Series statement from dust jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Film / Nina Power. Definitions and debates. Defining 'atheism' / Stephen Bullivant -- Case against atheism / T.J. Mawson -- Critiques of Theistic arguments / A.C. Grayling -- Arguments for atheism / Graham Oppy -- Problem of evil / Michael L. Peterson -- Atheism and morality / Erik J. Wielenberg -- Atheism and the meaningfulness of life / Kimberly A. Blessing -- Aquinas and atheism / Brian Davies -- History of (Western) atheism. From the pre-Socratics to the Hellenistic Age / David Sedley -- First Millennium / Mark Edwards -- Medieval period / Dorthea Weltecke -- Renaissance and Reformation / Denis J.-J. Robichaud -- Age of Enlightenment / Alan Charles Kors -- The (long) nineteenth century / David Nash -- Twentieth century / Callum G. Brown -- New atheism / Thomas Zenk -- Worldviews and systems. Humanism / Stephen Law -- Existentialism / Alison Stone -- Marxism / Peter Thompson -- Analytic philosophy / Charles Pidgen -- Jewish atheism / Jacques Berlinerblau -- Buddhism / Andrew Skilton -- Jainism / Anne Vallely -- Hinduism / Jessica Frazier -- Atheism and the natural sciences. Naturalism and the scientific method / Michael Ruse -- Atheism and the rise of science / Taner Edis -- Atheism and Darwinism / David P. Barash -- Atheism and the physical sciences / Victor J. Stenger -- Atheism and the social sciences. Atheism and the secularization thesis / Frank L. Pasquale, Barry A. Kosmin -- Psychology of atheism / Miguel Farias -- Atheism and cognitive science / Jonathan A. Lanman -- Atheism and societal health / Phil Zuckerman -- Atheism, gender, and sexuality / Melanie Elyse Brewster -- Atheism, health, and well-being / Karen Hwang -- Conversion and deconversion / Ralph W. Hood Jr., Zhou Chen -- Global expressions. World of atheism : global demographics / Ariela Keysar, Juhem Navarro-Rivera -- Western Europe / Lois Lee -- North America / Ryan R. Cragun, Joseph H. Hammer, Jesse M. Smith -- Central and Eastern Europe / Irena Borowik, Branko Ancic, Radoslaw Tyrala -- Islamic world / Samuli Schielke -- India / Johannes Quack -- Japan / Sarah Whylly -- Atheism and the arts. Literature / Bernard Schweizer -- Visual arts / J. Sage Elwell -- Music / Paul A. Bertagnolli -- Film / Nina Power.
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