imaginative work. This collection offers an expansive account of atheism's diversity, exploring what it has meant in the past and what it can mean in the future. The essays highlight the contingency and ambivalence of basic categories like "atheism" and "religion," which are marked by the history of post-Enlightenment debates over Judaism and Christianity. The essays in this collection trace key themes and figures in these debates in conversation with early modern philosophy, medieval theology, and contemporary theory. By clarifying the complex lines of affinity and tension between particular atheists and particular religious traditions, The Varieties of Atheism opens new avenues for the study of secularity"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Papers from a conference of the same name held in Rome, 19-22 August 2018, and organized by the Australian Catholic University's Institute for Religion & Critical Inquiry.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Conference papers and proceedings.
Genre/form	Conference papers and proceedings.
LCCN	2022017521
ISBN	9780226822693
ISBN	9780226822679 (cloth)
ISBN	0226822672
ISBN	0226822699
ISBN	(ebook)

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