Is God a delusion?
Subtitle: a reply to religion's cultured despisers
By: Eric Reitan.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781405183628; 9781405183611
Subjects: Apologetics; Theism
Description: Is God a Delusion? addresses the philosophical underpinnings of the recent proliferation of popular books attacking religious beliefs.:.; Focuses primarily on charges leveled by recent critics that belief in God is irrational and that its nature ferments violence.; Balances philosophical rigor and scholarly care with an engaging, accessible style.; Offers a direct response to the crop of recent anti-religion bestsellers currently generating considerable public discussion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: On religion and equivocation; title: "The God hypothesis" and the concept of God; title: Divine tyranny and the goodness of God; title: Science, transcendence, and meaning; title: Philosophy and God's existence, part I; title: Philosophy and God's existence, part II; title: Religious consciousness; title: The substance of things hoped for; title: Evil and the meaning of life; title: The root of all evil?