THE REASON FOR GOD
Belief in an Age of Skepticism
A New York Times bestseller people can believe in--by a pioneer of the new urban Christians (Christianity Today) and the C.S. Lewis for the 21st century (Newsweek).
Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.
Review Quotes:
It is easy to understand [Timothy Keller's] appeal.
- The New York Times
In a flood of bestsellers by skeptics and atheists...Keller stands out as an effective counterpoint and defender of the faith. The Reason for God makes a tight, accessible case for reasoned religious belief.
- The Washington Post
It's a provocative premise, in pursuit of which Keller...takes on nonbelievers from evolutionary biologists to the recent rash of atheist authors.
- The Boston Globe
Reverend Tim Keller [is] a Manhattan institution, one of those open urban secrets, like your favorite dim sum place, with a following so ardent and so fast-growing that he has never thought to advertise.
- New York magazine
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
Part 1- The Leap of Doubt
- Chapter 1. There Can't Be Just One True Religion
- Chapter 2. How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?
- Chapter 3. Christianity Is a Straitjacket
- Chapter 4. The Church Is Responsible for So Much Injustice
- Chapter 5. How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?
- Chapter 6. Science Has Disproved Christianity
- Chapter 7. You Can't Take the Bible Literally
- The Leap of Doubt
- Part 2
- The Reasons for Faith
- Chapter 8. The Clues of God
- Chapter 9. The Knowledge of God
- Chapter 10. The Problem of Sin
- Chapter 11. Religion and the Gospel
- Chapter 12. The (True) Story of the Cross
- Chapter 13. The Reality of the Resurrection
- Chapter 14. The Dance of God
- The Reasons for Faith
- Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Author: Timothy Keller
Paperback: 310 pages
Dimensions/Weight: 13 x 20.5 x 2.3 cm / 295g
Publisher/Date: Penguin Books / 2018
Language: English