Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
One of the major challenges to the Church in recent years has been the New Atheism. The New Atheists do not have new arguments, but they do have a new aggressiveness and a new level of visibility with their media savviness. It is in response to this that William Lane Craig and Chad Meister edited, God … Read More “God is Great, God is Good” »
Peter Hitchens, The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me To Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010. 224 pp. Hbk. Atheism in the twenty-first-century is a facile form of its counterpart from a previous generation. The abandonment of atheism by Antony Flew before his death in some respects marks the closing of an age of disbelief … Read More “The Rage Against God” »
Alister McGrath. Why God Won’t Go Away: Is the New Atheism Running on Empty? (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2011), 191 pp. Pbk. Why God Won’t Go Away is Alister McGrath’s latest engagement with what has been referred to as the New Atheism. His primary area of concern centers on the work of its four leading proponents: Richard … Read More “Why God Won’t Go Away” »
If you are doing research into the new atheism, I highly recommend Amaranth Amarasingam’s article “To Err in Their Ways: The Attribution Biases of the New Atheists” in vol. 39 no. 4 (2010) issue of Studies in Religion. Here is part of the abstract: “This paper contends that one of the fundamental arguments put forth … Read More “Attribution Biases of the New Atheists” »
