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The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith

by Peter Hitchens

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Here, for the first time, in his new book The Rage Against God, Peter Hitchens, brother of prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens, chronicles his personal journey through disbelief into a committed Christian faith. With unflinching openness and intellectual honesty, Hitchens describes the personal loss and philosophical curiosity that led him to burn his Bible at prep scho...more

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May 15, 2011

Dinochunks01 rated it

Paid twenty five cents at the employee book sale last autumn. I thought it would be a recommendation for my son who is living a faith based life while finding and growing his talents. I ended up reading it myself as my life appears to be undergoing some crises.
I appreciate Mr. Hitchen's background and can relate to his early beliefs and values. I was aspiring to atheism, going only so far as a sincere agnosticism. Everyone knows the joke about Agnostics being too cowardly to be Atheists. I...more

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Aug 05, 2011

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With grace and urgency, Peter Hitchens tells of his journey from atheism to faith in God. The first part chronicles his Bible-burning days in prep school through to his time spent in Soviet Russia, while the second and third parts are more analytical, refuting the three main arguments of atheism, and challenging the notion that Soviet Russia was in fact a religious state. He illustrates through the facts of history as well as his personal experience living in Soviet Russia the results that arise...more

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Feb 06, 2012

Mary rated it

This book provides a first-hand, eye-opening perspective on how the elimination of religion from the public sphere, and especially the forcible attempt to remove religion from society altogether has been detrimental, if not devastating, to society. Whereas religious persecution by the Church can be and has been tempered over time by conscience and a calling to account of the fundamental call for love of neighbor, attempts to create an atheistic utopia have proven several times over to be a much...more

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Nov 17, 2011

David Pascoe rated it

I got this book because of a podcast I listened to where Sheridan Voysey interviewed the author of this book - Peter Hitchens. I wasn't really aware who he or indeed who his famous brother was.

http://downloads.fm1032.com.au/oh/OH_Pet...

Christopher Hitchens is a well known atheist, kind of a right hand man to the venomous Richard Dawkins.

Christopher and Peter have had a public outing of their differing views on the existence of God. So I was hoping for some mor...more

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Aug 02, 2011

Jesse Broussard rated it

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Peter Hitchens can write. His prose in this autobiographical journey from atheism to faith is at times elegant, precise, poignant, poetic, mystical and melancholy, and is almost universally exquisite. This book was like candy. Yes, "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly," but it's so refreshing to encounter someone that does it well. Here are a few samples of what I mean.

"It is my belief that passions as strong as his are more likely to be countered by the u...morePeter Hitchens can write. His prose in this autobiographical journey from atheism to faith is at times elegant, precise, poignant, poetic, mystical and melancholy, and is almost universally exquisite. This book was like candy. Yes, "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly," but it's so refreshing to encounter someone that does it well. Here are a few samples of what I mean.

"It is my belief that passions as strong as his are more likely to be countered by the unexpected force of poetry, which can ambush the human heart at any time."

"It was illustrated with soppy pictures of Christ looking--in C. S. Lewis's potent sneer at stained-glass sentimentality--"like a consumptive girl."

"Unlike Christians, atheists have a high opinion of their own virtue."

"There were other things too. During a short spell at a cathedral choir school (not as a choirboy, since I sing like a donkey) I had experienced the intense beauty of the ancient Anglican chants, spiraling up into chilly stone vaults at Evensong... The prehistoric, mysterious poetry of the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis, perhaps a melancholy evening hymn, and the cold, ancient laments and curses of the Psalms, as the unique slow dusk of England gathers outside and inside the echoing, haunted, impossibly old building are extraordinarily potent. If you welcome them, they have an astonishing power to reassure and comfort. If you suspect or mistrust them, they will alarm and repel you like a strong and unwanted magic, something to flee from before it takes hold."

"My own confirmation, by contrast, was a miserable modern-language affair with all the poetic force of a driving test..."

"Utopia can only ever be reached across a sea of blood."

"The delusion of revolutionary progress, and the ruthlessness it justifies, survives any amount of experience."

So yeah, I was fond of this book. But more than just his voice when writing, his organization and progression through his experience and his understanding of the surrounding events is clear and extremely insightful. It is, in a word, a delightful book: it is not often that a book on this type of topic this feels more like a reward than a duty, but this is that rare one, and I highly recommend it. (less)

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Jul 20, 2011

Rod rated it

Thank you Peter for writing a book like this. I doubt it will open many peoples eyes to the danger of a society without the morality and love of Jesus. But maybe a few will stop and think for a moment.

I think this book will be confusing for many people who lump all of religion as a goodness on humanity. Sorry, but all religions are not the same. All sects of Christianity are not the same. Even Christians who go to the same church and listen to the same Bible and Pastor are not the sa...more

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Jul 05, 2011

Kevin Greenlee rated it

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Peter Hitchens, the brother of famed atheist polemicist Christopher Hitchens, tells the story of his personal journey to faith in the pages of The Rage Against God: How atheism led me to faith. This story is a fascinating and brilliantly written one, and well worth reading.

That is not to say it is a perfect book. Far from it. It strikes me that Peter is definitely of the same seed as his brother, and at times The Rage Against God can certainly descend into polemic mirroring his broth...morePeter Hitchens, the brother of famed atheist polemicist Christopher Hitchens, tells the story of his personal journey to faith in the pages of The Rage Against God: How atheism led me to faith. This story is a fascinating and brilliantly written one, and well worth reading.

That is not to say it is a perfect book. Far from it. It strikes me that Peter is definitely of the same seed as his brother, and at times The Rage Against God can certainly descend into polemic mirroring his brothers, though always filled with more charity. I do not think this book is the sort that would persuade anyone to faith, nor, in fact, does Peter. This is his story, and when it focuses on that it is at its strongest. As such, the beginning section where Peter tells his own story, and the final section where he reflects closely on the case of Soviet Russia (a world he lived in for quite some time as a reporter) are the best parts of the book. In the middle, Peter goes through a rapid-fire examination of some of the more famous arguments of the "New Atheists," and while it is interesting I doubt it could change anyone's mind.

The personality that comes across in the book also varies. At times, Peter seems the compassionate prophet, concerned deeply with the decay he has seen progress in his society during his lifetime, targeting genuine problems and weeping for his nation. At other times, Peter can come across as an old cranky man complaining about this new-fangled modern art.

But in the end, reading this book, I find myself quite likely Peter, and his command of prose is to be envied. I also share with Peter his largest concern, the fear over the totalitarian nature of the New Atheist rhetoric. On my good days, I like to think the best of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and their ilk. I don't believe they have any desire to harm the religious, though they certainly seem to fear us. Yet, their language carries with it the seeds of just such injustice. The world is broken, they rightly say, and it could be made better if only religion were gone. Of course, religion is not something that stands on its own, religion is only there because of the religious, and so they are the ones in the way of utopia. That is, as Peter points out, always the language of bloody revolutions, "the world would be perfect if only these people were gone." Again, I do not think Dawkins or the elder Hitchens want this, nor do I think Peter believes they do, but it's only a matter of time until the language they use inspires someone to think in just such a way.

So, pick up this book if your interested in the heart and journey of a man so close to one of the vanguards of the New Atheist movement. In many ways, Peter is man Christopher might have been had he taken a different road. Don't expect to be persuaded one way or another on the questions he addresses, but enjoy the exploration of the man's heart and his skill with words.(less)

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May 16, 2011

Aeisele rated it

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This is a strange book. I liked it in some ways, but in other ways it's not very good.

First, the good things: he puts the secularization of Europe in a very good context. He basically argues that the melding of religion and the state in Britain, the cult of leaders like Churchill, and the disillusionment of Europeans after the two world wars are the reasons why Christianity has been in such decline. The fact that numerous church leaders pushed England, France, and Germany into WWI, and...moreThis is a strange book. I liked it in some ways, but in other ways it's not very good.

First, the good things: he puts the secularization of Europe in a very good context. He basically argues that the melding of religion and the state in Britain, the cult of leaders like Churchill, and the disillusionment of Europeans after the two world wars are the reasons why Christianity has been in such decline. The fact that numerous church leaders pushed England, France, and Germany into WWI, and the horrors experienced there, did tremendous damage. Then, of course, the fact that the allies perpetrated mass murder themselves (of course, the Axis were much more culpable) altered the possibility of people's trust in authorities. Since "religion" and the "establishment" seemed to go hand in hand, it was inevitable that religion would decline so much.

But I'm not as convinced about the axes Hitchens has to grind. His arguments with his brother Christopher hinged mostly on the socialism that the young (atheist) Peter held, seemed to end up being his laments about the descent into barbarism of the Sovient Union, and his laments over the fact that a similar thing could happen to Europe without the restraint of religion.

And of course it is true that religion is a restraining force. But that doesn't mean it's good. Nor has Christendom's restraints always been good (in fact, they've often been downright evil). But Hitchens is right there is a difference between asking for God on your side, and acting like you are God (as Stalin, Mao, and Kim-Jong Il have) - not as much as he thinks, but a difference nonetheless. His main attack seems to be that atheism in its political forms has been utopianism, and utopianism, in his view, leads to the belief that you are absolutely right, because your vision is so good.

The logic of this is not quite ironclad. I mean, the great exponent of utopia in the 20th century, Ernst Bloch, specifically cast it in terms of an unreachable goal that can criticize the present. And of course the Book of Revelation has serious utopian elements. He is right though that the idea that we can BRING about utopia on earth is a problem, because it leads self-deification.

In any case, this is a rambling review, but I think Hitchens' book looses some serious steam, especially when he starts talking about the Soviet Union. These are really not arguments for religion, but against self-glorification. You can be an atheist who does not self-glorify.(less)

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Feb 07, 2011

Alex rated it

Part autobiography, part socio-historical commentary, part polemic, Peter Hitchen's The Rage Against God isn't quite what I was expecting. In some ways it was better. I enjoyed the first third of the book, being a take on British society I haven't read before (not difficult because I haven't read much about it, anyway) - that was a 3 star read. However, about half way through I started wondering where it was going and was inclined to give it only 2 stars. The ending more than made up for tha...morePart autobiography, part socio-historical commentary, part polemic, Peter Hitchen's The Rage Against God isn't quite what I was expecting. In some ways it was better. I enjoyed the first third of the book, being a take on British society I haven't read before (not difficult because I haven't read much about it, anyway) - that was a 3 star read. However, about half way through I started wondering where it was going and was inclined to give it only 2 stars. The ending more than made up for that, hence it's 4 star rating - I really liked this book.

The first part deals a little with Hitchens' personal journey, but more with the background social landscape in post-war Britain, and it's religious decline, that shaped, or perhaps made space for, his Atheist and Trotskyist ideology. Interestingly, Hitchens Atheism wasn't a rebellion against his parents as he was brought up in a non-religious home, although with a Naval officer as a father, the family was part of the British establishment.

In this first part he also talks about his journey to faith. Obviously a private man, most of the details of his personal life are quite obscured. In regard to his movement to faith, he talks about time spent in the USSR just before it's collapse, which showed him the results of a thoroughly Atheist philosophy; a short stint in Mogadishu, which demonstrated the fragility of civilisation; the birth of his son, which often softens even hard people; and something of an epiphany when examining a religious painting in France.

The second section deals with three arguments put forward by Atheists: that most conflicts are fought in the name of religion; that we don't need the concept of god to determine morality; and that Atheist states aren't actually Atheist. In dealing with these he doesn't deny or defend that there has been evil perpetrated by religious people and in the name of religion, but usually these have gone against the teachings and values of Christianity, or religion religion has been co-opted to a cause. Think Northern Ireland in regard to the first. The second and third are covered in his critique of Communism and Nazi-ism (the latter which he considers pagan rather than Atheist, I think rightly).

As a former Communist sympathiser and journalist who worked in the USSR for a period of time, he is well qualified to critique Communism, it's Western sympathisers, and Atheism. He deals with this matter more fully in the final section, but suffice it to say his conclusion is that the evils of communism are the inevitable result of building a foundation on Atheism.

He spends a good deal of time on this matter because one of the arguments Atheists try to put forward is religion is the root of all evil in society, get rid of it and the world will be a better place. History would say otherwise and Hitchens debunks this facile argument.

Part of his critique is laid at the feet of the Western elitist left who, from the safety of a free and stable society, could (and still do) blithely ignore the evil excesses of the Soviet era, or blame them on a failed implementation, rather than a failed philosophy, in spite of the fact that, historically, wherever anti-theist philosophy is planted, evil reigns - the USSR, the French Revolution, The Chinese Cultural Revolution, Cambodia's killing fields, the list goes on. All have resulted in the justification and perpetration of evil, and are bound to do so without a higher moral force guiding them.

As an aside, in my youth it was somewhat trendy for young Christians to identify with so-called 'Christian Communism', an oxymoron if ever there was one, just as today it is trendy for some Christians to identify with the Greens (the party and associated ideological movement), even though they are fundamentally anti-Christian. Hitchens doesn't deal with this directly, but I think he would be scathing of any such attempt to marry faith and an anti-theist ideology like communism.

At 200 pages this isn't a long or difficult read, nor is it an in depth rebuttal of Atheism or defence of Christianity. I almost finished it in a day. Not having a background in Soviet history or politics I had to hit Wikipedia a few times and found some detail hard to follow, but that did not detract from the overall thrust of the book. I highly recommend this book, particularly to Christians, and indeed, anyone who loves freedom. Faith and freedom are both under assault, and this book has given me a bit more perspective and confidence in defending both.(less)

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Nov 03, 2010

Phil rated it

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I found so much to like about this book. Hitchens certainly knows how to craft a sentence, and he organizes his thoughts well. So much resonated in me, the difference in age, religion, and national background notwithstanding.

Is there not an old saw about today's heresies being tomorrow's orthodoxies? Yesterday's radical nihilists somehow with age become today's proclaimers of All Things Bright and Beautiful.

But I wonder if someone, say, in her/his 30s reading this book today ...more

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Mar 31, 2010

Steve rated it

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Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God
Part response to his brother, Christopher Hitchens, atheism book, this is also Hitchens testimony, an spiritual autobiography, if you like.
Hitchens meshes his own story from childhood "christian" formality, through atheism and Trotskyism, to his regained faith and return to Christianity, to a social commentary on the spiritual decline of Britain. Numerous insights on the spiritual degradation of our nation and culture abound, as well as a...more

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Jun 08, 2010

David rated it

I recommend Peter's book, along with his brother's "god is not Great" to generate more personal thought than the general psycho-social that Christopher seems focused on. Personally, I liked both men's styles. Basically, I liked Christopher's over Peter's but not because of flaws in his style. All this comes down to is personal preferences.

By not whole heartedly agreeing with either, I am revealing my take on both works. Peter puts forward, not as precisely as I would like...more

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Jan 14, 2011

Sarah rated it

I had a chance to hear Peter Hitchens on the radio a few months back and finally picked up the book.

I appreciated how deeply personal it was. I wasn't interested in reading something about how to discuss anti-theism with your anti-theist family/friends. And I liked that P.H. didn't presume to speak for all anti-theists. He speaks for himself, clearly outlining the changes in post-WWII Europe society that he felt influenced his development.

The last portion of the book...more

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Feb 28, 2011

Greg Perciak rated it

Hitchens has an impressive command of the English language. With economy of words, he can convey effortlessly a sense of place and time. There are times when I had to put the book down to savor a passage I'd just read, then pick it up and re-read it. The author grounds his argument in history, which is unapologetically English and Protestant. After delivering a compelling anti-war essay, he addresses some of his brother Christopher's (non)beliefs, then spends some time documenting Soviet Communi...more

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Apr 04, 2011

David Shane rated it

Excellent book. Rather hard to summarize, especially because some of his best comments are made parenthetically. So I won't really try, but I will say that two excerpts from this book are available online, published by the Daily Mail. If you like these excerpts, you will probably like the book. They are:

"How I found God and peace with my atheist brother"

"In the Soviet suburbs of Hell and the blasted avenues of Mogadishu, I saw what our society could bec ...more

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Oct 30, 2011

Brian rated it

One of the best books I've read in a long time. It made reading three whiny atheist books worth it. In a sentence, it is Christopher Hitchens style with the content of a C.S. Lewis. Peter Hitchens often has the same melancholy style of looking at the world's troubles, but he sees what those are with intense clarity and insight. I felt, after I read him, that I had not only heard arguments that hit the heart of atheism, but also like I now knew Britain's history since World War II. It makes me sa...more

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Nov 22, 2010

Tony rated it

Some reasonably original arguments against his brother Christopher's position, namely debunking the notion that most "religious" wars are in fact about religion, and pinning the millions of deaths under communist regimes on a militant atheism seeking to create heaven on earth. Offers an interesting critique as well of the Cult of Churchill in Britain, and connects this to the willingness of too many Christians to blindly support a war-seeking president in the U.S. simply because he cla...more

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Dec 16, 2011

Trevor rated it

I wish I hadn't wasted my money on this nasty little right wing polemic. Hitching his wagon to his glitzier brother's star Hitchens describes his reactionary journey back to prayer book Anglicanism. He looks at the failures of Marxist regimes as evidence that we need God, and if we are British what we need is some return to the mea culpa of Cranmer's style of prayers. Arrogant, homophobic, dishonest and strangely bereft of spirituality it would not convert me to anything least of all to becoming...more

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Dec 29, 2010

Chris Davis rated it

Peter is riding his brother's coat tails and not very well at that. I wanted to like it but it was a bit droll. I was entertained but not enough to like it much. He never made any logical augments to support his position. I know this is the point since his is a position of faith not logic but I was just expecting more. Christopher Hitchens' opponent, Douglas Wilson, in Collision was much more engaging (great movie). Wilson made very good augments and I can see why people would take this position...more

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Aug 20, 2011

Doug rated it

From the title (and author), I expected this book to be based around some sort of life-changing insight which gets to the very heart of the argument between atheists and Christians. Instead, it is a strange mixture of personal memories and philosophical/historical arguments. He dwells very much on the social value of Christianity, and this tends to obscure the clarity of the Gospel. I was disappointed that he spent virtually no time discussing the importance and controversial nature of Christ ...more

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Jun 01, 2011

Mark rated it

A personal journey from atheism to faith in Christ by the brother of one of the most noted "New Atheists" - a very British take on politics, world affairs & life, strongly influenced by his years as a news correspondent in the U.S.S.R./Russia.

Lots of thoughtful things here, but doesn't add up to a completely satisfying read. The sections on Russia & the Communist destruction of religion are fascinating, though.

Finally, this is not a "bash my brother" book ...more

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Apr 13, 2011

Lisa rated it

Recommends it for: those concerned about religious freedoms, all anglophiles

Shelves: non-fiction, spirituality, memoirs

This was an eye-opening book. I "really liked it" for a couple of reasons. I have become aware of a recent surge in numbers of self-proclaimed (and angry and demanding) atheists, and concerned about the reasons behind it - this book gives logical and solid reasons for this political/philosophical shift. It is a candid look at religiosity in contemporary England, and therefore a vision of what could/will happen soon in America (political attempts to negate religious rights). It is a ...more

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Jan 02, 2011

Jack rated it

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Hitchens’ book is an intensely personal account of his journey from the Anglican religious training of his youth, through an early adulthood in which he embraced communist atheism, to his return to a mature faith as he matured. His turn away from faith as a young man seems more a political than a religious statement. He seems to have rejected religion as the central part of a British society that he perceived as bankrupt and hypocritical.
His embrace of communism and experience of living...more

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Apr 19, 2011

Darla rated it

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I try to be very stingy with my 5 star reviews, and I could knock Hitchens a star for not spending as much time as I expected on his conversion to Christianity after 2+ decades of Trotsky adulation and hard-edged atheism, however, the depth of his exploration into the development and spread of anti-theism, as well as the denigration and disintegration of Christianity in Western culture made up for the lack of details.

I was drawn in by Hitchens' historical analysis of the USSR and the...moreI try to be very stingy with my 5 star reviews, and I could knock Hitchens a star for not spending as much time as I expected on his conversion to Christianity after 2+ decades of Trotsky adulation and hard-edged atheism, however, the depth of his exploration into the development and spread of anti-theism, as well as the denigration and disintegration of Christianity in Western culture made up for the lack of details.

I was drawn in by Hitchens' historical analysis of the USSR and the manner in which the Soviets purged faith from the country..... more later.

Ok, it is later: Here is Lisa's review & it works for me:

This was an eye-opening book. I "really liked it" for a couple of reasons. I have become aware of a recent surge in numbers of self-proclaimed (and angry and demanding) atheists, and concerned about the reasons behind it - this book gives logical and solid reasons for this political/philosophical shift. It is a candid look at religiosity in contemporary England, and therefore a vision of what could/will happen soon in America (political attempts to negate religious rights). It is a wonderfully concise history of attempts at communism/living without God. It exposes the flawed logic of throwing over a God-fearing society. I did not give it 5 stars because Part 3 of the book gets a little bogged down in communism's terminology and examples - and I probably need more background to understand it better.

Here is a line that resonated with me: "In an age of power-worship, the Christian religion has become the principal obstacle to the desire of earthly utopians for absolute power." (p.113)

And, "Without a belief in God and the soul, where is the oath? Without the oath, where is the obligation to fulfill it? Where is the law that even kings must obey? Where is the lifelong fidelity of husband and wife? Where is the safety of the innocent child growing in the womb? Where, in the end, is the safety of any of us from those currently bigger and stronger than we are?" (p. 147) (less)

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Aug 02, 2010

Jennifer Buck rated it

I really enjoyed parts of this book, but other parts are difficult reading. There is a lot about history and politics. It was very interesting to learn about how communist/socialist nations went about stamping out Christianity and how those countries are doing now. I wish the author had put more about the difference in his own life that being a Christian has made. He doesn't say much about his spiritual life--more about the reasons for his decision to believe and the results of having a nati...more

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Jul 31, 2011

Dan Walker rated it

I read this book in less than 24 hours. I couldn't put it down. Peter Hitchens spares neither atheists nor Christians. He shows how the "New Atheism" is in lockstep with the atheism/Communism of the last century. He shows how Christianity in England has lost its vitality and why his generation rejected it. Both Christianity, unhinged from Biblical truths, and atheism will destroy Western Civilization. Read this book to understand why.

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Nov 07, 2010

John Caneday rated it

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Hitchens counters the arguments of 'the new atheists,' including his brother, in this compelling book. Hitchens writes how he moved from being an outspoken Trotskyite Atheist to an orthodox Christian. He spends most of his time arguing how we all got to these state of affairs and then demonstrating the logical conclusions of the new atheists and their argument that raising children to be religious is 'child abuse.'

I highly recommend this book!

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Mar 31, 2011

Christian rated it

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I read this book under the impression that it was a response to Christopher's Hitchens' book "God is not Great" when it is more 3 different books combined. First its an autobiography where Hitchens talks about his atheist days and his eventual conversion back to Christianity. Its also an analysis of English history from the perspective of the abandonment of Christianity and secularization of the country. The third subject in the book is his response to his brother where he addresses Ch...more

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Sep 11, 2010

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Nov 06, 2010

Natalie S. rated it

This is one of the best books I've read this year. Peter Hitchens powerfully combines personal testimony and cultural analysis into a compelling story chronicling the dwindling of Western Civilization. It's a sad and moving story of a culture trading its heritage in for a mess of potage and church that (at worst) helped negotiate the exchange.

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