Book Review: Christian Atheism is a disarmingly pleasurable take on the philosophy of atheism

However much atheists think they’re undermining theists, the fact remains that atheism springs from Christianity. In Christian Atheism, the Slovenian philospopher Slavoj Žižek points out that Jesus himself had a flirtation with atheism on the cross when he despairingly called out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Atheism is like a rebellious son who can’t help but take after his father. It is therefore Žižek’s contention that, since atheism and Christianity are ...