The Atheist's Creed by Michael Palmer
In The Atheist's Creed a prominent and widely-read contemporary philosopher, Dr Michael Palmer, presents the most comprehensive anthology of the major philosophical arguments for atheism now before the public. While the so-called 'new atheism' of Richard Dawkins and others has attracted considerable publicity, it is these philosophical arguments that have down the ages provided the principal landmarks in the unfolding and increasingly widespread belief that no God exists. Using a combination of extracts, detailed introductions, biographies and extensive bibliographies, the author guides the reader through the history of atheism, from the time of the early Greeks down to the present day. In this analysis particular attention is given to the writings of Hume, Nietzsche, Marx and Freud. The Atheist's Creed requires no specialist knowledge of philosophy. Each chapter is structured around a single theme and the various authors coordinated to allow the full force of the particular atheistic argument to emerge. The result is a compelling and powerful assessment of the case for atheism, which will be essential and fascinating reading for student and non-student alike and for all those concerned with the fundamental question: whether or not there is a God.
'There is much here that able A level students and possibly first year undergraduates might find additionally useful, and the text would certainly be edifying to the interested non-specialist' David Aldridge in British Journal of Religious Education, 34:1.
Dr Michael Palmer is one of the most widely-read of contemporary philosophers and the author of Moral Problems (Lutterworth Press, 1991), a book based on a course developed at Manchester Grammar School that still remains the most influential school coursebook in philosophy of its generation. Among his other publications are 'Freud and Jung on Religion' (1997), 'Moral Problems in Medicine'(1999), 'The Question of God' (2001) and 'The Philosophy of Religion' (2008).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780718830830 |
| ISBN 10 | 0718830830 |
| Title | The Atheist's Creed |
| Author | Michael Palmer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | James Clarke & Co Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-03-25 |
| Number of pages | 356 |
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