02412nam 2200541 a 450 991082115540332120200520144314.01-282-87664-397866128766461-4411-8794-4(CKB)2670000000055822(EBL)601998(OCoLC)676696343(SSID)ssj0000412291(PQKBManifestationID)12191332(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412291(PQKBWorkID)10366698(PQKB)10638737(MiAaPQ)EBC601998(EXLCZ)99267000000005582220100426d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAtheism a guide for the perplexed /Kerry Walters1st ed.New York Continuumc20101 online resource (204 p.)Guides for the PerplexedDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-2493-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-187) and index.Contents; Introduction: What This Book Isn't and What It Is; Chapter 1 What Is Atheism?; Chapter 2 The Atheist Worldview; Chapter 3 Refuting Theistic "Proofs"; Chapter 4 Why God Can't Exist; Chapter 5 The Natural History of Religion; Chapter 6 A Godless Morality; Chapter 7 Sisyphus' Question; Chapter 8 An Atheist Spirituality?; Works Cited; IndexAtheism: 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 to the undergraduate student in philosophy and theology. After a preliminary investigation of what atheists mean when they use the words "atheism" and "God"GÇöa much more complex investigation than one might suspectGÇöthe book explores the differences and similarities between "old" and "new" atheism; places atheism of either variety in context by examining the naturalistic worldview that grounds it; provides a short historicalGuides for the PerplexedAtheismAtheism.211.8Walters Kerry S923955MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821155403321Atheism4119758UNINA