Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford handbook of atheism / edited by Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse.

Publication

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bullivant, Stephen
• Ruse, Michael

Description

xvi, 763 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

[Oxford handbooks]

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Alternative Title

Atheism

Subject

• Atheism > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Note

• Series statement from dust jacket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : the study of atheism / Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse -- Part I Definitions and debates -- ch. 1 Defining 'atheism' / Stephen Bullivant -- ch. 2 The case against atheism / T. J. Mawson -- ch. 3 Critiques of Theistic arguments / A. C. Grayling -- ch. 4 Arguments for atheism / Graham Oppy -- ch. 5 The problem of evil / Michael L. Peterson -- ch. 6 Atheism and morality / Erik J. Wielenberg -- ch. 7 Atheism and the meaningfulness of life / Kimberly A. Blessing -- ch. 8 Aquinas and atheism / Brian Davies -- Part II History of (Western) atheism -- ch. 9 From the pre-Socratics to the Hellenistic Age / David Sedley -- ch. 10 The first Millennium / Mark Edwards -- ch. 11 The Medieval period / Dorthea Weltecke -- ch. 12 Renaissance and Reformation / Denis J.-J. Robichaud -- ch. 13 The Age of Enlightenment / Alan Charles Kors -- ch. 14 The (long) nineteenth century / David Nash -- ch. 15 The twentieth century / Callum G. Brown -- ch. 16 New atheism / Thomas Zenk -- Part III Worldviews and systems -- ch. 17 Humanism /Stephen Law -- ch. 18 Existentialism / Alison Stone -- ch. 19 Marxism / Peter Thompson -- ch. 20 Analytic philosophy / Charles Pidgen -- ch. 21 Jewish atheism / Jacques Berlinerblau -- ch. 22 Buddhism / Andrew Skilton -- ch. 23 Jainism / Anne Vallely -- ch. 24 Hinduism / Jessica Frazier -- Part IV Atheism and the natural sciences -- ch. 25 Naturalism and the scientific method / Michael Ruse -- ch. 26 Atheism and the rise of science / Taner Edis -- ch. 27 Atheism and Darwinism / David P. Barash -- ch. 28 Atheism and the physical sciences / Victor J. Stenger -- Part V Atheism and the social sciences -- ch. 29 Atheism and the secularization thesis / Frank L. Pasquale and Barry A. Kosmin -- ch. 30 The psychology of atheism / Miguel Farias -- ch. 31 Atheism and cognitive science / Jonathan A. Lanman -- ch. 32 Atheism and societal health / Phil Zuckerman -- ch. 33 Atheism, gender, and sexuality / Melanie Elyse Brewster -- ch. 34 Atheism, health, and well-being / Karen Hwang -- ch. 35 Conversion and deconversion / Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Zhou Chen -- Part VI. Global expressions -- ch. 36 A world of atheism : global demographics / Ariela Keysar and Juhem Navarro-Rivera --- ch. 37 Western Europe / Lois Lee -- ch. 38 North America / Ryan R. Cragun, Joseph H. Hammer, and Jesse M. Smith -- ch. 39 Central and Eastern Europe / Irena Borowik, Branko Ancic, and Radoslaw Tyrala -- ch. 40 The Islamic world / Samuli Schielke -- ch. 41 India / Johannes Quack -- ch. 42 Japan / Sarah Whylly -- Part VII Atheism and the arts -- ch. 43 Literature / Bernard Schweizer -- ch. 44 The visual arts / J. Sage Elwell -- ch. 45 Music / Paul A. Bertagnolli -- ch. 46 Film / Nina Power.

Call Number

JFF 14-564

ISBN

• 0199644659
• 9780199644650

LCCN

2013948263

OCLC

830367873

Title

The Oxford handbook of atheism / edited by Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse.

Publisher

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

[Oxford handbooks]

Oxford handbooks.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Bullivant, Stephen, editor.

Ruse, Michael, editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 14-564