The Twilight Of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World - Couverture souple

Mcgrath, Alister

 
9781844131556: The Twilight Of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World
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ISBN 10 : 1844131556 ISBN 13 : 9781844131556
Editeur : Rider, 2005

Synopsis

Atheism is one of the most important movements in modern Western culture. For the last two hundred years it seemed to be on the verge of eliminating religion as an outmoded and dangerous superstition. Recent years however have witnessed the decline of disbelief and a rise in religious/spiritual devotion throughout the world. In this highly readable book the distinguished historian and theologian Alister McGrath examines what went wrong with the atheist dream and explains why religion and faith are destined to play a central role in the twenty-first century. A former atheist who is now one of Christianity's foremost scholars McGrath traces the history of atheism from its emergence in eighteenth-century Europe as a revolutionary worldview that offered liberation from the rigidity of traditional Christianity and the oppression of tyrannical monarchs to its golden age in the first half of the twentieth century. Blending thoughtful authoritative historical analysis with incisive portraits of such leading and influential atheists as Sigmund Freud Marx and Richard Dawkins McGrath exposes the flaws at the heart of atheism and argues that the renewal of faith is a natural inevitable and necessary response to its failures.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alister McGrath is Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University and Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books, including In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible, The Reenchantment of Nature, and The Journey; a consulting editor of Christianity Today and the general editor of The NIV Thematic Study Bible. He lives in Oxford, UK.

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Éditeur
Rider
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844131556
ISBN 13 
9781844131556
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
322
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780385500623: The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0385500629 ISBN 13 :  9780385500623
Editeur : PRH Christian Publishing, 2006
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