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The Cambridge History of Atheism
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Editor: Stephen Bullivant, St Mary's University, Twickenham, London
Author: Michael Ruse, Florida State University

Philip Durkin, Nathan Alexander, Jaco Gericke, Sarah Whylly, Tim Whitmarsh, Nicole Hartmann, Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, Ian Logan, Ilkka Lindstedt, Alec Ryrie, Jeffrey Collins, Henri Krop, Alan Charles Kors, Michael Ruse, David McNaughton, Shoaib Malik, Jeffrey Morrow, Ashley Clark, Rosario López, Martina Kölbl-Ebert, Bernard Lightman, Marsha Hewitt, Xavier Marechaux, Gregorio Alonso, Andrew McKinnon, Victoria Frede, David Nash, Dustin Olson, Paul Stob, Suvi Karila, Christopher Cameron, Sarah Chant, John Shook, Gary Foster, Gavin Hyman, James Lennox, Robert Pennock, Andrew Tate, Paul Watt, Richard Richards, Christopher Barnett, Germain McKenzie, Lan Li, Fenggang Yang, Renny Thomas, Victoria Smolkin, Sonja Luehrmann, Todd Weir, Teemu Taira, Atko Remmel, Anton Jansson, Eric Chalfant, Tina Block, Lynn Marks, Yosr Ben Slima, Leo Igwe, Benjamin Purzyck, Richard Sosis, Christopher Cotter, Karin van Nieuwkerk, Melanie Brewster, Wei Motulsky, Anthea Chan, Jacqui Frost, Stephen Bullivant

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Date Published: December 2021
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The two-volume Cambridge History of Atheism offers an authoritative and up to date account of a subject of contemporary interest. Comprised of sixty essays by an international team of scholars, this History is comprehensive in scope. The essays are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including religious studies, philosophy, sociology, and classics. Offering a global overview of the subject, from antiquity to the present, the volumes examine the phenomenon of unbelief in the context of Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, and Jewish societies. They explore atheism and the early modern Scientific Revolution, as well as the development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and its continuing implications. The History also includes general survey essays on the impact of scepticism, agnosticism and atheism, as well as contemporary assessments of thinking. Providing essential information on the nature and history of atheism, The Cambridge History of Atheism will be indispensable for both scholarship and teaching, at all levels.
- Comprised of sixty essays by an international team of scholars
- Written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including religious studies, philosophy, sociology, and classics
- Indispensable for both scholarship and teaching, at all levels.
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- Date Published: December 2021
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108688994
- length: 1000 pages
- dimensions: 234 x 158 x 64 mm
- weight: 2.14kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Preliminaries:
1. Linguistic History of the Terms 'Atheism' and 'Atheist' Philip Durkin
2. Histories of Atheism: A History Nathan Alexander
Part II. Atheisms in History:
3. Israel and the Near East Jaco Gericke
4. Pre-modern Japan Sarah Whylly
5. Ancient Greece Tim Whitmarsh
6. The Roman Empire Nicole Hartmann
7. India – 1500 BCE – 1200 CE Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
8. Christian Europe Ian Logan
9. The Islamic World Ilkka Lindstedt
Part III. Reformation, Renaissance, Enlightenment:
10. Reformation Alec Ryrie
11. Early-modern England: Marlowe, Hobbes et al Jeffrey Collins
12. Spinoza and the Low Countries Henri Krop
13. Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century France Alan Charles Kors
14. The Scientific Revolution Michael Ruse
15. Scottish enlightenment David McNaughton
16. Al-Ghazali Shoaib Malik
Part IV. Classical modernity: philosophical and scientific currents:
17. Lives of Jesus and historico-critical scepticism Jeffrey Morrow
18. Romanticism Ashley Clark
19. John Stuart Mill Rosario López
20. The physical sciences Martina Kölbl-Ebert
21. Charles Darwin Bernard Lightman
22. Freud and the Unconscious Marsha Hewitt
Part V. Classical Modernity: Social and Political Currents:
23. The French Revolution Xavier Marechaux (SUNY Old Westbury)
24. Freemasons, Atheists, and Anticlericals: Spanish American Struggles for Independence Gregorio Alonso
25. Marx and Marxisms Andrew McKinnon
26. Nineteenth-century Russia Victoria Frede
27. Humanism and Secularism David Nash
28. Bertrand Russell Dustin Olson
29. Robert Ingersoll Paul Stob
30. Early Women's Movement Suvi Karila
31. Early African-American Secularism Christopher Cameron
Part VI. Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries: Intellectual and Artistic Currents:
32. Analytic Philosophy Sarah Chant
33. Naturalism John Shook
34. Existentialism Gary Foster
35. Postmodernist Philosophies Gavin Hyman
36. Ayn Rand and Objectivism James Lennox
37. Darwinism Robert Pennock
38. Literature Andrew Tate
39. Music Paul Watt
40. Visual Arts Richard Richards
41. Film and Television Christopher Barnett
Part VII. Lived Atheism in the Twentieth- and Twenty-first Centuries: Case-studies:
42. Latin America Germain McKenzie
43. Modern China Lan Li
44. Contemporary China Fenggang Yang
45. India Renny Thomas
46. The Soviet Union Victoria Smolkin and Sonja Luehrmann
47. Modern Germany Todd Weir
48. The Nordic and Baltic Countries Teemu Taira, Atko Remmel and Anton Jansson
49. USA Eric Chalfant
50. The Pacific Northwest Tina Block and Lynn Marks
51. Tunisia Yosr Ben Slima
52. Southern Africa Leo Igwe
53. Traditional Societies Benjamin Purzyck and Richard Sosis
Part VIII. Emerging Atheisms in the Twenty-first Century:
54. New Atheism Christopher Cotter
55. The Internet and the Social Media Revolution Teemu Tiara
56. The Atheist Spring? Emerging Unbelief in the Islamic World Karin van Nieuwkerk
57. Intersectional Atheism: Sex, Gender and Race Melanie Brewster, Wei Motulsky, and Anthea Chan
58. Religion for Atheists? Transhumanism, Mindfulness, and Atheist Churches Jacqui Frost
59. Atheism Throughout the World Stephen Bullivant
Part IX. Conclusion:
60. Reflections Michael Ruse.
Editor
Stephen Bullivant, St Mary's University, Twickenham, London
Stephen Bullivant is Professor of Theology and Sociology of Religion at St. Mary's University in the United Kingdom. He is the author of Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain and America since Vatican II and The Trinity: How Not to be a Heretic, and editor, with Michael Ruse, of The Oxford Handbook of Atheism.
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Michael Ruse, Florida State University
Michael Ruse is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Florida. He is the author or editor of over sixty books, including The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw, Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology, Can a Darwinian be a Christian?, Darwinism as Religion: What Literature tells us about Evolution and On Purpose. Ruse is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the recipient of four honorary degrees.
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Philip Durkin, Nathan Alexander, Jaco Gericke, Sarah Whylly, Tim Whitmarsh, Nicole Hartmann, Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, Ian Logan, Ilkka Lindstedt, Alec Ryrie, Jeffrey Collins, Henri Krop, Alan Charles Kors, Michael Ruse, David McNaughton, Shoaib Malik, Jeffrey Morrow, Ashley Clark, Rosario López, Martina Kölbl-Ebert, Bernard Lightman, Marsha Hewitt, Xavier Marechaux, Gregorio Alonso, Andrew McKinnon, Victoria Frede, David Nash, Dustin Olson, Paul Stob, Suvi Karila, Christopher Cameron, Sarah Chant, John Shook, Gary Foster, Gavin Hyman, James Lennox, Robert Pennock, Andrew Tate, Paul Watt, Richard Richards, Christopher Barnett, Germain McKenzie, Lan Li, Fenggang Yang, Renny Thomas, Victoria Smolkin, Sonja Luehrmann, Todd Weir, Teemu Taira, Atko Remmel, Anton Jansson, Eric Chalfant, Tina Block, Lynn Marks, Yosr Ben Slima, Leo Igwe, Benjamin Purzyck, Richard Sosis, Christopher Cotter, Karin van Nieuwkerk, Melanie Brewster, Wei Motulsky, Anthea Chan, Jacqui Frost, Stephen Bullivant