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In good faith : questioning religion and atheism / Scott A. Shay. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Nashville : Post Hill Press, (c)2018.Description: xxxi, 528 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781682617922
Other title:
  • Questioning religion and atheism
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT50.S538.I546 2018
  • BT50
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Contents:
What is idolatry and who cares? -- Is the Bible unjust and is progress secular? -- Is there something about evil? -- Does science make belief in God irrational? -- Is the Bible a hoax? -- Why have faith and why pray?
Subject: Prominent atheists claim the Bible is a racist text. Yet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. read it daily. Then again, so did many ardent segregationists. Some atheists claim religion serves to oppress the masses. Yet the classic text of the French Revolution, What is the Third Estate?, was written by a priest. On the other hand, the revolutionaries ended up banning religion. What do we make of religion's confusing role in history? And what of religion's relationship to science? Some scientists claim that we have no free will. Others argue that advances in neurobiology and physics disprove determinism. As for whispering to the universe, an absurd habit say the skeptics. Yet prayer is a transformative practice for millions. This book explores the most common atheist critiques of the Bible and religion, incorporating Jewish, Christian, and Muslim voices. The result is a fresh, modern re-evaluation of religion and of atheism.
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Introduction: God and sushi -- What is idolatry and who cares? -- Is the Bible unjust and is progress secular? -- Is there something about evil? -- Does science make belief in God irrational? -- Is the Bible a hoax? -- Why have faith and why pray?

Prominent atheists claim the Bible is a racist text. Yet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. read it daily. Then again, so did many ardent segregationists. Some atheists claim religion serves to oppress the masses. Yet the classic text of the French Revolution, What is the Third Estate?, was written by a priest. On the other hand, the revolutionaries ended up banning religion. What do we make of religion's confusing role in history? And what of religion's relationship to science? Some scientists claim that we have no free will. Others argue that advances in neurobiology and physics disprove determinism. As for whispering to the universe, an absurd habit say the skeptics. Yet prayer is a transformative practice for millions. This book explores the most common atheist critiques of the Bible and religion, incorporating Jewish, Christian, and Muslim voices. The result is a fresh, modern re-evaluation of religion and of atheism.

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