Imagine, Richard Dawkins suggests, a world with no religion: “Imagine no suicide bombers, no 9/11, no 7/7, no Crusades, no witch-hunts, no Gunpowder Plot, no Indian partition, no Israeli/Palestinian ...

Dawkins (The God Delusion) purports to guide his readers through letting go of belief in God in this underwhelming repackaging of ideas from his previous works. For the first half of the book, Dawkins ...

British biologist Richard Dawkins has sold a follow-up to his incendiary 2006 book The God Delusion to Hilary Redmon at British biologist Richard Dawkins has sold a follow-up to his incendiary 2006 ...

FEW scientists have acquired such a high public profile as Richard Dawkins – and maintained it amid such controversy. His first book The Selfish Gene, published in 1976, launched him to fame as a ...

The strenuous efforts of Richard Dawkins, renowned scientist, author of The God Delusion, and crusader for atheism, may be backfiring — sending inquiring minds to Christ instead. So write two fellow ...

Richard Dawkins is not moved by religious or otherwise supernatural claims. He was, however, so moved by an Elvis Presley song that he came to the conclusion that heaven itself wanted him to hear it.

Two scientists return to the Oxford Museum of Natural History, the famed site of the 1860 Evolution debate between Huxley and Wilberforce. Discussing an issue the BBC calls "as fierce as ever," the ...

Last night at the Wortham Center, Progressive Forum Houston presented Richard Dawkins, the British rock-star atheist author. Dawkins is on a book tour promoting his latest work The Greatest Show on ...

Atheist and biologist Richard Dawkins signed a declaration in favor of “sex-based rights,” giving the movement an unexpected ally. Dawkins urged his followers on Monday to sign the declaration, which ...

So why was the University’s Sheldonian Theatre packed, with two other theaters full of people watching the debate on closed-circuit screens? Why was it covered by the news media? Why had it been sold ...

A religious quest can still be a rational undertaking — not a leap into pure mystery. By Ross Douthat Fear that culture will be made obsolete by artificial intelligence is not an overestimation of ...

Richard Dawkins is one of the world’s most famous scientists, a best-selling author – and a hugely controversial figure. His works on evolutionary biology inspired millions, but his bestselling book ...