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The New Atheism, Myth, and History - The Black Legends of Contemporary Anti-Religion (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
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The New Atheism, Myth, and History - The Black Legends of Contemporary Anti-Religion (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
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This book examines the misuse of history in New Atheism and
militant anti-religion. It looks at how episodes such as the
Witch-hunt, the Inquisition, and the Holocaust are mythologized to
present religion as inescapably prone to violence and
discrimination, whilst the darker side of atheist history, such as
its involvement in Stalinism, is denied. At the same time, another
constructed history-that of a perpetual and one-sided conflict
between religion and science/rationalism-is commonly used by
militant atheists to suggest the innate superiority of the
non-religious mind. In a number of detailed case studies, the book
traces how these myths have long been overturned by historians, and
argues that the New Atheism's cavalier use of history is indicative
of a troubling approach to the humanities in general. Nathan
Johnstone engages directly with the God debate at an academic level
and contributes to the emerging study of non-religion as a culture
and an identity.
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