"The God Delusion" of Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins, Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford is one of the leading anti-Christian polemicists on the planet - at least in the sense that he is one of the best-known and most persistent.  His recent book "The God Delusion" has been a best-seller and we hope a review and analysis of it will appear here before too long.   

There are many who have answered his previous well-publicised polemics against religion - but these days those opportunities don't often arise in public as he rarely debates in an open forum.  Alister McGrath, Michael Poole and Denis Alexander are among those who have responded convincingly to Dawkins's published material. 

One of the interesting things about Richard Dawkins is that he seems to be in agreement with many of the pioneers of modern science - many of whom were Christians - about one thing in particular.  It is impossible to separate science from what we think about truth more widely: that philosophy, ethics and science should not be seen in isolation from each other.  Some especially helpful material can be found online exploring the way Dawkins builds his arguments at bethinking.org -the article highlighting some glaring examples of fallacious reasoning is well worth a read.

In November we ran an event on science with Denis Alexander, the first part of which is available in the audio section of the website.

Below, you'll find a video interview with Prof Michael Ruse, an atheist who is not terribly impressed by the God Delusion...