{"product_id":"challenging-the-new-atheism-aaron-pratt-shepherd-9780367545581","title":"Challenging the New Atheism: Pragmatic Confrontations in the Philosophy of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a pragmatic response to arguments against religion made by the New Atheism movement. The author argues that analytic and empirical philosophies of religion-the mainstream approaches in contemporary philosophy of religion-are methodologically unequipped to address the \"Threefold Challenge\" made by popular New Atheist thinkers such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book has three primary motivations. First, it provides an interpretation of the New Atheist movement that treats their claims as philosophical arguments and not just rhetorical exercises or demagoguery. Second, it assesses and responds to these claims by elaborating four distinct contemporary philosophical perspectives- analytic philosophy, empirical philosophy, continental philosophy, and pragmatism-as well as contextualizing these perspectives in the history of the philosophy of religion. Finally, the book offers a metaphilosophical critique, returning again and again to the question of method. In the end, the author settles upon a modified version of pragmatism that he concludes is best suited for articulating the terms and stakes of the God Debate. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChallenging the New Atheism\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to scholars and students of American philosophy and philosophy of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Pratt Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367545586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367545581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Aaron Pratt Shepherd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072262533375,"sku":"9780367545581","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb65d4c8-c8f5-46bc-bc3b-f5af1bc2931c.jpg?v=1685440911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/challenging-the-new-atheism-aaron-pratt-shepherd-9780367545581","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}