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The Dawkins Delusion? Atheist Fundamentalism And The Denial Of The Divine by Joanna Collicutt Mcgrath, Alister E. McGrath
5.0
After having read the God Delusion a few years ago I thought I'd read this book which counter-argues many of Dawkins' foundational assertions.
It gets rather technical, but McGrath's sober takedown of Dawkins' creedal statements are effective. It was a very clever sleight of hand that Dawkins had applied to his "analysis" on religion and it was deconstructed masterfully in this book.
Whilst this is a thin volume, the additional reading material offered in the footnotes expounds greatly upon McGrath's arguments.
To be honest looking in retrospect, I'm surprised I was taken in by the New Atheism movement of the early 00's. Glad I grew out of it.
Very convincing book, would recommend.
It gets rather technical, but McGrath's sober takedown of Dawkins' creedal statements are effective. It was a very clever sleight of hand that Dawkins had applied to his "analysis" on religion and it was deconstructed masterfully in this book.
Whilst this is a thin volume, the additional reading material offered in the footnotes expounds greatly upon McGrath's arguments.
To be honest looking in retrospect, I'm surprised I was taken in by the New Atheism movement of the early 00's. Glad I grew out of it.
Very convincing book, would recommend.