The Rage Against the Light
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The Rage Against the Light

Why Christopher Hitchens was Wrong

  1. 222 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Rage Against the Light

Why Christopher Hitchens was Wrong

About this book

Christopher Hitchens was the most eloquent of the New Atheists. With great rhetorical polish and an encyclopedic mind for historical facts and literary quotations, he presents the case of anti-theism very effectively. Though now deceased, Hitchens' arguments continue to reverberate through his best-selling books and online presence. God, asserts Hitchens, would be, if he existed, the greatest of dictators. Religion, according to Hitchens, is morally bankrupt and madly irrational. The world is better off without them! But is this true? It is the purpose of this book to identify Hitchens' worldview in order to subject it to a critique that will powerfully expose its many flaws. Rather than a dictator, God will be shown to be a God of love. Christianity too will be revealed as a faith that ought to resist tyranny, provides the best foundation for intrinsic human value, and is a rational belief-system. In so doing, this book appeals to all who have been influenced or convinced by Hitchens' arguments to reconsider their position and refuse to rage against the light.

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Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781532651977
9781532651984
eBook ISBN
9781532651991

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction
  5. Chapter 2: The Anti-Theism and Anti-Religionism of Christopher Hitchens
  6. Chapter 3: A Review of the Critical Literature
  7. Chapter 4: Why the Christian God is not a Totalitarian
  8. Chapter 5: Democracy, Dictatorship and a Very Strange Choice of Hero
  9. Chapter 6: Four Responses to Hitchens’ Moral Philosophy and Anti-theodicy
  10. Chapter 7: The Rationality of Christianity
  11. Chapter 8: Conclusion
  12. Bibliography

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