The God Delusion
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Atheist author gets doctorate...a doctorate of science at the university's graduation ceremony at Elphinstone Hall, Old Aberdeen. The author of worldwide bestseller The God Delusion was recognised for his work, which champions and expands upon Charles Darwin's theory of... In this article: Charles Darwin, Aberdeen University, Richard Dawkins, The Genius of Charles Darwin, The God Delusion, and Greatest Show on Earth |
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Web Wire | 3 days ago
Blackwell announces its favourite books of the decade
The wide choice of books shows an eclectic mix of titles, including 2 Booker Prize winners and Richard Dawkins controversial God Delusion. Unusually, there is a strong non-fiction representation in the list showing the breadth of...
In this article: Customer, Charing Cross Road, UK, Booker Prize, Mark Lynas, and God Delusion
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New Scientist - Latest Headlines | 4 days ago
P. Z. Myers: Mild-mannered scourge of creationists
...in the trash, along with some coffee grounds, a banana peel, a few pages each of the Koran and Richard Dawkins's atheist manifesto, The God Delusion, just to show he had no reverence for his own doctrine, either. Myers commenced "The Great...
In this article: New Scientist, Pharyngula, Soybean, Banana, ScienceBlogs, University of Minnesota Morris, and University of Central Florida
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | November 19, 2009
Books: Interview:Richard Dawkins
by Gregg LaGambina November 19, 2009 When Richard Dawkins published The God Delusion in 2006, he was at the forefront of a movement some have retroactively dubbed "the new atheism," which also includes bestselling authors Christopher...
In this article: Richard Dawkins, Evolution, Charles Darwin, Chimpanzee, God Is Not Great, Stephen Jay Gould, Origin Of Species, The A.V. Club, and Sarah Palin
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Agency Spy | November 18, 2009
Atheists Across the Pond Want Kids to Decide for Themselves
The campaign message? Kids should have the freedom to grow up and decide for themselves what they believe in. Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and co-sponsor of the campaign, tells Brand Republic: "Nobody would seriously describe a...
In this article: Anarchist, UN, Richard Dawkins, UK, Belfast, Cardiff, Atlantic, and Edinburgh
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National Public Radio | November 16, 2009
What We're Reading, Nov. 17 - 23, 2009
...from a perspective other than theology are a hot property; think of Karen Armstrong's The Case For God or Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, to name two. Now comes Nicholas Wade, New York Times science writer, who argues that religion has...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Zadie Smith, Andre Agassi, Nicholas Wade, Stephen King, God, Under the Dome, NPR, David Foster Wallace, and John McCain
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Huffington Post | November 14, 2009
Johnathan Wilber: Please Don't Tolerate Me, Reverend Senator Diaz
...York State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. I suppose if you believe in talking snakes, it's not such a stretch. As Richard Dawkins puts it in The God Delusion: You say you have experienced God directly? Well some people have experienced a pink...
In this article: Ruben Diaz Sr., Sarah Palin, Puerto Rico, New York, New York, Richard Dawkins, God, and Heroin
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San Jose Mercury News | November 06, 2009
Richard Dawkins, celebrity of the evolutionary world
...Evidence for Evolution" (Free Press), has been on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list for weeks. His previous book, "The God Delusion," a furious, best-selling howl of rage Advertisement against organized religion, made...
In this article: Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, Homo sapiens sapiens, Charles Simonyi, Chimpanzee, Goat, and Giraffe
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BBC News | November 05, 2009
Secularism 'means fall in births'
...on religion today comes from the neo-Darwinians." One of the leading "neo-Darwinians" is Richard Dawkins, whose bestseller The God Delusion argues the rise of religious fundamentalism has divided people around the world. Lord Sacks said...
In this article: Europe, Richard Dawkins, Consumerism, Climate change, Polybius, London, and Greece
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | November 05, 2009
Europeans too selfish to have children says Chief Rabbi
...think-tank Theos in central London. He argued that neo-Darwinian attacks on religion - typified by Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion - were leading to a population crisis in Europe. Lord Sacks pointed out that Europe was the most...
In this article: Europe, London, Suicide, Consumerism, Climate change, and Polybius
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Guardian | November 02, 2009
Dawkins et al bring us into disrepute
...in the face of poverty and inequalities. Second, unlike the new atheists, I take scholarship seriously. I have written that The God Delusion made me ashamed to be an atheist and I meant it. Trying to understand how God could need no...
In this article: Richard Dawkins, God, Psychology, Alvin Plantinga, Evolution, Poverty, Christianity, and JavaScript
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The God Delusion is a 2006 bestselling non-fiction book by British biologist Richard Dawkins, professorial fellow of New College, Oxford, and inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford.
In The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that belief in a personal god qualifies as a delusion, which he defines as a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence. He is sympathetic to Robert Pirsig's observation in Lila that "when one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."
As of November 2007, the English version of The God Delusion had sold over 1.5 million copies and had been translated into 31 other languages. It was ranked #2 on the Amazon.com bestsellers' list in November 2006. In early December 2006, it reached #4 in the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Seller list after nine weeks on the list. It remained on the list for 51 weeks until 30 September 2007. It has attracted widespread commentary, with several books written in response.
- Name:
- The God Delusion
- Country of Origin:
- United Kingdom
- Genre:
- Science, philosophy
- Preceded By:
- The Ancestor's Tale
- Written By:
- Dawkins, Richard
- Published By:
- Bantam Books
- Media Type:
- Hardcover, Paperback, Audio book
- Language:
- English
- Published Date:
- 2006
- Subject:
- Religion
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