Eric Reitan

Is God A Delusion? (eBook, ePUB)

A Reply to Religion's Cultured Despisers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Is God a Delusion? addresses the philosophical underpinnings of the recent proliferation of popular books attacking religious beliefs. * Winner of CHOICE 2009 Outstanding Academic Title Award * Focuses primarily on charges leveled by recent critics that belief in God is irrational and that its nature ferments violence * Balances philosophical rigor and scholarly care with an engaging, accessible style * Offers a direct response to the crop of recent anti-religion bestsellers currently generating considerable public discussion

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444358186
• Artikelnr.: 38305673

Autorenporträt

Eric Reitan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University with more than thirty articles published in professional journals. In 2004 he was the recipient of Oklahoma State University's Junior Faculty Award for Scholarly Excellence.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
1. On Religion and Equivocation.
2. "The God Hypothesis" and the Concept of God.
3. Divine Tyranny and the Goodness of God.
4. Science, Transcendence, and Meaning.
5. Philosophy and God's Existence, Part I.
6. Philosophy and God's Existence, Part II.
7. Religious Consciousness.
8. The Substance of Things Hoped For.
9. Evil and the Meaning of Life.
10. The Root of All Evil?.
Notes.
References.
Index

Rezensionen

"Makes an elegantly argued response ... that is refreshing inseveral respects. Neither polemical nor defensive ... he bringsinto the contemporary fray many philosophers who reasoned wellabout God long ago. He looks squarely in the face of thecontemporary horrors that many have used to argue for God'snon-existence and still comes off the theodicy battleground with asense of God as ethico-religious hope, 'the substance of thingshoped for.' The clarity of his presentation should make this bookuseful after atheism has finished its moment in the sun."(Publisher's Weekly Religion Update)

"Reitan's execution is truly remarkable, maintaining bothsympathy with the criticism of exclusive and closed-mindedreligious views while exposing fallacious and closed-minded attackson human expression of religious belief and hope.... Highlyrecommended." (Choice Magazine)

"In the book you get two things for the price of one. 1- Anintro to the philosophy of religion and 2- a fun, readable, andvigorous critical response to the New Atheists." (Tripp Fuller,Homebrewed Christianity)

"Reitan's resurrection of the phrase 'cultured despisers'underscores one of the most compelling purposes of his book,namely, to show that the arguments of today's articulate atheistsare rehash of yesteryear's angst." (Religion Dispatches)"Clear, penetrating, and thought-provoking, Reitan's work is abracing tonic for those in danger of being lulled into intellectualsleep by the strident claims of the 'new atheists'."
--Kenneth Miller, Brown University

"This is by far the best response to the 'new atheists' I knowof -- well researched, subtle, full of powerful argument and yetaccessible to all educated people."
--Thomas Sullivan, St. Thomas University