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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alister E McGrath |
ISBN: | 1118724909 9781118724903 |
OCLC Number: | 1328513752 |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Description: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
Contents: | ""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""Encountering Dawkins: A Personal Account""; ""1 Selfish Gene: A Darwinian View of the World ""; ""Introducing Dawkins""; ""The New Approach: Charles Darwin""; ""The Mechanics of Inheritance: Mendel and Genetics""; ""The Discovery of the Gene""; ""The Role of DNA in Genetics""; ""Dawkins� Approach: The Selfish Gene""; ""River out of Eden: Exploring a Darwinian world""; ""2 The Blind Watchmaker: Evolution and the Elimination of God? ""; ""Natural Science Leads Neither to Atheism Nor Christianity""; ""God as an Explanatory Hypothesis"" ""The Case of William Paley""""The Religious Views of Charles Darwin""; ""The Christian Reaction to Darwin""; ""3 Proof and Faith: The Place of Evidence in Science and Religion ""; ""Faith as Blind Trust?""; ""Is Atheism Itself a Faith?""; ""Christian Faith as Irrational?""; ""The Problem of Radical Theory Change in Science""; ""The Rhetorical Amplification of the Case for Atheism""; ""4 Cultural Darwinism? The Curious “Science� of Memetics ""; ""The Origins of the Meme""; ""Is Cultural Development Darwinian?""; ""Do Memes Actually Exist?""; ""The Flawed Analogy Between Gene and Meme"" ""The Redundancy of the Meme""""God as a Virus?""; ""5 Science and Religion: Dialogue or Intellectual Appeasement? ""; ""The “Warfare� of Science and Religion""; ""The Poky Little Medieval Universe of Religion""; ""The Concept of Awe""; ""The Mind of God""; ""Mystery, Insanity, and Nonsense""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Works Consulted""; ""Index"" |
Abstract:
This is the first book-length response to Richard Dawkins, author of some of the most popular scientific works, such as The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. Dawkins has become perhaps the world's best-known atheist, noted for his hostile and controversial views on religion. This wonderfully argued book explains and examines Dawkins' scientific ideas and their religious implications. Head-to-head, it takes on some of Dawkins' central assumptions, like the conflict between science and religion, the "selfish gene" theory of evolution, the role of science in explaining the world, and brillia.