Debating God's Existence
eBook - ePub

Debating God's Existence

Believers and Skeptics in Friendly Conversation

  1. 398 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Debating God's Existence

Believers and Skeptics in Friendly Conversation

About this book

A better way to argue about God

When a Christian philosopher and a well-known atheist debated each other at an atheist convention, many expected a hostile showdown. Instead, what happened was something rare in today's polarized world: a genuine, respectful exchange between friends pursuing truth together.

In Debating God's Existence, the memorable debate is reproduced in full. More importantly, it serves as the starting point for new conversations. In the chapters that follow, the two debaters reflect on their public exchange and explore questions they didn't have time to address on stage. Then some of today's most influential theist and nontheist thinkers—including both professional academics and respected public intellectuals—weigh in with their own perspectives, commenting on the debate and offering fresh insights on God's existence. The original debaters then respond to these expert essays, creating a rich, multilayered dialogue.

This book serves beginners with clear, accessible explanations of complex ideas while offering experienced readers the intellectual depth they expect. Whether readers are skeptics, believers, or undecided, they will here find honest engagement across genuine differences—a refreshing departure from the destructive mischaracterizations that too often dominate discussion of God's existence.

Contributors:

David Baggett, Dan Barker, Robin Collins, Andrew Drinkard, David Enoch, Joe Folley, Philip Goff, Adam Lloyd Johnson, Robert C. Koons, Daniel Linford, Alex Malpass, Dolores G. Morris, Joshua Rasmussen, Benjamin Watkins

Information

Publisher
Eerdmans
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781467470179

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Foreword: The Road to Theism — Paul Copan
  6. 1. Disagreeing Well — An Introduction to the Big Questions — Dolores G. Morris
  7. 2. Does God Exist? — A Debate — Dan Barker and Adam Lloyd Johnson
  8. 3. Expanding on the Debate — Additional Points and Arguments for Theism — Adam Lloyd Johnson
  9. 4. Expanding on the Debate — Additional Points and Arguments for Atheism — Dan Barker
  10. 5. Theist Responding to the Debate — Is God Hiding from Us? — Andrew Drinkard
  11. 6. Nontheist Responding to the Debate — Why Is God Hiding from So Many? — Joe Folley
  12. 7. Theist Responding to the Debate — God Best Explains a Fine-­Tuned Universe — Robin Collins
  13. 8. Nontheist Responding to the Debate — God or the Multiverse? — Philip Goff
  14. 9. Theist Responding to the Debate — Does the Immaterial Mind of God Make Sense? — Joshua Rasmussen
  15. 10. Nontheist Responding to the Debate — All Minds Are Material Things — Benjamin Watkins
  16. 11. Theist Responding to the Debate — Can We Be Good Without God? — David Baggett
  17. 12. Nontheist Responding to the Debate — Objective Morality Doesn’t Need God — David Enoch
  18. 13. Theist Responding to the Debate — Does the Universe Have a Cause? — Robert C. Koons
  19. 14. Nontheists Responding to the Debate — Did the Universe Have a Cause? — Daniel Linford and Alex Malpass
  20. 15. Response to the Contributors — Concluding Remarks for Theism — Adam Lloyd Johnson
  21. 16. Response to the Contributors — Concluding Remarks for Atheism — Dan Barker
  22. Afterword: Your Philosophical Journey — Joseph C. Schmid
  23. List of Contributors
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index of Authors
  26. Index of Subjects

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