ISSN:
0143-8301
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Culture and religion : an interdisciplinary journal
Publ. der Quelle:
Abingdon : Taylor & Francis
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 17, No. 1 (2016), p. 73
DDC:
290
Abstract:
We examine how the authors who represent 'New Atheism' refer to science, and we compare these references to how science was viewed in earlier Continental forms of atheism, namely in Ernst Haeckel's writings and his Monist movement. We analyse and compare these references in five key areas: the general reference to science, the use of science as an argument against religion, reference to a scientific mode of knowledge, scientific theories about religion and science as a means of giving meaning to life. While there are many similarities that clearly position New Atheism within the history of scientism, we find that the form of scientism the New Atheists employ owes at least as much to the current state of religious field as to their scientistic predecessors.
Note:
Copyright: © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2016
DOI:
10.1080/14755610.2016.1160944
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14755610.2016.1160944
URL:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1781570878
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