Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
1. Auflage
ISBN:
9783647570266
Series Statement:
Religion, Theologie und Naturwissenschaft Band 28
Content:
Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and best-selling author ('The God Delusion') is the most popular religious critic of our time. A well-known slogan of his characterizes religion as the 'root of all evil' and as a justification for 'belief without evidence'. According to Dawkins, the notion of God as a creator is perfectly unnecessary to explain the existence of complex life forms as ourselves. He advocates instead a gene-centered view of Evolution and Nature in general, where natural selection is the key to the appearance of complex life.Moreover, Dawkins goes beyond his field of activity by rejecting the God hypothesis altogether, even as an explanation for the origin of the Universe. Here is where he receives sharp criticism from theologians, arguing that his reasoning is shallow and unprofessional. However, an analysis of the Dawkins discourse illustrates that Dawkins’ theses deserve to be taken seriously. Among other things, he challenges theologians to argue if the hypothesis of a creator God can be truth-apt in the cognitivistic sense.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783525570265
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Peetz, Katharina, 1984 - Der Dawkins-Diskurs in Theologie, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaften Göttingen [u.a.] : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013 ISBN 3525570260
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783525570265
Language:
German
Subjects:
Theology
,
Philosophy
Keywords:
Dawkins, Richard 1941-
;
Evolutionstheorie
;
Atheismus
;
Religionskritik
;
Rezeption
;
Wissenschaft
;
Katholische Theologie
Author information:
Peetz, Katharina 1984-
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