Document Type
Article
Publication Title
The Australasian Journal of Process Thought
ISSN
1445-4297
First Page
7
22
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
The New Atheists (e.g. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Victor Stenger) claim that a commitment to science, reason, and morality is inconsistent with theism. Using as my point of departure neoclassical theism as expounded in the works of A. N. Whitehead, Charles Hartshorne, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, I argue that the New Atheism is intellectually anemic, interesting though it is as political activism. The New Atheists criticize a caricature of faith, offer inferior versions of old arguments, commit the mistake of construing theism as a scientific hypothesis, and ignore sophisticated forms of belief in God.
Recommended Citation
Viney, Donald W., "How Not to be an Atheist: A Neoclassical Response to the New Atheism" (2008). Faculty Submissions. 4.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/phil_faculty/4