The Cambridge Companion to Atheism
Part of Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
- Editor: Michael Martin, Boston University
- Date Published: October 2006
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521603676
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In this 2007 volume, eighteen of the world's leading scholars present original essays on various aspects of atheism: its history, both ancient and modern, defense and implications. The topic is examined in terms of its implications for a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, religion, feminism, postmodernism, sociology and psychology. In its defense, both classical and contemporary theistic arguments are criticized, and, the argument from evil, and impossibility arguments, along with a non religious basis for morality are defended. These essays give a broad understanding of atheism and a lucid introduction to this controversial topic.
Read more- All original essays designed to give a broad understanding of atheism and a lucid introduction to this controversial topic
- Essays relevant to both philosophy and religion
- Written by leading experts in their fields
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"This timely volume appears in the midst of what many see as a resurgence of interest in and enthusiasm for atheism, a resurgence that may result from a reaction to resurgent religious fundamentalism at home and abroad[...]the book does contain some resources that scholars will find valuable, and its introductory-level approach is appropriate given the book's aims."
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- Date Published: October 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521603676
- length: 354 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 150 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.48kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Background:
1. Atheism in antiquity Jan Bremmer
2. Atheism in modern history Gavin Hyman
3. Atheism: contemporary rates and contemporary patterns Phil Zuckerman
Part II. The Case Against Theism:
4. Theistic critiques of atheism William Lane Craig
5. The failure of classical theistic arguments Richard Gale
6. Some contemporary theistic arguments Keith Parsons
7. Naturalism and physicalism Evans Fales
8. Atheism and evolution Daniel Dennett
9. The autonomy of ethics David Brink
10. The argument from evil Andrea Weisberger
11. Kalam Cosmological argument for atheism Quentin Smith
12. Impossibility arguments Patrick Grim
III. Implications:
13. Atheism and religion Michael Martin
14. Feminism and atheism Christine Overall
15. Atheism and the freedom of religion Steven Gey
16. Atheism, a theology and the postmodern condition John Caputo
17. Anthropological theories of religion Stewart Guthrie
18. Atheists: a psychological profile Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi.
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