Atheism: A Reader (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781573928557)

This unique anthology assembles the best writings on atheism, agnosticism, and skepticism by some of the world's great thinkers past and present. Arranged to address the most significant questions pertaining to religious belief-the existence of God, immortality, the nature of religious belief, and religion in relation to science, ethics, politics, and society-the selections in this volume present a challenge to religion on all fronts.Included are Bertrand Russell and A. J. Ayer on the existence of God, Percy Bysshe Shelley on the "argument from design," Lucretius on life after death, David Hume on superstition, Elizabeth Cady Stanton on Christianity's demeaning influence on women's social status, Gore Vidal on modern American fundamentalism, and many other notable writers on controversial issues.Editor S. T. Joshi has carefully selected essays that are eloquent, poignant, satirical, and philosophically rigorous, and has also supplied explanatory annotations and a general introduction that succinctly and forcefully summarizes the atheistic critique of religion.

Author: S. T. Joshi
ISBN-10: 1573928550
ISBN-13: 9781573928557
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2000
Pages: 346
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.24w x 0.73d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/30/2000 pg. 68
Library Journal 12/01/2000 pg. 147
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 10
Library Journal 12/20/2000