The New Atheism, Myth, and History: The Black Legends of Contemporary Anti-Religion

by Nathan Johnstone

Book Overview

This book examines the misuse of history in New Atheism and militant anti-religion. It looks at how episodes such as the Witch-hunt, the Inquisition, and the Holocaust are mythologized to present religion as inescapably prone to violence and discrimination, whilst the darker side of atheist history, such as its involvement in Stalinism, is denied. At the same time, another constructed history-that of a perpetual and one-sided conflict between religion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319894552
• ISBN13: 9783319894553
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"