Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Reviewing Richard Dawkins
www.arn.org have now posted two articles by yours truly on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion:
'The Big Bad Wolf, Theism and the Foundations of Intelligent Design: A Review of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion'
'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Richard Dawkins' Failed Rebuttal of Natural Theology'
The first is a wide ranging substantial review which nevertheless focuses upon how Dawkins' approached intelligent design theory. In sum: Dawkins cogently argues that ID is a scientific theory and fails to cogently argue that it lacks evidential support. The second article is shorter, and focuses upon Dawkins' handling of natural theology (arguments for and against God's existence). In sum: Dawkins is no philosopher and it shows.
These reviews on my arn featured author page are in addition to two reviews I've written for Damaris Culture Watch. The Damaris reviews are basically the material from the second article above divided over two articles but with some tweaks and some unique material. cf:
'Whose Afriad of the Big Bad Wolf?' @ http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=501
&
'Calling Dawkins' Bluff' @ http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=503
Whilst my theme is Dawkins, I may as well bring to your attention my other articles on Oxford's Professor for the Public Understaning of Science:
Atheism and Child Abuse
Darwin's Rottweiler and the Public Understanding of Scientism
‘Is Peter S. Williams a liar for God?’ One fallible human responds to another’s critique of ‘Darwin’s Rottweiler and the Public Understanding of Scientism’
Dawkins Ad Hominem - Misrepresented Again?
Designed or Desinoid: Dawkins, Science & the Purpose of Life
What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?' – Comparing Dawkins' Blind Faith to Flew's evidence
'On the Side of the Angels: Review of Richard Dawkins' A Devil's Chaplain' Part One, Part Two, Part Three
And I recommend the following resources:
Reviews of The God Delusion
Andrew Brown, ‘Dawkins the dogmatist’ @ www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7803
Terry Eagleton, 'Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching', London Review of Books Vol. 28 No. 20, 19 October 2006
Jim Holt, 'Beyond Belief', New York Times
Stephen Jones, ‘My Critique of The God Delusion: Part 1’ @ http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-critique-of-dawkins-god-delusion-1.html & ‘Part 2’ @ http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-critique-of-dawkins-god-delusion-2.html
Alister McGrath, ‘The Dawkins Delusion’ @ www.theosthinktank.co.uk/mainnav/the-current-debate.aspx
Alister McGrath, ‘Is God a Delusion? Atheism and the Meaning of Life’ @ www.citychurchsf.org/openforum/Audio/OF_Alister_McGrath.mp3
Albert Mohler, ‘The Dawkins Delusion’ @ www.albertmohler.com/commentary_read.php?cdate=2006-09-26
Albert Mohler, ‘The God Delusion Revisited’ @ www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=797
Thomas Nagel, 'The Fear of Religion', The New Republic Online
David Robertson, ‘Dawkins Delusion’ @ www.freechurch.org/issues/2006/nov06.htm
Dallas Willard, ‘Reflections on The Blind Watchmaker’ @ www.dwillard.org/articles/artview.asp?artID=52
Other On-Line Materials
Michael J. Behe, ‘A Review of The Ancestor’s Tale’ @ www.arn.org/docs/behe/mb_ancestorstalereview_0506.htm
Madeline Bunting, ‘No Wonder Atheists are Angry: they seem ready to believe anything’ @ www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1681235,00.html
Christians in Science – Responses to Richard Dawkins Page @ www.cis.org.uk/resources/dawkins.shtml
ID The Future Podcast, ‘Is Richard Dawkins Contradicting Himself by Taking Credit for Writing his Book?’ @ http://intelligentdesign.podomatic.com/enclosure/2006-11-06T12_16_25-08_00.mp3 (Audio)
Taking on Dawkins’ God: An Interview with Alister McGrath @ www.stnews.org/News-201.htm
Dawkins and his Disciples @ http://telicthoughts.com/?cat=35 (Video)
Denis Alexander, 'A Clash of Fundamentalisms'
Dave Crofts, 'The Root of all Evil? Part 1' Part 2
Logan Gage, ‘Who Wrote Richard Dawkins’ New Book?’ @ www.evolutionnews.org/2006/10/who_wrote_richard_dawkinss_new.html
Paul Johnson, ‘The Ayatollah of Atheism and Darwin’s Altars’ @ www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&program=CSC%20-%20Views%20and%20News&id=2828
Phillip E. Johnson, ‘The Robot Rebellion of Richard Dawkins’ @ www.arn.org/docs/johnson/pj_robotrebellion.htm
Phillip E. Johnson, ‘Climbing Mount Improbable & Darwin’s Black Box’ @ www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9610/johnson.html
John Lennox, 'God and Richard Dawkins' (Audio)
Nick Pollard, 'The Root of all Evil? The problem with Richard Dawkins' faith
Jonathan Sarfati, ‘Review: Climbing Mount Improbable’ @ www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v12/i1/improbable.asp
Roger Scruton, ‘Dawkins is Wrong About God’ @ http://catholiceducation.org/articles/science/sc0078.html
The Dawkins-Quinn Debate @ http://origins.swau.edu/misc/Dawkins2.mp3 (Audio) Transcript @ http://mliccione.blogspot.com/2006/10/dawkins-quinn-debate.html
Nick Pollard Talks to Richard Dawkins @ www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=102
Books
Antony Latham, The Naked Emperor: Darwinism Exposed, (Janus, 2005) www.amazon.co.uk/Naked-Emperor-Darwinism-Exposed/dp/1857566351/sr=11-1/qid=1163421830/ref=sr_11_1/026-9251633-5979667
Alister McGrath, Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life, (Blackwell, 2005) www.amazon.co.uk/Dawkins-God-Alister-E-McGrath/dp/1405125381/sr=1-1/qid=1163414866/ref=sr_1_1/026-9251633-5979667?ie=UTF8&s=books
Roger Steer, Letter to an Influential Atheist, (Authentic, 2003) www.amazon.co.uk/Letter-Influential-Atheist-Roger-Steer/dp/1850784787/sr=11-1/qid=1163421896/ref=sr_11_1/026-9251633-5979667
Keith Ward, God, Chance & Necessity, (OneWorld, 1996) www.amazon.co.uk/God-Chance-Necessity-Keith-Ward/dp/1851681167/sr=1-7/qid=1163421960/ref=sr_1_7/026-9251633-5979667?ie=UTF8&s=books
Peter S. Williams, I Wish I Could Believe in Meaning: A Response to Nihilism, (Damaris, 2005) www.amazon.co.uk/Wish-Could-Believe-Meaning-Response/dp/190475306X/sr=1-6/qid=1163414885/ref=sr_1_6/026-9251633-5979667?ie=UTF8&s=books
'The Big Bad Wolf, Theism and the Foundations of Intelligent Design: A Review of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion'
'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Richard Dawkins' Failed Rebuttal of Natural Theology'
The first is a wide ranging substantial review which nevertheless focuses upon how Dawkins' approached intelligent design theory. In sum: Dawkins cogently argues that ID is a scientific theory and fails to cogently argue that it lacks evidential support. The second article is shorter, and focuses upon Dawkins' handling of natural theology (arguments for and against God's existence). In sum: Dawkins is no philosopher and it shows.
These reviews on my arn featured author page are in addition to two reviews I've written for Damaris Culture Watch. The Damaris reviews are basically the material from the second article above divided over two articles but with some tweaks and some unique material. cf:
'Whose Afriad of the Big Bad Wolf?' @ http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=501
&
'Calling Dawkins' Bluff' @ http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=503
Whilst my theme is Dawkins, I may as well bring to your attention my other articles on Oxford's Professor for the Public Understaning of Science:
Atheism and Child Abuse
Darwin's Rottweiler and the Public Understanding of Scientism
‘Is Peter S. Williams a liar for God?’ One fallible human responds to another’s critique of ‘Darwin’s Rottweiler and the Public Understanding of Scientism’
Dawkins Ad Hominem - Misrepresented Again?
Designed or Desinoid: Dawkins, Science & the Purpose of Life
What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?' – Comparing Dawkins' Blind Faith to Flew's evidence
'On the Side of the Angels: Review of Richard Dawkins' A Devil's Chaplain' Part One, Part Two, Part Three
And I recommend the following resources:
Reviews of The God Delusion
Andrew Brown, ‘Dawkins the dogmatist’ @ www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7803
Terry Eagleton, 'Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching', London Review of Books Vol. 28 No. 20, 19 October 2006
Jim Holt, 'Beyond Belief', New York Times
Stephen Jones, ‘My Critique of The God Delusion: Part 1’ @ http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-critique-of-dawkins-god-delusion-1.html & ‘Part 2’ @ http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-critique-of-dawkins-god-delusion-2.html
Alister McGrath, ‘The Dawkins Delusion’ @ www.theosthinktank.co.uk/mainnav/the-current-debate.aspx
Alister McGrath, ‘Is God a Delusion? Atheism and the Meaning of Life’ @ www.citychurchsf.org/openforum/Audio/OF_Alister_McGrath.mp3
Albert Mohler, ‘The Dawkins Delusion’ @ www.albertmohler.com/commentary_read.php?cdate=2006-09-26
Albert Mohler, ‘The God Delusion Revisited’ @ www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=797
Thomas Nagel, 'The Fear of Religion', The New Republic Online
David Robertson, ‘Dawkins Delusion’ @ www.freechurch.org/issues/2006/nov06.htm
Dallas Willard, ‘Reflections on The Blind Watchmaker’ @ www.dwillard.org/articles/artview.asp?artID=52
Other On-Line Materials
Michael J. Behe, ‘A Review of The Ancestor’s Tale’ @ www.arn.org/docs/behe/mb_ancestorstalereview_0506.htm
Madeline Bunting, ‘No Wonder Atheists are Angry: they seem ready to believe anything’ @ www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1681235,00.html
Christians in Science – Responses to Richard Dawkins Page @ www.cis.org.uk/resources/dawkins.shtml
ID The Future Podcast, ‘Is Richard Dawkins Contradicting Himself by Taking Credit for Writing his Book?’ @ http://intelligentdesign.podomatic.com/enclosure/2006-11-06T12_16_25-08_00.mp3 (Audio)
Taking on Dawkins’ God: An Interview with Alister McGrath @ www.stnews.org/News-201.htm
Dawkins and his Disciples @ http://telicthoughts.com/?cat=35 (Video)
Denis Alexander, 'A Clash of Fundamentalisms'
Dave Crofts, 'The Root of all Evil? Part 1' Part 2
Logan Gage, ‘Who Wrote Richard Dawkins’ New Book?’ @ www.evolutionnews.org/2006/10/who_wrote_richard_dawkinss_new.html
Paul Johnson, ‘The Ayatollah of Atheism and Darwin’s Altars’ @ www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&program=CSC%20-%20Views%20and%20News&id=2828
Phillip E. Johnson, ‘The Robot Rebellion of Richard Dawkins’ @ www.arn.org/docs/johnson/pj_robotrebellion.htm
Phillip E. Johnson, ‘Climbing Mount Improbable & Darwin’s Black Box’ @ www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9610/johnson.html
John Lennox, 'God and Richard Dawkins' (Audio)
Nick Pollard, 'The Root of all Evil? The problem with Richard Dawkins' faith
Jonathan Sarfati, ‘Review: Climbing Mount Improbable’ @ www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v12/i1/improbable.asp
Roger Scruton, ‘Dawkins is Wrong About God’ @ http://catholiceducation.org/articles/science/sc0078.html
The Dawkins-Quinn Debate @ http://origins.swau.edu/misc/Dawkins2.mp3 (Audio) Transcript @ http://mliccione.blogspot.com/2006/10/dawkins-quinn-debate.html
Nick Pollard Talks to Richard Dawkins @ www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=102
Books
Antony Latham, The Naked Emperor: Darwinism Exposed, (Janus, 2005) www.amazon.co.uk/Naked-Emperor-Darwinism-Exposed/dp/1857566351/sr=11-1/qid=1163421830/ref=sr_11_1/026-9251633-5979667
Alister McGrath, Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life, (Blackwell, 2005) www.amazon.co.uk/Dawkins-God-Alister-E-McGrath/dp/1405125381/sr=1-1/qid=1163414866/ref=sr_1_1/026-9251633-5979667?ie=UTF8&s=books
Roger Steer, Letter to an Influential Atheist, (Authentic, 2003) www.amazon.co.uk/Letter-Influential-Atheist-Roger-Steer/dp/1850784787/sr=11-1/qid=1163421896/ref=sr_11_1/026-9251633-5979667
Keith Ward, God, Chance & Necessity, (OneWorld, 1996) www.amazon.co.uk/God-Chance-Necessity-Keith-Ward/dp/1851681167/sr=1-7/qid=1163421960/ref=sr_1_7/026-9251633-5979667?ie=UTF8&s=books
Peter S. Williams, I Wish I Could Believe in Meaning: A Response to Nihilism, (Damaris, 2005) www.amazon.co.uk/Wish-Could-Believe-Meaning-Response/dp/190475306X/sr=1-6/qid=1163414885/ref=sr_1_6/026-9251633-5979667?ie=UTF8&s=books
