From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "American Fascists"
and the NBCC finalist for "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning"
comes this timely and compelling work about new atheists: those who
attack religion to advance the worst of global capitalism,
intolerance and imperial projects.
Chris Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity
School, has long been a courageous voice in a world where there are
too few. He observes that there are two radical, polarized and
dangerous sides to the debate on faith and religion in America: the
fundamentalists who see religious faith as their prerogative, and
the new atheists who brand all religious belief as irrational and
dangerous. Both sides use faith to promote a radical agenda, while
the religious majority, those with a commitment to tolerance and
compassion as well as to their faith, are caught in the middle.
The new atheists, led by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens
and Sam Harris, do not make moral arguments about religion. Rather,
they have created a new form of fundamentalism that attempts to
permeate society with ideas about our own moral superiority and the
omnipotence of human reason.
"I Don't Believe in Atheists" critiques the radical mindset that
rages against religion and faith. Hedges identifies the pillars of
the new atheist belief system, revealing that the stringent rules
and rigid traditions in place are as strict as those of any
religious practice.
Hedges claims that those who have placed blind faith in the
morally neutral disciplines of reason and science create idols in
their own image -- a sin for either side of the spectrum. He makes
an impassioned, intelligent case against religious andsecular
fundamentalism, which seeks to divide the world into those worthy
of moral and intellectual consideration and those who should be
condemned, silenced and eradicated. Hedges shatters the new
atheists' assault against religion in America, and in doing so,
makes way for new, moderate voices to join the debate. This is a
book that must be read to understand the state of the battle about
faith.
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