The Religious Significance of Atheism

by Alasdair MacIntyre, Paul Ricœur

=The religious power of atheism

Genres: Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Atheism, Nonfiction

106 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1986

About the author

Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre was a British-American philosopher who contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century. He was senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and permanent senior distinguished research fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University.

Reviews

[Nathaniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Remarkable

[H]

hmmmm....

[Nicholas Hudson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice, if unusual, introduction to both.