Darwin's Angel: An Angelic Riposte to "The God Delusion" - Hardcover

John Cornwell

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9781846680489: Darwin's Angel: An Angelic Riposte to "The God Delusion"

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ISBN 10: 1846680484 ISBN 13: 9781846680489

Publisher: Profile, 2007

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About the Author:

John Cornwell, a prize-winning author and journalist, has been Director of the Science and Human Dimension Project since 1990 at Jesus College, Cambridge. He is the author of a number of books including Hitler's Pope and, most recently, Seminary Boy.

Review:

"This book is an elegant riposte to Richard Dawkins & others - it punctures the air of certainty professed by Dawkins & his friends, it takes issue with some of the suspect texts Dawkins has chosen to use, & it is never strident. Best of all, it is written more in sorrow than in anger, & is the most consummately crafted work of deadly opposition I have ever read, as well as being sincere, truthful, & open to debate. A must read."-Julia Neuberger

"This brief book, from the distinguished pen of Cornwell, is an elegant little riposte in which [John] Cornwell takes on the voice of a guardian angel to suggest to Richard Dawkins where his [Dawkins's] The God Delusion goes wrong or takes itself entirely too seriously." Library Journal

A piece of sheer heaven. It kicks Richard Dawkins’ self-aggrandising polemic, The God Delusion, into touch with featherlight footwork and is deliciously wise, witty and intellectually sharp.” The Times(London)

Cornwell has done an excellent job in providing a book that should, in an ideal world, be sold taped to every copy of The God Delusion as an essential corrective.” The Independent

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