God, Reason, and Theistic Proofs
Title | God, Reason, and Theistic Proofs PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen T. Davis |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | 226 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780802844507 |
Wisely structured and clearly written, God, Reason and Theistic Proofs will make an excellent resource for those looking for an introduction to the debate surrounding the existence of God, or for those seeking intellectual validation for their faith.
New Proofs for the Existence of God
Title | New Proofs for the Existence of God PDF eBook |
Author | Robert J. Spitzer |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | 334 |
Release | 2010-04-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0802863833 |
Responding to contemporary popular atheism, Robert J. Spitzer's New Proofs for the Existence of God examines the considerable evidence for God and creation that has come to light from physics and philosophy during the last forty years. --from publisher description.
Proofs of God
Title | Proofs of God PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Levering |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Total Pages | 379 |
Release | 2016-04-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493403362 |
Leading theologian Matthew Levering presents a thoroughgoing critical survey of the proofs of God's existence for readers interested in traditional Christian responses to the problem of atheism. Beginning with Tertullian and ending with Karl Barth, Levering covers twenty-one theologians and philosophers from the early church to the modern period, examining how they answered the critics of their day. He also shows the relevance of the classical arguments to contemporary debates and challenges to Christianity. In addition to students, this book will appeal to readers of apologetics.
Faith and Understanding
Title | Faith and Understanding PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Helm |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780802844514 |
Faith and Understanding is the first book-length study of the age-old effort to understand Christianity from both the sides of faith and reason, looking at the work done by such figures as Augustine, Anselm, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards.
Natural Signs and Knowledge of God
Title | Natural Signs and Knowledge of God PDF eBook |
Author | C. Stephen Evans |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 218 |
Release | 2010-05-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199217165 |
Is there such a thing as natural knowledge of God? C. Stephen Evans presents the case for understanding theistic arguments as expressions of natural signs in order to gain a new perspective both on their strengths and weaknesses. Three classical, much-discussed theistic arguments - cosmological, teleological, and moral - are examined for the natural signs they embody. At the heart of this book lie several relatively simple ideas. One is that if there is a God of the kind accepted by Christians, Jews, and Muslims, then it is likely that a 'natural' knowledge of God is possible. Another is that this knowledge will have two characteristics: it will be both widely available to humans and yet easy to resist. If these principles are right, a new perspective on many of the classical arguments for God's existence becomes possible. We understand why these arguments have for many people a continued appeal but also why they do not constitute conclusive 'proofs' that settle the debate once and for all. Touching on the interplay between these ideas and contemporary scientific theories about the origins of religious belief, particularly the role of natural selection in predisposing humans to form beliefs in God or gods, Evans concludes that these scientific accounts of religious belief are fully consistent, even supportive, of the truth of religious convictions.
God and Reason
Title | God and Reason PDF eBook |
Author | William Joseph Brosnan |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
God in Proof
Title | God in Proof PDF eBook |
Author | Nathan Schneider |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 2013-06-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0520269071 |
In this tour of the history of arguments for and against the existence of God, Nathan Schneider embarks on a remarkable intellectual, historical, and theological journey through the centuries of believers and unbelieversÑfrom ancient Greeks, to medieval Arabs, to todayÕs most eminent philosophers and the New Atheists. Framed by an account of SchneiderÕs own unique journey, God in Proof illuminates the great minds who wrestled with one of historyÕs biggest questions together with their arguments, bringing them to life in their time, and our own. SchneiderÕs sure-handed portrayal of the characters and ideas involved in the search for proof challenges how we normally think about doubt and faith while showing that, in their quest for certainty and the proofs to declare it, thinkers on either side of the God divide are often closer to one another than they would like to think.