The Rage Against God
Front cover of the UK edition
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| Author | Peter Hitchens |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Religion, autobiography |
| Genre | Apologetics |
| Publisher | Continuum (UK); Zondervan (US) |
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15 March 2010 (UK); 1 May 2010 (US) |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | (UK); 0310320313 (US) |
| Preceded by | The Broken Compass |
The Rage Against God (subtitle in US editions: How Atheism Led Me to Faith) is the fifth book by Peter Hitchens, first published in 2010. The book describes Hitchens's journey from atheism, far-left politics, and bohemianism, to Christianity and conservatism, detailing the influences on him that led to his conversion. The book is partly intended as a response to God Is Not Great, a book written by his brother Christopher Hitchens in 2007.
Peter 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 views as the dangerous idea of earthly perfection through utopianism. The Rage Against God received a mostly favourable reception in the media. Hitchens was praised for making a forceful and intelligent case, in particular with respect to questions concerning morality and God. Some critics contended that the author was misguided in claiming that state atheism would lead to totalitarianism.
In May 2009 The Rage Against God was anticipated by Michael Gove, who wrote in The Times:
I long to see [Peter Hitchens] take the next stage in his writer's journey and examine, with his unsparing honesty, the rich human reality of the division he believes is now more important than the split between Left and Right—the deeper gulf between the restless progressive and the Christian pessimist. This division, the difference between Prometheus and St Paul, the chasm that divides Shelley from T. S. Eliot, Lloyd George from Lord Salisbury, is nowhere better encapsulated than in the contrast between Hitchens major and minor.
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