Oxford Handbook of Atheism contents

Taner Edis | December 20, 2012

Here’s the contents list of a book coming out in about a year, with some chapters appearing online earlier. It should be interesting…

The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

[FINAL CONTENTS LIST]

Editors: Stephen Bullivant (St Mary’s University College)

and Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

Introduction: The Study of Atheism – Stephen Bullivant (St Mary’s) and Michael Ruse (Florida State)

Part 1: Definitions and Debates

1. Defining ‘Atheism’ – Stephen Bullivant (St Mary’s)

2. The Case against Atheism – T. J. Mawson (Oxford)

3. Critiques of Theistic Arguments – A. C. Grayling (Birkbeck)

4. Arguments for Atheism – Graham Oppy (Monash)

5. Problems of Evil – Michael L. Peterson (Asbury)

6. Atheism and Morality – Erik J. Wielenberg (DePauw)

7. Atheism and the Meaningfulness of Life – Kimberly A. Blessing (Buffalo State)

8. Aquinas and Atheism – Brian Davies (Fordham)

Part 2: History of (Western) Atheism

9. The Pre-Socratics to the Hellenistic Age – David Sedley (Cambridge)

10. The Roman Empire to the End of the First Millennium – Mark Edwards (Oxford)

11. The Medieval Period – Dorothea Weltecke (Konstanz)

12. Renaissance and Reformation – Denis Robichaud (Notre Dame)

13. The Age of Enlightenment – Alan C. Kors (Pennsylvania)

14. The Nineteenth Century – David Nash (Oxford Brookes)

15. The Twentieth Century – Callum Brown (Dundee)

16. New Atheism – Thomas Zenk (Berlin Free)

Part 3: Worldviews and Systems

17. Humanism – Stephen Law (Heythrop)

18. Existentialism – Alison Stone (Lancaster)

19. Marxism – Peter Thompson (Sheffield)

20. Analytic Philosophy – Charles Pigden (Otago)

21. Jewish Atheism – Jacques Berlinerblau (Georgetown)

22. Buddhism – Andrew Skilton (SOAS)

23. Jainism – Anne Vallely (Ottawa)

24. Hinduism – Jessica Frazier (Kent)

Part 4: Atheism and the Natural Sciences

25. Naturalism and the Scientific Method – Michael Ruse (Florida State)

26. Atheism and the Rise of Science – Taner Edis (Truman)

27. Atheism and Darwinism) – David P. Barash (Washington)

28. Atheism and the Physical Sciences – Victor J. Stenger (Colorado)

Part 5: Atheism and the Social Sciences

29. Atheism and the Secularization Thesis – Frank L. Pasquale and Barry A. Kosmin (ISSSC)

30. Psychology of Atheism –Miguel Farias (Oxford)

31. Atheism and Cognitive Science – Jonathan Lanman (Oxford)

32. Atheism and Societal Health – Phil Zuckerman (Pitzer)

33. Atheism, Gender, and Sexuality – Melanie A. Brewster (Columbia)

34. Atheism, Health and Well-being – Karen Hwang (Center for Atheist Research)

35. Conversion and Deconversion – Ralph W. Hood and Zhuo Chen (Tennessee)

Part 6: Global Expressions

36. A World of Atheism: Global Demographics – Ariela Keysar (Trinity) and Juhem Navarra-Rivera (Connecticut)

37. Western Europe – Lois Lee (Cambridge)

38. North America – Ryan T. Cragun (Tampa), Joseph H. Hammer (Iowa State), Jesse M. Smith (Colorado)

39. Central and Eastern Europe – Irena Borowik (Jagiellonian), Branko Ančić (Institute for Social Research), Radosław Tyrała (AGH)

40. Islamic World – Samuli Schielke (ZMO, Berlin)

41. India – Johannes Quack (Heidelberg)

42. Japan – Sarah Whylly (Florida State)

Part 7: Atheism and the Arts

43. Literature – Bernard Schweizer (Long Island)

44.Visual Arts – J. Sage Elwell (TCU)

45.Music – Paul Bertagnolli (Houston)

46.Film – Nina Power (Roehampton)