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Atheism, Fundamentalism and the Protestant Reformation: Uncovering the Secret Sympathy

Hardback

Main Details

Title Atheism, Fundamentalism and the Protestant Reformation: Uncovering the Secret Sympathy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Liam Jerrold Fraser
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:278
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 158
Category/GenreReligion and beliefs
Religious issues and debates
Christian theology
Theology
Alternative belief systems
Humanist and secular alternatives to religion
ISBN/Barcode 9781108427982
ClassificationsDewey:270.6
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 19 July 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this study of new atheism and religious fundamentalism, this book advances two provocative - and surprising - arguments. Liam Jerrold Fraser argues that atheism and Protestant fundamentalism in Britain and America share a common historical origin in the English Reformation, and the crisis of authority inaugurated by the Reformers. This common origin generated two presuppositions crucial for both movements: a literalist understanding of scripture, and a disruptive understanding of divine activity in nature. Through an analysis of contemporary new atheist and Protestant fundamentalist texts, Fraser shows that these presuppositions continue to structure both groups, and support a range of shared biblical, scientific, and theological beliefs. Their common historical and intellectual structure ensures that new atheism and Protestant fundamentalism - while on the surface irreconcilably opposed - share a secret sympathy with one another, yet one which leaves them unstable, inconsistent, and unsustainable.

Author Biography

Liam Jerrold Fraser is a Minister of Word and Sacrament of the Church of Scotland.