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Thoughts on the New Atheism debate

Darryn Jensen (Queensland): Liberal Egalitarianism and Religious Vilification Laws. The cliche that won’t die: Pundits claim that proponents of free speech and human rights are fundamentalists. From The Progressive, an interview with Christopher Hitchens on God is Not Great. From Jewcy, Hitchens v. D'Souza: Thoughts on the New Atheism debate. Are the "New Atheists" avoiding the "real arguments"? Consider the Nicene Creed. What the New Atheists don’t see: Theodore Dalrymple on why to regret religion is to regret Western civilization. A review of Darwin’s Angel: An Angelic Riposte to The God Delusion by John Cornwell. From Secular Web, a look at the argument from religious confusion, or problem of religious diversity. A review of Believing by Faith: An Essay in the Epistemology and Ethics of Religious Belief by John Bishop. A review of The Bible: A Biography by Karen Armstrong. From Theandros, a review of From Clement to Origen: The Social and Historical Context of the Church Fathers by David Ivan Rankin. An interview with Bryan M. Litfin author of Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction. A review of Believe Not Every Spirit: Possession, Mysticism, and Discernment in Early Modern Catholicism by Moshe Sluhovsky.