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Robert G. Ingersoll was one of the fiercest atheist thinkers of the 19th century. This short and interesting work reveals that many of the ideas of the New Atheists are not new. Ingersoll complains of God's willingness to permit slavery and quotes the honorable teachers of ancient history who raised their voices against slavery. He also critiqued different aspects of religion and provided a fresh perspective for his time.

The concern of this book is the nature of religious belief and the ways in which philosophical enquiry is related to it. Six chapters present the positive arguments the author wishes to put forward to discusses religion and rationality, scepticism about religion, language-games, belief and the loss of belief. The remaining chapters include criticisms of some contemporary philosophers of religion in the light of the earlier discussions, and the implications for more specific topics, such as religious education, are investigated. The book ends with a general attempt to say something about the character of philosophical enquiry, and to show how important it is to realise this character in the philosophy of religion.