LEADER 02412nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910821155403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-87664-3 010 $a9786612876646 010 $a1-4411-8794-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055822 035 $a(EBL)601998 035 $a(OCoLC)676696343 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412291 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12191332 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412291 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10366698 035 $a(PQKB)10638737 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601998 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055822 100 $a20100426d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAtheism $ea guide for the perplexed /$fKerry Walters 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cContinuum$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 225 1 $aGuides for the Perplexed 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-2493-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 178-187) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aAtheism: A Guide for the Perplexed moves beyond the polemics to present an overview of atheism that is rigorous but still accessible to the educated layperson as well as to the undergraduate student in philosophy and theology. After a preliminary investigation of what atheists mean when they use the words "atheism" and "God"GC?o?a much more complex investigation than one might suspectGC?o?the book explores the differences and similarities between "old" and "new" atheism; places atheism of either variety in context by examining the naturalistic worldview that grounds it; provides a short historical 410 0$aGuides for the Perplexed 606 $aAtheism 615 0$aAtheism. 676 $a211.8 700 $aWalters$b Kerry S$0923955 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821155403321 996 $aAtheism$94119758 997 $aUNINA