Skip to main content
Chaptra
Cover of Varieties of Atheism in Science

Varieties of Atheism in Science

Written by David R. Johnson,Elaine Howard Ecklund

Not rated yet — tap a star to review it

225 pages, about 5 hours of reading

Chaptra reads alongside you — AI insights, chapter breakdowns and reader discussions for every book. Join free

About this book

Why study atheism among scientists? -- "Tried and found wanting" : how atheist scientists explain religious transitions -- "I am not like Richard:" modernist atheist scientists -- Ties that bind : culturally religious atheists -- Spiritual atheist scientists -- What atheist scientists think about science -- How atheist scientists approach meaning and morality -- From rhetoric to reality : why religious believers should give atheist scientists a chance.

Read it with a club

Chaptra's ideas and essays clubs — small groups reading the same books and talking as they go.

All clubs
A warm-lit wall of bookshelves

Books That Changed My Mind

Ideas and essays

  • 5 members
  • 4 discussions
  • Active 9h ago

Not books you enjoyed. Books that moved you off a position you'd genuinely held for years. This is a Chaptra house club — set up and moderated by us to get the conversation going. Open to everyone; jump in anywhere.

Read Varieties of Atheism in Science alongside people who are reading it too.

Chaptra Prime — paid clubs, every club feature, and unlimited reading support, for $5 a month or $60 once.

See Prime

Reading guide

Themes, characters and key ideas in Varieties of Atheism in Science, written by Chaptra AI.

A reading guide for this book hasn't been written yet. Chaptra builds one the first time a reader opens it.

Chapter-by-chapter breakdowns, character arcs and the full thematic analysis come with a free account.

Discussions

No one has started one yet

Join

No discussions yet

Be the first to start a discussion about this book!

Sign up to start the discussion

Reviews

No reviews yet

Be the first to review this book!