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The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails

Authors:

John W. Loftus (editor), Dan Barker (foreword), Jacqueline Nasso Cooke (covers), David Eller, Edward T. Babinski, Hector Avalos, Jason Long, Paul Tobin, Richard Carrier, Robert M. Price and Valerie Tarico

Language:

English

Original language:

English

Publisher:

Prometheus Books

Categories:

Anthology, essay, religion and skepticism

Publication year:

2010

ISBN:

978-1-61614-168-4

Pages:

422

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Table of Contents:

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• Foreword by Dan Barker
• Introduction

Part 1: Why Faith Fails

• Chapter 1: The Cultures of Christianities (David Eller, PhD)
• Chapter 2: Christian Belief through the Lens of Cognitie Science (Valerie Tarico, PhD)
• Chapter 3: The Malleability of the Human Mind (Jason Long, PhD)
• Chapter 4: The Outsider Test for Faith Revisited (John W. Loftus)

Part 2: Why the Bible Is Not God's Word

• Chapter 5: The Cosmology of the Bible (Edward T. Babinski)
• Chapter 6: The Bible and Modern Scholarship (Paul Tobin)
• Chapter 7: What We've Got Here Is a Failure to Communicate (John W. Loftus)

Part 3: Why the Christian God Is Not Perfectly Good

• Chapter 8: Yahweh Is a Moral Monster (Hector Avalos, PhD)
• Chapter 9: The Darwinian Problem of Evil (John W. Loftus)

Part 4: Why Jesus Is Not the Risen Son of God

• Chapter 10: Jesus: Myth and Method (Robert M. Price, PhD)
• Chapter 11: Why the Resurrection Is Unbelievable (Richard Carrier, PhD)
• Chapter 12: At Best Jesus Was a Failed Apocalyptic Prophet (John W. Loftus)

Part 5: Why Society Does Not Depend on Christian Faith

• Chapter 13: Christianity Does Not Provide the Basis for Morality (David Eller, PhD)
• Chapter 14: Atheism Was Not the Cause of the Holocaust (Hector Avalos, PhD)
• Chapter 15: Christianity Was Not Responsible for Modern Science (Richard Carrier, PhD)

• Contributors

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