false 1888742 7 From the <I>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <I>American Fascists</i> and the NBCC finalist for <I>War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning</i> comes this timely and compelling work about new atheists: those who attack religion to advance the worst of global capitalism, intolerance and imperial projects.<P>Chris Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity School, has long been a courageous voice in a world where there are too few. He observes that there are two radical, polarized and dangerous sides to the debate on faith and religion in America: the fundamentalists who see religious faith as their prerogative, and the new atheists who brand all religious belief as irrational and dangerous. Both sides use faith to promote a radical agenda, while the religious majority, those with a commitment to tolerance and compassion as well as to their faith, are caught in the middle. <P>The new atheists, led by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris, do not make moral arguments about religion. Rather, they have created a new form of fundamentalism that attempts to permeate society with ideas about our own moral superiority and the omnipotence of human reason. <P><I>I Don't Believe in Atheists</i> critiques the radical mindset that rages against religion and faith. Hedges identifies the pillars of the new atheist belief system, revealing that the stringent rules and rigid traditions in place are as strict as those of any religious practice. <P>Hedges claims that those who have placed blind faith in the morally neutral disciplines of reason and science create idols in their own image -- a sin for either side of the spectrum. He makes an impassioned, intelligent case against religious and secular fundamentalism, which seeks to divide the world into those worthy of moral and intellectual consideration and those who should be condemned, silenced and eradicated. Hedges shatters the new atheists' assault against religion in America, and in doing so, makes way for new, moderate voices to join the debate. This is a book that must be read to understand the state of the battle about faith. 1890025 4 3 2008 I Don't Believe in Atheists total:146|5:23|4:46|3:51|2:15|1:11| 146 493 338 63 1 14 false false Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 20:35:45 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 06:23:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 10 false false Thu Apr 09 21:44:31 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 23:13:49 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 7 false false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 07:19:55 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 19:15:13 -0700 2008 I Don't Believe in Atheists he rails against fundamentalists (of various stripes) and urges us against ideology. The downside of this little book is that he tends to oversimplify the arguments of the so-called "new atheists" (Sam Harris, Hitchens, E. O. W...more...]]> 1 4 false false Sat Jul 26 21:50:43 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 15:00:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 12:39:30 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 12:50:18 -0700 2009
Chris Hedges makes sweeping generalizations about the "new atheists", ones that make it impossible to take his points seriously. I can't tell if he's being intentionally daft and lazy, in failing to cite almost ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 08:23:39 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 12:26:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:03:09 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 11:05:20 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 20:14:15 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 20:19:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 12:33:25 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 11:28:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 14:31:15 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 13:51:12 -0700 2008
Premise: People do not advance morally at the same rate as they ad...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 15:55:22 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 16:38:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 20:05:28 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 20:12:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 16:48:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 17:47:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 08:45:22 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:29:02 -0700 2009 When Atheism Becomes Religion: America's New Fundamentalists. Its author, Chris Hedges, has had an interesting career. Starting out as a student in theology at Harvard, he decided to not become a cler...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 31 21:53:56 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 14:18:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 27 16:00:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 12:04:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Wed Oct 29 14:06:15 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 14:07:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 04:46:02 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 05:01:06 -0700 2008
Please see Ginnie's review. It's almost as good as the book!
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His main argument is that atheists are similar to Abrahamic fundamentalists in that they --

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