ROBERT JOHN RUSSELL VERSUS THE NEW ATHEISTS

. This essay compares Robert John Russell's work in his recent book Cosmology from Alpha to Omega: The Creative Mutual Interaction of Theology and Science (2008) to that of the authors known collectively as “the new atheists.” I treat the latter as recent contributors to the modern tradition of...

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Published in:Zygon 2010-03, Vol.45 (1), p.193-212
Main Author: Murphy, Nancey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alasdair MacIntyre
Atheism
Christianity
Christopher Hitchens
Comparative studies
Cosmology
Daniel Dennett
divine action
General points
History of science and technology
History of science in relation to other disciplinary fields
naturalism
Religion
Richard Dawkins
Robert John Russell
Sam Harris
Theology
tradition
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Summary:. This essay compares Robert John Russell's work in his recent book Cosmology from Alpha to Omega: The Creative Mutual Interaction of Theology and Science (2008) to that of the authors known collectively as “the new atheists.” I treat the latter as recent contributors to the modern tradition of scientific naturalism. This tradition makes claims to legitimacy on the basis of its close relations to the natural sciences. The purpose of this essay is to show up the poverty of the naturalist tradition's scientific credentials by contrasting it with Russell's careful account of positive relations between science and Christian theology.
ISSN:0591-2385
1467-9744
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9744.2010.01066.x