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The Australian Book of Atheism edited by Warren Bonett

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March 2011, no. 329

The Australian Book of Atheism edited by Warren Bonett

Scribe, $35 pb, 442 pp

The Australian Book of Atheism edited by Warren Bonett

by
March 2011, no. 329

Once mainly associated with shrill killjoys and desiccated reductionists, atheism has recently received a jolt of adrenaline from Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and others. Yet while these writers delight in exposing religion’s philosophical deficiencies, their tone is predominantly negative. Fortunately, The Australian Book of Atheism goes beyond simply rehashing the New Atheists’ explanations of Why God Doesn’t Exist. Divided into ‘Overview’, ‘Personal’, ‘Education’, ‘Social and Cultural’, ‘Politics’, ‘Philosophy’, and ‘Religion and the Brain’, this collection offers a more nuanced picture of atheism than does the recent crop of celebrity-authored blockbusters.

Timothy Roberts reviews 'The Australian Book of Atheism' edited by Warren Bonett

The Australian Book of Atheism

edited by Warren Bonett

Scribe, $35 pb, 442 pp

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