James C. Turner
Author of Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities
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James Turner is professor of history at the University of Michigan
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- 1946
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I have read a couple of histories of atheism recently, that begin by dismissing popular atheist works, especially by the so-called "Four Horsemen" of the New Atheists (Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens), and proceeding to tell a very narrow history of the subject. One focused on a highly selective number of philosophers A Short History of Atheism by Gavin Hyman); another complained about the lack of a discussion of theology (Website" rel="nofollow" target="_new">Is God a Moral Monster?, by Paul Copan. These two may be accurate as far as their chosen slice of the subject goes, but they ignore a vast number of issues, writings, and events outside of scope that I believe also influenced the development of unbelief. It is unclear to me that they understand much about atheism as it is experienced by atheists themselves; I am an atheist. I think that this may be another of those that are not so much inaccurate as too focused on small parts of the subject.
I will add this to my copious To Be Read list, and perhaps come back to rewrite this review.
I shall reread this… (more)