The Twilight Of Atheism

Author : Alister McGrath
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307424174

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The Twilight of Atheism by Alister McGrath Pdf

In this bold and provocative new book, the author of In the Beginning and The Reenchantment of Nature challenges the widely held assumption that the world is becoming more secular and demonstrates why atheism cannot provide the moral and intellectual guidance essential for coping with the complexities of modern life. Atheism is one of the most important movements in modern Western culture. For the last two hundred years, it seemed to be on the verge of eliminating religion as an outmoded and dangerous superstition. Recent years, however, have witnessed the decline of disbelief and a rise in religious devotion throughout the world. In THE TWILIGHT OF ATHEISM, the distinguished historian and theologian Alister McGrath examines what went wrong with the atheist dream and explains why religion and faith are destined to play a central role in the twenty-first century. A former atheist who is now one of Christianity’s foremost scholars, McGrath traces the history of atheism from its emergence in eighteenth-century Europe as a revolutionary worldview that offered liberation from the rigidity of traditional religion and the oppression of tyrannical monarchs, to its golden age in the first half of the twentieth century. Blending thoughtful, authoritative historical analysis with incisive portraits of such leading and influential atheists as Sigmund Freud and Richard Dawkins, McGrath exposes the flaws at the heart of atheism, and argues that the renewal of faith is a natural, inevitable, and necessary response to its failures. THE TWILIGHT OF ATHEISM will unsettle believers and nonbelievers alike. A powerful rebuttal of the philosophy that, for better and for worse, has exerted tremendous influence on Western history, it carries major implications for the future of both religion and unbelief in our society.

Author : Alister McGrath,Joanna Collicutt McGrath
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830868735

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The Dawkins Delusion? by Alister McGrath,Joanna Collicutt McGrath Pdf

Alister McGrath and Joanna Collicutt McGrath present a reliable assessment of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, famed atheist and scientist, and the many questions this book raises--including, above all, the relevance of faith and the quest for meaning.

Author : Alister McGrath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1407061712

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The Twilight of Atheism by Alister McGrath Pdf

Author : Alister McGrath
Publisher : Tyndale Momentum
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781496438072

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A Theory of Everything (that Matters) by Alister McGrath Pdf

Einstein's revolutionary scientific ideas have transformed the world, ushering in the nuclear age. Is there any place for faith in such a world? This volume is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the role of faith in a world where science and technology govern lives.

Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118724910

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Dawkins' GOD by Alister E. McGrath Pdf

Alister E. McGrath is one of the world’s leading theologians, with a doctorate in the sciences. Richard Dawkins is one of the bestselling popular science writers, with outspoken and controversial views on religion. This fascinating and provoking work is the first book-length response to Dawkins’ ideas, and offers an ideal introduction to the topical issues of science and religion. Addresses fundamental questions about Dawkins’ approach to science and religion: Is the gene actually selfish? Is the blind watchmaker a suitable analogy? Are there other ways of looking at things? Tackles Dawkins’ hostile and controversial views on religion, and examines the religious implications of his scientific ideas, making for a fascinating and provoking debate Written in a very engaging and accessible style, ideal to those approaching scientific and religious issues for the first time Alister McGrath is uniquely qualified to write this book. He is one of the world’s best known and most respected theologians, with a strong research background in molecular biophysics A superb book by one of the world’s leading theologians, which will attract wide interest in the growing popular science market, similar to Susan Blackmore’s The Meme Machine (1999).

Author : Tina Beattie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015073916028

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The New Atheists by Tina Beattie Pdf

'The New Atheists' argues that the threat of religious fanaticism is mirrored by a no less virulent and ignorant secular fanaticism which has taken hold of the intellectual classes.

Author : Tina Beattie
Publisher : Darton Longman and Todd
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131773140

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The New Atheists by Tina Beattie Pdf

A lively and provactive contribution to the debate, Tina Beattie, argues the threat of religious fanaticism is mirrored by a no less virulent and ignorant secular fanaticism.

Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521624819

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Iustitia Dei by Alister E. McGrath Pdf

New, updated, one volume edition of this definitive study of the history of the doctrine of justification.

Author : Alister McGrath
Publisher : Image
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385508261

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The Reenchantment of Nature by Alister McGrath Pdf

In this provocative assessment of the world's current ecological crisis, the author of the critically acclaimed In the Beginning exposes the false assumptions underlying the conflicts between science and religion, and proposes an innovative approach to saving the planet. Traditionally, science and religion have been thought of as two distinct and irreconcilable ways of looking at the world, and scientists have often chastised the world's religions for keeping their eyes on the heavens and paying scant attention to the destruction of Earth's precious resources and its natural wonders. In The Reenchantment of Nature, Alister McGrath, who holds doctorates in both molecular biology and divinity, challenges this long-held and dangerously misguided dichotomy. Arguing that Christianity and other great religions have always respected and revered the bounty and beauty of the earth, McGrath calls for a radical shift in perspective. He shows that by defining the world in the narrowest of scientific terms and viewing it as a collection of atoms and molecules governed by unchanging laws and forces, we have lost our ability to appreciate nature's enchantments. In order to address the threats to our environment, he maintains, it is essential to reawaken our sense of awe and look at the world as a glorious creation, an irreplaceable gift of God. In setting forth a new framework for the debate between science and religion on ecological theory, The Reenchantment of Nature points the way to integrating two different traditions in a sane and productive effort to rescue the natural world from its present environmental decline.

Author : Alister McGrath
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781444798470

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Inventing the Universe by Alister McGrath Pdf

We just can't stop talking about the big questions around science and faith. They haven't gone away, as some predicted they might; in fact, we seem to talk about them more than ever. Far from being a spent force, religion continues to grow around the world. Meanwhile, Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists argue that religion is at war with science - and that we have to choose between them. It's time to consider a different way of looking at these two great cultural forces. What if science and faith might enrich each other? What if they can together give us a deep and satisfying understanding of life? Alister McGrath, one of the world's leading authorities on science and religion, engages with the big questions that Dawkins and others have raised - including origins, the burden of proof, the meaning of life, the existence of God and our place in the universe. Informed by the best and latest scholarship, Inventing the Universe is a groundbreaking new primer for the complex yet fascinating relationship between science and faith.

Author : David Crist
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101572344

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The Twilight War by David Crist Pdf

The dramatic secret history of our undeclared thirty-year conflict with Iran, revealing newsbreaking episodes of covert and deadly operations that brought the two nations to the brink of open war For three decades, the United States and Iran have engaged in a secret war. It is a conflict that has never been acknowledged and a story that has never been told. This surreptitious war began with the Iranian revolution and simmers today inside Iraq and in the Persian Gulf. Fights rage in the shadows, between the CIA and its network of spies and Iran's intelligence agency. Battles are fought at sea with Iranians in small speedboats attacking Western oil tankers. This conflict has frustrated five American presidents, divided administrations, and repeatedly threatened to bring the two nations into open warfare. It is a story of shocking miscalculations, bitter debates, hidden casualties, boldness, and betrayal. A senior historian for the federal government with unparalleled access to senior officials and key documents of several U.S. administrations, Crist has spent more than ten years researching and writing The Twilight War, and he breaks new ground on virtually every page. Crist describes the series of secret negotiations between Iran and the United States after 9/11, culminating in Iran's proposal for a grand bargain for peace-which the Bush administration turned down. He documents the clandestine counterattack Iran launched after America's 2003 invasion of Iraq, in which thousands of soldiers disguised as reporters, tourists, pilgrims, and aid workers toiled to change the government in Baghdad and undercut American attempts to pacify the Iraqi insurgency. And he reveals in vivid detail for the first time a number of important stories of military and intelligence operations by both sides, both successes and failures, and their typically unexpected consequences. Much has changed in the world since 1979, but Iran and America remain each other's biggest national security nightmares. "The Iran problem" is a razor-sharp briar patch that has claimed its sixth presidential victim in Barack Obama and his administration. The Twilight War adds vital new depth to our understanding of this acute dilemma it is also a thrillingly engrossing read, animated by a healthy irony about human failings in the fog of not-quite war.

Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118465622

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Christianity by Alister E. McGrath Pdf

Now available in a fully-revised and updated new edition, this popular textbook by one of the world's leading theologians offers a lively, jargon-free introduction to Christianity. Features a wealth of new material on global Christianity, American Christianity, the Orthodox Church, current theological debates, and Christianity in relation to other world religions Includes enhanced and expanded student-friendly features, including numerous illustrations, suggestions for further reading, a glossary of Christian terms, and brief readings from primary Christian sources Written in an accessible and engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of Christian beliefs or practices, making it an invaluable resource for beginners to the subject as well as those looking for a refresher Incorporates coverage of Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism A glossary, related websites, and other resources from Dr. McGrath are available online at www.alistermcgrathwiley.com

Author : Alister McGrath
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780281080205

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Richard Dawkins, C.S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life by Alister McGrath Pdf

In this pithy, entertaining guide to what really matters, Alister McGrath brings together Richard Dawkins and C.S. Lewis, two intriguing and well-known writers, in 'conversation'. The two men could hardly have more different perspectives; these arguments provide an excellent means of sharpening our own thinking on the meaning of life.

Author : Alister McGrath
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780385507219

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Knowing Christ by Alister McGrath Pdf

Alister McGrath, a widely acknowledged master of contemporary spirituality, has written a profound meditation on one of the most deceptively simple-sounding tenets of the Christian faith, the centrality of Christ in the life of his followers, in Knowing Christ. Written in an accessible style that will appeal to Christians of all denominations, Knowing Christ aims to stimulate a more direct and intimate relationship between Christ and the reader by engaging not just the intellect but, more important, the heart and imagination. It is a work of spirituality saturated with biblical texts and themes, but it also draws on the rich tradition in art and literature of Christian reflection on the centrality of Christ throughout the ages. The result is a lively, engaging, and always inspiring book of twenty-first century spirituality from one of the world's most popular and respected Christian writers, a book that will strengthen the faith of all who read it.

Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : Regent College Pub
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1573832650

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Beyond the Quiet Time by Alister E. McGrath Pdf

Doing for God (and everyone else) sometimes leaves us with no energy to be for God; we may even feel guilty for taking time to pray. But to be of use to God in the world, it is necessary from time to time to withdraw from that world, and seek refreshment. In Beyond the Quiet Time, theologian Alister McGrath encourages harried believers to move beyond their hurried quiet times to a place where they can be spiritually renewed. The five studies contained within this small book help readers make their way toward that refreshment. They show how to quiet the heart and allow God's Word and Spirit to move. They can be used by individuals or a study group to renew fundamental beliefs and fervent faith. Withdrawing from the world, we need to bring only our imaginations, our intellects, and our beings to a place where we can be alone with the Lord. Alister McGrath lectures in Christian doctrine and ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and is a research lecturer in theology for Oxford University. He is author of numerous books, including The Journey, A Passion for Truth, and Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths