The Atheist Who Didn't Exist: Or the dreadful consequences of bad arguments - Softcover

Bannister, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857216104 ISBN 13: 9780857216106

Publisher: Monarch Books, 2015

Synopsis

In the last decade, atheism has leapt from obscurity to the front pages: producing best-selling books, making movies, and plastering adverts on the side of buses. There's an energy and a confidence to contemporary atheism: many people now assume that a godless scepticism is the default position, indeed the only position for anybody wishing to appear educated, contemporary, and urbane. Atheism is hip, religion is boring. Yet when one pokes at popular atheism, many of the arguments used to prop it up quickly unravel. The Atheist Who Didn't Exist is designed to expose some of the loose threads on the cardigan of atheism, tug a little, and see what happens. Blending humour with serious thought, Andy Bannister helps the reader question everything, assume nothing and, above all, recognise lazy scepticism and bad arguments. Be an atheist by all means: but do be a thought-through one.

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Review:

"This is a remarkable and timely book. Apologetics has to mature and evolve into the 21st century and this intelligent, funny and elegant work is precisely what we are looking for."
--Michael Coren, broadcaster, author and journalist

"Andy Bannister's book is a breath, a gust, a positive whoosh of fresh air. Made me laugh, made me think, made me cry. The words bounce across the page. A sane Christian! Whatever next?"
--Adrian Plass

"This lively, witty and engaging book provides a powerful and thoughtful critique of the New Atheism associated with Richard Dawkins and others. This is a lovely book which draws deep on high-quality philosophical, historical and scientific thinking. A readable, thoughtful and humorous challenge to those who hold new atheist beliefs. Highly recommended!"
--Professor Steve Walton, St Mary s University (London)

About the Author:

Dr. Andy Bannister is the Canadian Director of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. Andy speaks frequently across Canada, America and Europe, in settings ranging from universities to business forums and churches. Before joining RZIM, he had a background in youthwork before gaining a PhD in Qur'anic Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Monarch Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0857216104
• ISBN 13: 9780857216106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240