Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies
Apr 2009 · Yale University Press
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In this provocative book one of the most brilliant scholars of religion today dismantles distorted religious "histories" offered up by Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and other contemporary critics of religion and advocates of atheism. David Bentley Hart provides a bold correction of the New Atheists's misrepresentations of the Christian past, countering their polemics with a brilliant account of Christianity and its message of human charity as the most revolutionary movement in all of Western history.Hart outlines how Christianity transformed the ancient world in ways we may have forgotten: bringing liberation from fatalism, conferring great dignity on human beings, subverting the cruelest aspects of pagan society, and elevating charity above all virtues. He then argues that what we term the "Age of Reason" was in fact the beginning of the eclipse of reason's authority as a cultural value. Hart closes the book in the present, delineating the ominous consequences of the decline of Christendom in a culture that is built upon its moral and spiritual values.
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Colter Yancey
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November 28, 2021
This twisted book is written with all the usual straw man's and deceptive lies. The make believe world of religion is dying and this book is one of many grasping for any chance of holding on. Devoid of any factual evidence, this book just reaches to slander those who don't believe without offering what we've all been asking for. Evidence that your claim is true and verifiable. Sad attempt to sway minds.
A Google user
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September 1, 2015
This book is highly recommended to anyone looking for a rational reasoned look at Christianity. I know that no one is perfect in their view of any topic, but Hart takes a topic that is usually slammed before an educated discussion can even begin and tells a tale that makes you think. Well written and good read.
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Merlin Burdus (MightyBurdass)
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August 27, 2020
Religion is doomed because it is not based on facts and more and more people become aware of the damages religion does to humanity. This book is utter nonsense with no evidence.
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