New Atheism as a Challenge to Faith and Reason

New atheism can be treated as a challenge to faith and reason because it forces believers to bear witness to their faith. More generally, new atheism forces Christian theology and philosophy to look for appropriate arguments for the rationality of faith. The article presents the general characteristics of the phenomenon of new atheism and discusses selected arguments invoked and discussed by new  atheists. Particular attention is paid here to the weaknesses of these arguments. Several ways have been proposed to refute them within the framework of Christian philosophy.