In Part Four, Chapter Sixteen, “Secularism and Its Victims”, in a few deft strokes, Hart puts the New Atheists in their place: utterly lacking in intellectual rigor or honesty. “The special glories of Christian civilization – in its arts and sciences, in its institutions and traditions, in its philosophies and ideals – speak for themselves, and it would be undignified to cosset intellectual perversity [of neo-atheists] by pleading the obvious (p. 222).” So much for the New Atheists who in their complacency do not rise to any legitimate level of rigorous unbelief.
Wayne Northey was Director of Man-to-Man/Woman-to-Woman – Restorative Christian Ministries (M2/W2) in British Columbia, Canada from 1998 to 2014, when he retired. He has been active in the criminal justice arena and a keen promoter of Restorative Justice since 1974. He has published widely on peacemaking and justice themes. You will find more about that on this website: a work in progress.
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