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Also Known As Antony Garrard Newton Flew
Born February 11, 1923 • London • England
Died April 8, 2010 (aged 87) • Reading • England
Notable Works “Atheistic Humanism” • “God and Philosophy” • “There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind”
Subjects Of Study atheism • philosophy of religion • theology
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