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The Rage Against God (subtitle in US editions: How Atheism Led Me to Faith) is the fifth book by traditionalist conservative writer Peter Hitchens, originally published in 2010. Autobiographical and polemical, the book describes Hitchens's journey from the militant atheism of the far political left and bohemianism to Christianity, detailing the influences on him that led to his conversion, and is also partly intended as a response to a book written by his brother Christopher in 2007 entitled God is not Great. Hitchens, with particular reference to events which occurred in the Soviet Union, argues that his brother's verdict on religion is misguided, and that faith in God is both a safeguard against the collapse of civilisation into moral chaos and the best antidote to what he sees as the dangerous idea of earthly perfection through utopianism.
Author | Peter Hitchens |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Religion, autobiography |
Genre | Religion, atheism |
Publisher | Continuum (UK); Zondervan (US) |
Publication date | 15 March 2010 (UK); 1 May 2010 (US) |
Pages | 256 |
ISBN | 1441105727 (UK); 0310320313 (US) |
Preceded by | The Broken Compass |
The book was described by Quentin Letts in The Spectator as "a magnificent, sustained cry against the aggressive secularism taking control of our weakened culture".[1]