The Oxford handbook of atheism / edited by Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 763 pages ; 26 cm |
| Variant Title: |
Atheism. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction : the study of atheism / Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse
- Part I. Definitions and debates
- ch. 1. Defining 'atheism' / Stephen Bullivant
- ch. 2. The case against atheism / T. J. Mawson
- ch. 3. Critiques of Theistic arguments / A. C. Grayling
- ch. 4. Arguments for atheism / Graham Oppy
- ch. 5. The problem of evil / Michael L. Peterson
- ch. 6. Atheism and morality / Erik J. Wielenberg
- ch. 7. Atheism and the meaningfulness of life / Kimberly A. Blessing
- ch. 8. Aquinas and atheism / Brian Davies
- Part II. History of (Western) atheism
- ch. 9. From the pre-Socratics to the Hellenistic Age / David Sedley
- ch. 10. The first Millennium / Mark Edwards
- ch. 11. The Medieval period / Dorthea Weltecke
- ch. 12. Renaissance and Reformation / Denis J.-J. Robichaud
- ch. 13. The Age of Enlightenment / Alan Charles Kors
- ch. 14. The (long) nineteenth century / David Nash
- ch. 15. The twentieth century / Callum G. Brown
- ch. 16. New atheism / Thomas Zenk
- Part III. Worldviews and systems
- ch. 17. Humanism /Stephen Law
- ch. 18. Existentialism / Alison Stone
- ch. 19. Marxism / Peter Thompson
- ch. 20. Analytic philosophy / Charles Pidgen
- ch. 21. Jewish atheism / Jacques Berlinerblau
- ch. 22. Buddhism / Andrew Skilton
- ch. 23. Jainism / Anne Vallely
- ch. 24. Hinduism / Jessica Frazier
- Part IV. Atheism and the natural sciences
- ch. 25. Naturalism and the scientific method / Michael Ruse
- ch. 26. Atheism and the rise of science / Taner Edis
- ch. 27. Atheism and Darwinism / David P. Barash
- ch. 28. Atheism and the physical sciences / Victor J. Stenger
- Part V. Atheism and the social sciences
- ch. 29. Atheism and the secularization thesis / Frank L. Pasquale and Barry A. Kosmin
- ch. 30. The psychology of atheism / Miguel Farias
- ch. 31. Atheism and cognitive science / Jonathan A. Lanman
- ch. 32. Atheism and societal health / Phil Zuckerman
- ch. 33. Atheism, gender, and sexuality / Melanie Elyse Brewster
- ch. 34. Atheism, health, and well-being / Karen Hwang
- ch. 35. Conversion and deconversion / Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Zhou Chen
- Part VI. Global expressions
- ch. 36. A world of atheism : global demographics / Ariela Keysar and Juhem Navarro-Rivera
- - ch. 37. Western Europe / Lois Lee
- ch. 38. NOrth America / Ryan R. Cragun, Joseph H. Hammer, and Jesse M. Smith
- ch. 39. Central and Eastern Europe / Irena Borowik, Branko Ancic, and Radoslaw Tyrala
- ch. 40. The Islamic world / Samuli Schielke
- ch. 41. India / Johannes Quack
- ch. 42. Japan / Sarah Whylly
- Part VII. Atheism and the arts
- ch. 43. Literature / Bernard Schweizer
- ch. 44. The visual arts / J. Sage Elwell
- ch. 45. Music / Paul A. Bertagnolli
- ch. 46. Film / Nina Power.