Theism or Atheism, The Great Alternative: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Theism or Atheism, The Great Alternative, credited to Chapman Cohen, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Theism or Atheism, The Great Alternative by Chapman Cohen. Read in English by J. M. Smallheer A thought-provoking treatise from 20th century English freethinker, atheist and secularist writer, Chapman Cohen. Here, he lays out the development of the god-idea from primitive to modern times, and makes a compelling argument for atheism over theism or agnosticism. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

Recording facts

• Recording title: Theism or Atheism, The Great Alternative
• Author credits: Chapman Cohen
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 6:04:18

Catalogue topics

• religion
• atheism
• freethought
• secularism
• freethinker

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 6:23
2. 01 - Part I. An Examination of Theism. What is God? — 21:33
3. 02 - The Origin of the Idea of God — 33:09
4. 03 - Have we a Religious Sense? — 22:40
5. 04 - The Argument from Existence — 16:34
6. 05 - The Argument from Causation — 17:38
7. 06 - The Argument from Design — 28:24
8. 07 - The Disharmonies of Nature — 18:02
9. 08 - God and Evolution — 28:50
10. 09 - The Problem of Pain — 34:22
11. 10 - Part II. Substitutes For Atheism. A Question of Prejudice — 12:55
12. 11 - What is Atheism — 22:47
13. 12 - Spencer and the Unknowable — 32:24
14. 13 - Agnosticism — 21:17
15. 14 - Atheism and Morals — 22:30
16. 15 - Atheism Inevitable — 24:50

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