Beyond New Atheism and Theism - A Sociology of Science, Secularism, and Religiosity

Focusing on the debates between the New Atheists and theists, this book addresses the failings in understanding on both sides, arguing for a sociological perspective on religion, God and science as a practice, together with a critical realist approach to the nature of the real world as we experience it.

List of contents

Prologue 1. Genesis 2. In the Grasp of Secular Reason 3. The Science Turn and Sociology 4. The New Atheist Worldview 5. The Dawkins Delusion 6. Case Study: The Tangled Logic of Frank Turek 7. Case Study: John Lennox and the Unholy Alliance Between Mathematics, Logic, and God 8. William Lane Craig: Not Even the Illusion of Reason 9. Hans Küng: A Case Study in the Vicious Circles of Theist Logic 10. Case Study: Alvin Plantinga - The Unbearable Absurdity of Christian Philosophy 11. Religion and God in Sociological Perspective 12. Godless and Good 13. The Knowing Society: A Secular Moral Order Index

About the author

Sal Restivo is a retired sociologist/anthropologist who has held professorships and endowed chairs at universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and China. He is a founding member and former president of the Society for Social Studies of Science, and he specializes in the sociology of science and religion. He is the editor-in-chief of Oxford's Science, Technology, and Society: An Encyclopedia (2005). His most recent books are Einstein's Brain: Genius, Culture and Social Networks (2020), Society and the Death of God (2021), Inventions in Sociology: Studies in Science and Society (2022), and The Social Brain: Sociological Foundations (2023).

Summary

Focusing on the debates between the New Atheists and theists, this book addresses the failings in understanding on both sides, arguing for a sociological perspective on religion, God and science as a practice, together with a critical realist approach to the nature of the real world as we experience it.

Product details

• Authors: Sal Restivo, Sal (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Restivo, Restivo Sal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032500942
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250094-2
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Theism, RELIGION / Atheism, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Agnosticism and atheism, Agnosticism & Atheism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge