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*''Systematic Atheology: Atheism’s Reasoning with Theology'' (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion) 1st Edition by John R. Shook, Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 6, 2017), ISBN-10: 1138079987

*''Erring: A [[Postmodernism|Postmodern]] A/theology'' By Mark C. Taylor, Publisher: University of Chicago Press; New edition edition (April 15, 1987), ISBN-10: 0226791424

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=== Review of the book ''Systematic Atheology: Atheism’s Reasoning with Theology'' by John R. Shook ==

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An excerpt of the review of the book ''Systematic Atheology: Atheism's Reasoning with Theology'' by philosophy Professor Chris Tweedt indicates:

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{{Cquote|This book, "composed mainly for the edification of atheism's defenders," (p. 37) is an attempt to understand and defend atheism in an organized way. The book is divided into three sections. The first attempts to define 'atheist', 'atheology', and their relationship by tracking historical uses of the terms. The second is an extensive history of atheistic and atheological western philosophers, and the third, which occupies the last half of the book, is an attempt to systematically undermine every kind of argument for the existence of a god.

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The book's primary strength is its extensive historical summary in chapters 5-6. Though not in depth and sometimes (though rarely) inaccurate, the summary would be an excellent starting point for those wishing to familiarize themselves with the history of atheism and atheology among western philosophers. (For the sake of brevity, this section is not addressed in the more detailed review below.)

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The book's primary weaknesses are its lack of clarity and its absence of fair representation and careful analysis of theistic arguments. The third part contains simplistic versions of theistic arguments and cursory dismissals with significantly less carefulness and charity than one should expect from an academic philosophy book. It is worth noting that the level of care and effort in faithfully representing, objecting to, strengthening, and reexamining theistic arguments typical among philosophers of religion is not modeled by the brusqueness displayed in the second half of this book.<ref>[https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/systematic-atheology-atheisms-reasoning-with-theology/ JOHN R. SHOOK, ''Systematic Atheology: Atheism's Reasoning with Theology'', Reviewed by Chris Tweedt, Christopher Newport University]</ref>}}

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