Gunning for God
Why the New Atheists are missing the target
£9.99
ISBN: 9780745953229
Publication date: September 23, 2011
Format: Paperback
Extent: 256 pages
Dimensions: 216mm(length) 138mm(width)
Imprint: Lion Books
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Add to basketAtheism is on the march in the western world, and its enemy is God. Religion, the "New Atheists" claim, "is dangerous", it "kills" or "poisons everything". And if religion is the problem with the world, their answer is simple: get rid of it.
But are things really so straightforward? Tackling the likes of Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett head on, John Lennox highlights the fallacies in the their approach, arguing that their irrational and unscientific methodology leaves them guilty of the same obstinate foolishness of which they accuse dogmatic religious folks.
Erudite and wide-ranging, Gunning for God packs some debilitating punches. It also puts forward new ideas about the nature of God and Christianity that will give the ‘New Atheists’ best friends and worst enemies alike some stimulating food for thought.
Meet the author: John Lennox

John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford andFellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He lectures on Faith and Science for the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He has lectured in many universities around the world, including Austria and the former Soviet Union. He is particularly intereste d in the interface of Science, Philosophy and Theology. Lennox has beenpart of numerous public debates defending the Christian faith. He debated Richard Dawkins on “The God Delusion” in the University of Alabama (2007) and on “Has Science buried God?” in the Oxford Museum of Natural History (2008). He has also debated Christopher Hitchens on the New Atheism (Edinburgh Festival, 2008) and the question of “Is God Great?” (SamfordUniversity, 2010), as well as Peter Singer on the topic of “Is there a God?” (Melbourne, 2011). John is the author of a number of books on therelations of science, religion and ethics. He and his wife Sally live near Oxford.
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