With impressive erudition and polemical panache, david hart smites hip and thigh the peddlers of a new atheism that recycles hoary arguments from the past. And it is, in his view, precisely men like the new atheists. David bentley hart is an eastern orthodox theologian, philosopher, and cultural commentator. This brilliant, stunningly erudite, and powerfully provocative work begins as a tough criticism of the naive stupidity of the books of our popularizing new atheiststhe likes of christopher hitchens, richard dawkins, and daniel dennett. Learn more about atheist delusions in the brownsburg public library digital collection. In his latest book, atheist delusions, david bentley hart never mentions pascal in his brilliant dissection and diagnosis of the atheist soul. Specific citations from the book will be given in the parentheses throughout the rest of the paper. The mp3 file and many others can be downloaded here. Apr 08, 2011 david bentley hart the new atheists and an ugly god. I bought atheist delusions basically on a lark oh, amazon and your oneclick kindle shopping. Jan 01, 2009 hart s chosen title was the subtitle, but his publisher, to the confusion of a great many empassioned readers, displaced it with the provocative atheist delusions. Apr 18, 2015 david bentley hart is a christian author, and hes made several valuable contributions besides this book, among them the excellent the story of christianity, an illustrated history of 2000 years of the christian faith, and his newest, the experience of god. The christian revolution and its fashionable enemies new haven, con. Ebook atheist delusions as pdf download portable document.
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