OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ATHEISM OHBK PAPER Reprint Edition
Author(s): RUSE (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: December 17, 2015
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 784 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198745079
- ISBN-13: 9780198745075
Book Description
This handbook is a pioneering edited volume, exploring atheism - understood in the broad sense of "an absence of belief in the existence of a God or gods" - in its historical and contemporary expressions. It probes the varied manifestations and implications of unbelief from an array of disciplinary perspectives and in a range of global contexts.
Editorial Reviews
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"...a touchstone reference work in the study of atheism and related phenomena, and the editors and contributors are to be commended for producing an accessible refer-ence text containing world-leading, original scholarship that will stand the test of time." -- Christopher R. Cotter, Numen
"Bullivant and Ruse are to be commended for accomplishing a truly interdisciplinary and comprehensive review of the literatures on atheism, and for assembling a cast of important scholars across varied fields. The Handbook of Atheism is a monumental work...[and] an essential resource. No library should be without it."--Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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A landmark text for the study of atheism
Review
"...a touchstone reference work in the study of atheism and related phenomena, and the editors and contributors are to be commended for producing an accessible refer-ence text containing world-leading, original scholarship that will stand the test of time." -- Christopher R. Cotter, Numen
"Bullivant and Ruse are to be commended for accomplishing a truly interdisciplinary and comprehensive review of the literatures on atheism, and for assembling a cast of important scholars across varied fields. The Handbook of Atheism is a monumental work...[and] an essential resource. No library should be without it."--Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Book Description
A landmark text for the study of atheism
From the Publisher
Stephen Bullivant is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics, St Mary's University College.
Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University.
About the Author
Stephen Bullivant is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics, St Mary's University College.
Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University.
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