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The New Atheist Novel : Fiction, Philosophy and Polemic after 9/11

The authors were commissioned to write this book by the editors of Continuum’s New Directions in Religion and Literature series. Bradley wrote the Introduction (pp. 1-15), Chapter 1 (pp. 16-35), Chapter 2 (pp. 36-55) and co-wrote the Conclusion (pp. 105-111). It is the first critical assessment of the literary reception of the New Atheism and examines the work of four contemporary novelists influenced by the movement: Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and Philip Pullman. It was reviewed in: The Times Higher Education Supplement, Choice, The Journal of Modern Literature, Religious Studies Review, Journal of Contemporary Religion and The Glass.