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    Richard Dawkins’ God Delusion: A Repentant Refutation
    Richard Dawkins’ God Delusion: A Repentant Refutation
    Richard Dawkins’ God Delusion: A Repentant Refutation
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    Richard Dawkins’ God Delusion: A Repentant Refutation

    By Klaus Nürnberger

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    Part I asks: Is evolving Nature all there is self-generated, self-sustaining, self-contained? Are human beings, as the topmost outgrowth of Nature, responsible to none other but themselves? That is the stance of naturalist and atheist Richard Dawkins. Or is evolving reality derived from, and dependent on, a transcendent Source and Destiny, to whom humans are accountable and whose benevolence reaches out to humans as persons because humans are persons? That is the conviction of the Christian faith. Part II shows that Dawkins interpretation of religion is deficient even in evolutionary terms and lacks the objectivity and impartiality of genuine science.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateJul 12, 2010
    ISBN9781450059848
    Richard Dawkins’ God Delusion: A Repentant Refutation
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    Klaus Nürnberger

    Klaus Nürnberger , Dr theol, DTh, DD (hc), is Professor emeritus and Senior Research Associate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. This book breaks new ground. Instead of taking Philosophy as his main interlocutor in developing his ideas, the author affords that role to the current scientific worldview. One of the outstanding characteristics of this text is the remarkable coherence which it exhibits. The various subsections of Systematic Theology are closely and consistently developed in terms of the central theme of the book (Prof Conrad Wethmar, University of Pretoria). Klaus Nürnberger’s Invitation to Systematic Theology takes us into the Word of God, guides us through the various rooms in the theological mansion, and ushers us out into the fertile garden of practical living. God’s benevolence becomes our benevolence in daily life. An inspiring treatment of the Christian faith (Prof Ted Peters, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA). Although my own paradigm of doing theology sharply differs from that of the author, nobody can deny that he wrote a book of high academic standard which challenges classic orthodoxy in many ways. The author is well-informed, ‘broadminded’, a man of wide reading, intelligent argumentation and always thought-provoking (Prof Amie van Wyk, University of Potchesfroom).

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