The God Debates

The God Debates presents a comprehensive, non-technical survey of the quest for knowledge of God, allowing readers to participate in a debate about the existence of God and gain understanding and appreciation of religion?s conceptual foundations. Explains key arguments for and against God's existence in clear ways for readers at all levels Brings theological debates up to the present with current ideas from modernism, postmodernism, fideism, evidentialism, presuppositionalism, and mysticism Updates criticism of theology by dealing with the latest terms of the God debates instead of outdated caricatures of religion Helps nonbelievers to learn important theological standpoints while noting their shortcomings Encourages believers and nonbelievers to enjoy informed dialogue with each other Concludes with an overview of religious and nonreligious worldviews and predictions about the future of faith and reason

The God Debates presents a comprehensive, non-technicalsurvey of the quest for knowledge of God, allowing readers toparticipate in a debate about the existence of God and gainunderstanding and appreciation of religion?s conceptualfoundations.* Explains key arguments for and against God's existence in clearways for readers at all levels* Brings theological debates up to the present with current ideasfrom modernism, postmodernism, fideism, evidentialismpresuppositionalism, and mysticism* Updates criticism of theology by dealing with the latest termsof the God debates instead of outdated caricatures of religion* Helps nonbelievers to learn important theological standpointswhile noting their shortcomings* Encourages believers and nonbelievers to enjoy informeddialogue with each other* Concludes with an overview of religious and nonreligiousworldviews and predictions about the future of faith andreason

Preface ix1 Debating Religion 11.1 Religion under Scrutiny 21.2 Debating Dogma 71.3 Theology and Atheology 121.4 Could Atheism Prove God Doesn't Exist? 231.5 Could Religion Disprove Atheism? 262 Five Types of Theologies 302.1 Categorizing Theologies 312.2 Theology From The Scripture 352.3 Theology From The World 372.4 Theology Beyond The World 402.5 Theology In The Know 422.6 Theology Into The Myst 443 Theology From The Scripture 473.1 Scientific History 483.2 Scientific History and Scripture 513.3 The Argument from Divine Signs 653.4 The Argument from Apostolic Faith 703.5 The Argument from Divine Character 783.6 The Argument from Pseudo-history 804 Theology From The World 844.1 Theology and Science 854.2 Arguments from Nature 914.3 Arguments from Design 964.4 Arguments from Religious Experience 994.5 Arguments from Morality 1104.6 Explanations for Reason 1214.7 The Ontological Argument for God 1264.8 The Argument from Pseudo-science 1315 Theology Beyond The World 1335.1 The Existence of Nature Argument for God 1345.2 The Fine-tuning Argument for God 1375.3 Why Would God Create? 1445.4 The Problem of Evil 1485.5 The Argument from Pseudo-cosmology 1526 Theology In The Know 1556.1 Arguments from Ignorance 1566.2 Religious Epistemologies 1606.3 Knowledge, Justification, and Truth 1666.4 The Religious Community 1716.5 The Arguments from Pseudo-theology 1787 Theology Into The Myst 1847.1 Believing in God without Knowledge of God 1857.2 Believing in God without Concepts of God 1927.3 Belief, Faith, and Pseudo-faith 1987.4 The Argument from Pseudo-faith 2028 Reason and Faith 2048.1 Liberal Modernism and Its Rivals 2058.2 Twelve Worldviews 2118.3 Faith and Reason Realigned 218References 223Further Reading 230Index 235