@book {1722,
	title = {Dawkins{\textquoteright} God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {202},
	publisher = {Blackwell Publishers},
	organization = {Blackwell Publishers},
	address = {Malden},
	abstract = {<p>Alister E. McGrath is one of the world{\textquoteright}s leading theologians, with a doctorate in the sciences. Richard Dawkins is one of the bestselling popular science writers, with outspoken and controversial views on religion. This fascinating and provoking work is the first book-length response to Dawkins{\textquoteright} ideas, and offers an ideal introduction to the topical issues of science and religion.$\#$ Addresses fundamental questions about Dawkins{\textquoteright} approach to science and religion: Is the gene actually selfish? Is the blind watchmaker a suitable analogy? Are there other ways of looking at things?$\#$ Tackles Dawkins{\textquoteright} hostile and controversial views on religion, and examines the religious implications of his scientific ideas, making for a fascinating and provoking debate$\#$ Written in a very engaging and accessible style, ideal to those approaching scientific and religious issues for the first time$\#$ Alister McGrath is uniquely qualified to write this book. He is one of the world{\textquoteright}s best known and most respected theologians, with a strong research background in molecular biophysics$\#$ A superb book by one of the world{\textquoteright}s leading theologians, which will attract wide interest in the growing popular science market, similar to Susan Blackmore{\textquoteright}s The Meme Machine (1999). Encountering Dawkins : a personal account -- The selfish gene : a Darwinian view of the world -- The blind watchmaker : evolution and the elimination of God? -- Proof and faith : the place of evidence in science and religion -- Cultural Darwinism? : the curious "science" of memetics -- Science and religion : dialogue or intellectual appeasement</p>
},
	keywords = {1941, Apologetics., Dawkins, Richard},
	isbn = {140512539X },
	url = {http://lccn.loc.gov/2004010887},
	author = {McGrath, Alister E.}
}
