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Religion and the new atheism : a critical appraisal /

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 bri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Amarnath Amarasingam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 25.
Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 253 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.
ISBN:9789004190535
9004190538
ISSN:1573-4234 ;