Dale Mcgowan

Atheism For Dummies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The easy way to understand atheism and secular philosophy For people seeking a non-religious philosophy of life, as well as believers with atheist friends, Atheism For Dummies offers an intelligent exploration of the historical and moral case for atheism. Often wildly misunderstood, atheism is a secular approach to life based on the understanding that reality is an arrangement of physical matter, with no consideration of unverifiable spiritual forces. Atheism For Dummies offers a brief history of atheist philosophy and its evolution, explores it as a historical and cultural movement, covers important historical writings on the subject, and discusses the nature of ethics and morality in the absence of religion. * A simple, yet intelligent exploration of an often misunderstood philosophy * Explores the differences between explicit and implicit atheism * A comprehensive, readable, and thoroughly unbiased resource As the number of atheists worldwide continues to grow, this book offers a broad understanding of the subject for those exploring atheism as an approach to living.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118509227
• Artikelnr.: 37757206

Autorenporträt

Dale McGowan, PhD, writes the popular secular blog The Meming of Life, teaches secular parenting workshops across North America, and is executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a humanist charitable organization. He has been interviewed in major publications, such as Newsweek and the New York Times, and was 2008 Harvard Humanist of the Year.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Part I: Understanding What Atheism Is 7 Chapter 1: Meeting
Atheism 9 Chapter 2: Unweaving the Rainbow of Disbelief 19 Chapter 3:
Recognizing What Atheists Do and Don't Believe -- and Why 37 Part II:
Following Atheism through the Ages 63 Chapter 4: Finding Atheism in the
Ancient World 65 Chapter 5: Going Medieval 79 Chapter 6: Enlightening
Strikes 91 Chapter 7: Opening a Golden Age of Freethought 107 Chapter 8:
Growing Up in the Tumultuous 20th Century 121 Chapter 9: Voicing a New
Atheism, and a New Humanism, for the 21st Century 145 Part III: Reading the
Great Works of Atheism 169 Chapter 10: Uncovering Lost, Secret, Censored,
and Forbidden Works 171 Chapter 11: Sampling Important Works: Deep
Thoughts, Big Thinkers 183 Chapter 12: Laughing in Disbelief: Challenging
the Divine with Humor 203 Chapter 13: Reawakening Passionate Disbelief: Key
Works of the 21st Century 217 Part IV: Living a Full Life without Belief in
God 233 Chapter 14: Getting Personal with Atheism Today 235 Chapter 15:
Being Good with or without God 253 Chapter 16: Seeing the World Naturally
275 Chapter 17: Being an Atheist in a Religious World 291 Chapter 18:
Getting the Best of Religion ... and Leaving the Rest 311 Part V: The Part
of Tens 327 Chapter 19: Ten Surprising Things about Atheists and Other
Nonbelievers 329 Chapter 20: Ten (Plus One) Famous People You May Not Know
are Nonbelievers 335 Chapter 21: Ten Fun and Easy Ways to Explore Atheism
343 Index 351