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  • The Rage Against God

  • How Atheism Led Me to Faith
  • By: Peter Hitchens
  • Narrated by: Peter Hitchens
  • Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (341 ratings)

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The Rage Against God

By: Peter Hitchens
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What if notorious atheist Christopher Hitchens, bestselling author of God Is Not Great, had a Christian brother? He does. Meet Peter Hitchens--British journalist, author, and former atheist--as he tells his powerful story for the first time in The Rage Against God.

In The Rage Against God, Hitchens details his personal story of how he left the faith and dramatically returned. Like many of the Old Testament saints whose personal lives were intertwined with the life of their nation, so Peter's story is also the story of modern England and its spiritual decline. The path to a secular utopia, pursued by numerous modern tyrants, is truly paved with more violence than has been witnessed in any era in history.

Peter invites you to witness firsthand accounts of atheistic societies, specifically in Communist Russia, where he lived in Moscow during the collapse of the Soviet Union. Peter brings his work as an international journalist to bear as he shows that the twentieth century--the world's bloodiest--entailed nothing short of atheism's own version of the Crusades and the Inquisition.

The Rage Against God asks and answers the three failed arguments of atheism:

  • Are conflicts fought in the name of religion really just conflicts about religion?
  • Is it possible to determine what is right and what is wrong without God?
  • Are atheist states not actually atheist?

Join Hitchens as he provides hope for all believers whose friends or family members have left Christianity or who are enchanted by the arguments of the anti-religious intellects of our age.

©2010 Peter Hitchens (P)2010 Zondervan
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absolutely worthwhile

The author bares with Christian humility, dignity an unflinching view of modern world and self.

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Wonderful book

Thoughtful, intelligent and well read. I recommend this highly. The first Peter Hitchens book I read or listened to.

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Highly recommended

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANYTHING FROM PETER HITCHENS! GREAT READ,
FASCINATING PERFORMANCE VERY ARTICULATE IN SPEECH AND EMOTIONS! 👍👍

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Honesty and depth

I enjoyed Peter's book. Although I didn't agree with some of his opinions I found his writing to be honest and uncontrived. In my opinion he doesn't seem to try as hard to sound smart as does his brother Christopher.

I really enjoyed his reciting of the King James bible verses at the beginning of some of the chapters--I love the poetic sound of that particular version and they lend credibility to his understanding of the faith.

This book should be thought more of an autobiography than as a complete counter argument to the athiest "fad" of the moment and to me it was enjoyable as thus.

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Jumpy progression, but enjoyable and enlightening.

What did you like best about this story?

Peter is a learned man and an exceptional orator. That much is abundantly clear throughout the book.

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Worth listening to the audiobook over reading it on paper. Peter's inflections and dialect apply very, very well to the words on the pages. He brings a lot of emotion to where mere text could not convey.

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Easy to follow in the short-term, though it seems to jump from place to place overall. Lot of ground to cover in five hours. I'll have to listen to it again someday.

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Hitchens For God!....

Peter, of course, not Chris. A marvelously intelligent and personal counter to his brother's screed against the Christian Faith, Peter Hitchen's Rage Against God is perhaps one of the best apologetics for Christianity for our modern age.

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Moving. Beautifully written and read.

By far a better book than Christopher Hitchens God is not great or Dawkins God delusion. Peter delivers in clear and moving words his rebuttal of those volumes and explains how and why the new atheists are infused with the intolerant fury of revolution. An atheist most of my life, I found this a welcome antidote to the disgusting Dawkinsian drivel that has permeated so much of the atheist movement.

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Excellent rejoinder to Christopher Hitchens!

Very much enjoyed this book! His knowledge of the Soviet Union appears deep, masterful and well-documented. It is interesting to hear arguments from one who was on the inside of the current atheism. For anyone wishing a rejoinder to Christopher Hitchens’s work, this is it!

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An overview of atheism without becoming technical

Peter Hitchens' "Rage against God" is not a book that make sparks fly. In a certain sense it is autobiographical, giving the reader glimpses on the live of Peter Hitchens the atheist and his journey to Christianity. Those who expect Peter to fully engage with his brother Christopher, might be disappointed. The book is more of a background sketch of where the rage against God came from and where it might be going to. I thought Peter was able to give a good balanced understanding of some of the general "absurdities" that the New Atheists may come up with, not only putting it in context, but also pointing the fallacy of some of their argument. This he does while being painfully aware of Christians shortcomings. In short this is an honest book, although I wondered if the quality of the reading by the author himself, couldn't have been better.

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Reminds me a little of Cain/Abel!

Not something that is casually listened to. Takes more thoughtful time to grasp. Had to slow speed down, although I love his British accent!

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