Is God A Delusion? (eBook)

A Reply to Religion's Cultured Despisers

Eric Reitan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-5818-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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

Autor

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.

Inhalt

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

"This book is to be appreciated for its readability, a trait not
readily found in many philosophers." (Lutheran Quarterly,
July 2010)

"Makes an elegantly argued response ... that is refreshing in
several respects. Neither polemical nor defensive ... he brings
into the contemporary fray many philosophers who reasoned well
about God long ago. He looks squarely in the face of the
contemporary horrors that many have used to argue for God's
non-existence and still comes off the theodicy battleground with a
sense of God as ethico-religious hope, 'the substance of things
hoped for.' The clarity of his presentation should make this book
useful after atheism has finished its moment in the sun."
(Publisher's Weekly Religion Update)

"Reitan's execution is truly remarkable, maintaining both
sympathy with the criticism of exclusive and closed-minded
religious views while exposing fallacious and closed-minded attacks
on human expression of religious belief and hope.... Highly
recommended." (Choice Magazine)

"In the book you get two things for the price of one. 1- An
intro to the philosophy of religion and 2- a fun, readable, and
vigorous 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 atheists
are rehash of yesteryear's angst." (Religion Dispatches)

"Clear, penetrating, and thought-provoking, Reitan's work is a
bracing tonic for those in danger of being lulled into intellectual
sleep by the strident claims of the 'new atheists'."

--Kenneth Miller, Brown University

"This is by far the best response to the 'new atheists' I know
of -- well researched, subtle, full of powerful argument and yet
accessible to all educated people."

--Thomas Sullivan, St. Thomas University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.9.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: Philosophie • Philosophy • Philosophy of Religion • Religionsphilosophie
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-5818-9 / 1444358189
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-5818-6 / 9781444358186