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The Oxford handbook of atheism
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- Creator
- edited by Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 763 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780191756726, 9780199644650, 0199644659
- OCLC
- ocn830367873
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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