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What’s the Point of Christianity?

January 27, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson 4 Comments

[Ed. note: Tom has a very busy week, so Mike is filling in with a second post.] Last Friday, the Chronicle Review published an article by Stephen T. Asma called "The New Atheists' Narrow Worldview" (subscription probably required). The title intrigued me greatly, though the article itself was not quite what I expected. Asma argues that the New Atheists (Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, et al.) focus too much on arguments against Christianity and fail to engage non-Western religions, especially animism. That's probably true. … [Read more...] about What’s the Point of Christianity?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: animism, atheism, christianity, world religions, worldview

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