* Fully revised and updated version of a popular text. * Includes a new chapter on the ideas behind the English reformation. * Based on many yearsa experience of teaching Reformation studies. .
Alister McGrath and Joanna Collicutt McGrath present a reliable assessment of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, famed atheist and scientist, and the many questions this book raises--including, above all, the relevance of faith and the quest for meaning.
Beginning with the current skepticism about God's very existence, Dr. McGrath starts off with some convincing apologetics. But he does not rely on apologetics alone. He knows that the only way to be sure about the living God is to encounter him--and this can happen to people who know almost nothing about him.
This is the first book-length response to Richard Dawkins, author of some of the most popular scientific works, such as "The Selfish Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker." Dawkins has become perhaps the world's best-known atheist, noted for his hostile and controversial views on religion. This wonderfully argued book explains and examines Dawkins' scientific ideas and their religious implications. Head-to-head, it takes on some of Dawkins' central ...