In March of 2011 it won the reader's choice award for the Best Atheist Book of 2010 by About.com.
The Christian delusion - Home
Welcome to the official companion website for The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, edited by John W. Loftus, and published by Prometheus Books. In fifteen chapters by nine authors this new anthology challenges the very rationality of the Christian faith. Its content is so daring and controversial that a desperate and hostile response from defenders of the faith is inevitable. What you will find here will be responses to the book's critics, FAQs from the authors about the various chapters as questions are raised, published reviews of the book, and other items of importance to the book's content. To read a few good atheist reviews of this book click here.
Hector Avalos, Ph.D., is Professor of Religious Studies, Iowa State University, and author of Fighting Words: The Origin of Religious Violence (2005), The End of Biblical Studies (2007), and two chapters in The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, edited by John W. Loftus. Richard Carrier, Ph.D., is a published philosopher and historian of antiquity (www.richardcarrier.info), author of Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism (2005), Not the Impossible Faith: Why Christianity Didn't Need a Miracle to Succeed (2009), Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith (2011), of three chapters for the book The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave, edited by Robert Price and Jeffery Lowder (2005), and two chapters in The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, edited by John W. Loftus. (Jack) David Eller, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Community College of Denver, who has written the books Natural Atheism (2004), Atheism Advanced: Further Thoughts of a Freethinker (2007), Introducing Anthropology of Religion (2007), Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History (2010), and two chapters in The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, edited by John W. Loftus. Jaco Gericke, D Litt., Ph.D., biblical scholar (Old Testament) and philosopher of religion, North-West University, South Africa. John W. Loftus, M.A., M.Div., Th.M., is the author of the book Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (2008), editor of The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, and founder of www.debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com. Matt McCormick, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Sacramento, CA Keith Parsons, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, University of Houston, and author of the book, God and the Burden of Proof (1989). Robert Price, Ph.D., is a member of the Jesus Seminar and author of several books including Deconstructing Jesus (2000), The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable is the Gospel Tradition? (2003), co-editor of The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave (2005), The Paperback Apocalypse: How the Christian Church Was Left Behind (2007), Inerrant the Wind: The Evangelical Crisis of Biblical Authority (2009), and a chapter in The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, edited by John W. Loftus. Ken Pulliam, earned his Ph.D. from Bob Jones University in 1986. Then for nine years Ken taught New Testament Greek, Systematic Theology, and Apologetics at the International Baptist College in Tempe, Arizona, before becoming an agnostic atheist. At the time of his untimely death in October of 2010 he was writing a book that would surely have been a tour de force on the various atonement theories. His story can be read here: http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/funding357924.shtml. Victor Stenger, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii (retired in 2000); Research Fellow, Center for Inquiry Transnational; Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry; and author of several books, including God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), and The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason (2009). This book is now available at Amazon.com. On this site is a brief biographical list of its contributing authors, the book's table of contents, an excerpt from John's Introduction, four bonus chapters (not included in the book), and promotional blurbs. But stay tuned. As questions and attacks arise, you will find the official responses here. | ||
