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Where did Eagleton focus his critique on “The New Atheism and the War on Terror”?
At Newington Green Unitarian Church
In The University of Oxford
In his 1996 book
In The University of Manchester
Answer
Eagleton delivered his critique of “The New Atheism and the War on Terror” at Newington Green Unitarian Church. He argued that the New Atheists were guilty of a form of religious fundamentalism, in that they were intolerant of any views that differed from their own. He also argued that their attacks on religion were motivated by political expediency, rather than by any genuine concern for the truth.
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