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Atheism: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed) by Kerry S Walters is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This title moves beyond the polemics to present an overview of atheism that is rigorous yet accessible. Interest in atheism has surged since the 'New Atheism' trinity of Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens launched their attack on religious belief. Their militant, in-your-face style has delighted readers who are already nonbelievers and infuriated theists, and in the process made them best-selling authors. But the cost of their approach is that the current cultural and intellectual dialogue about atheism frequently generates more heat than light: acrimony replaces reasoned investigation, polemic overpowers philosophical analysis, and too often the outcome is confusion rather than truth. "Atheism: A Guide for the Perplexed" moves beyond the polemics to present an overview of atheism that is rigorous but still accessible to the educated layperson as well as the undergraduate student in philosophy and theology courses. After a preliminary investigation of what atheists mean when they use the words 'atheism' and 'God' - a much more complex investigation than one might suspect - the book explores the differences and similarities between 'old' and 'new' atheism; places

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Author

Kerry S Walters

Publisher

Continuum International Publishing Group, Incorporated

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826443267

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, Religious Studies

Rating

3.38 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14