Several readers have been asking why I haven't posted Plantinga's review of Dawkins in Christianity Today and Books and Culture. I explained that I was all blogged out on Dawkins and Dennet--we had a lot of fun with them last summer or last semester. But I suppose it's best to put up the link before it goes behind the subscribers only wall (unlike First Things, CT is very stingy about such matters).
This made me think of Alister McGrath's book _Dawkins' God_, so if you have any underclassmen or non-academic friends influenced by Dawkins this is a pretty good critique. A copy of McGrath's review of the book in the London Times from just last month is available on his website here. His new book book _The Dawkins Delusion_ should be available any day now. It's got a great subtitle: "Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine." It's available via the UK Amazon.com or you can pre-order it through the US Amazon.com (via this site please [Matthew if I don't get the link right so sorry!] The Prosblogion archives have plenty on this as well, including audio files.
While on the subject of McGrath, I just found out he's giving the Gifford Lectures in 2009 and before that a big Natural Theology conference in 2008. I'm sure we'll be hearing more about that.
Finally, Daniel Dennett spoke here in Rochester last week. He spoke at the local community college. It's too bad he didn't come over to the University because as Matt notes (and quotes) in this post our own H. Allen Orr has made penetrating criticisms of Dawkins's meme myth. Sadly, I found out about it only the day before and already guests invited for dinner. I think it only would have been frustrating for me anyway.
Well, that's all the news I've got time for right now, back to defending the possibility of justified basic inductive beliefs.
Trent,
You can actually get The Dawkins Delusion used on Amazon. I'm writing a paper on Dawkins' infamous '747 Argument' for the non-existence of God, and I'm finding some of McGrath's criticisms helpful.
Brian