| Description |
xvii, 348 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-334) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: A challenge to believers--and unbelievers -- Pt. 1: The future of Christianity. The twilight of atheism : the global triumph of Christianity -- Survival of the sacred : why religion is winning -- God is not great : the atheist assault on religion -- Miseducating the young : saving children from their parents -- Pt. 2: Christianity and the West. Render unto Caesar : the spiritual basis of limited government -- The evil that I would not : Christianity and human fallibility -- Created equal : the origin of human dignity -- Pt. 3: Christianity and science. Christianity and reason : the theological roots of science -- From logos to cosmos : Christianity and the invention of invention -- An atheist fable : reopening the Galileo case -- Pt. 4: The argument from design. A universe with a beginning : God and the astronomers -- A designer planet : man's special place in creation -- Paley was right : evolution and the argument from design -- The Genesis problem : the methodological atheism of science -- Pt. 5: Christianity and philosophy. The world beyond our senses : Kant and the limits of reason -- In the belly of the whale : why miracles are possible -- A skeptic's wager : Pascal and the reasonableness of faith -- Pt. 6: Christianity and suffering. Rethinking the Inquisition : the exaggerated crimes of religion -- A license to kill : atheism and the mass murders of history -- Pt. 7: Christianity and morality. Natural law and divine law : the objective foundations of morality -- The ghost in the machine : why man is more than matter -- The imperial "I" : when the self becomes the arbiter of morality -- Opiate of the morally corrupt : why unbelief is so appealing -- The problem of evil : where is atheism when bad things happen? -- Pt. 8: Christianity and you. Jesus among other gods : the uniqueness of Christianity -- A foretaste of eternity : how Christianity can change your life. |
| Summary |
Examines the assumptions of Christianity and atheism, and argues, among other issues, that Christianity explains what modern science tells us about the universe and our origins better than atheism. |
| Source |
ILDP 11/2007 PPL |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Essence, genius, nature.
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| ISBN |
9781596985179 |
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1596985178 |
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