| Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal Contributor(s): Amarasingam, Amarnath |
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ISBN: 9004185577 ISBN-13: 9789004185579 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Agnosticism |
| Dewey: 211.8 |
| Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences / Studies in Critical Re |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.30 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The term "new atheism" has been given to the recent barrage of bestselling books written by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and others. These books and their authors have had a significant media presence and have only grown in popularity over the years. This book brings together scholars from religious studies, science, sociology of religion, sociology of science, philosophy, and theology to engage the new atheism and place it in the context of broader scholarly discourses. This volume will serve to contextualize and critically examine the claims, arguments and goals of the new atheism so that readers can become more informed of some of the debates with which the new atheists inevitably and, at times unknowingly, engage. Contributors include Richard Harries, Reza Aslan, Amarnath Amarasingam, Robert Platzner, Jeffrey Robbins, Christopher Rodkey, Rory Dickson, Steve Fuller, William Sims Bainbridge, William A. Stahl, Stephen Bullivant, Michael Borer, Richard Cimino, Christopher Smith, Gregory R. Peterson, Jeff Nall, Ryan Falcioni, and Mark Vernon. Studies in Critical Research on Religion, vol. 1 |