063 - Seven Types of Atheism with John Gray
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On this episode I speak with philosopher and author, John Gray, about humanism, secular utopianism, and his new book, Seven Types of Atheism. Professor Gray is the author of numerous...
show moreProfessor Gray is the author of numerous books, including False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia, and, most recently, Seven Types of Atheism, which is not so much a strict typology of atheism. Indeed, what would such a project entail since atheism is one thing and one thing only. Rather, it’s a fascinating, enlightening, sometimes irritating survey of the various schools of thought into which atheists have fallen in the past several centuries.
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Order "Seven Types of Atheism" | https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374261092
Book review by Terry Eagleton | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/11/seven-types-atheism-john-gray-review-atheist-believer-material-world
Book review in New Humanist by Ralph Jones | https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5328/book-review-seven-types-of-atheism
Book review in The Humanist by Peter C. Grosvenor | https://thehumanist.com/magazine/january-february-2019/arts_entertainment/seven-types-of-atheism
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