Two Tales of the Death of God
$112.14
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2024
Summary
In the 19th century, Friedrich Nietzsche infamously declared that “God is dead.” It turns out he was on to something. Across the western world, churches are emptying out and closing their doors, and more and more people are rejecting organized religion.
In the early 2000s, a group of intellectuals who collectively came to be known as the “new atheists” capitalized on this fact, capturing the imagination of young skeptics and igniting a movement for secularism by arguing that religion …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780190086886 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0190086882 |
| Author: | Stephen LeDrew |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 165mm x 224mm |
Critics Review
Two Tales of the Death of God is an entertaining read with an engaging argument that is recommended reading for all students and scholars of secularization. * Luca Farrow, Reading Religion *
Stephen LeDrew
Stephen LeDrew is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Canada. He is the author of The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement (Oxford University Press, 2015).
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