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Is atheism dead? / Eric Metaxas.

by Metaxas, Eric.

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Salem Books, 2021.

Christianity and atheism.

9781684511730 (hc)

xvi, 412 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-412).

Introduction: the grand counter-narrative -- In the beginning was the big bang -- Where science cannot go: the big bang and other singularities -- The fine-tuned planet -- The fine-tuned universe -- More planetary fine-tuning: water and sunlight -- How did life originate? or "You can't get here from there" -- Life is far more complex than we thought -- More on origins of life: now what? -- The evidence of archaeology -- The black obelisk that became a golden spike -- More Biblical archaeology: three misbehaving boys who changed history -- More archaeology: the New Testament manuscripts -- More New Testament archaeology -- Jerusalem in Jesus' day -- Two amazing New Testament discoveries -- The Nazareth home of Jesus -- Ur of the Chaldees discovered: the surprising resilience of the ancient past -- The discovery of Biblical Sodom -- The four horsemen -- Is atheism evil? -- Atheists who found God: Sartre, Flew, and Camus -- Problems with atheism: faith and science are BFFs -- The boundaries of science: more than meets the eye -- The impossible bleakness of materialism -- The founding myth of atheism: Galileo, Copernicus, and the church -- Christianity begat science -- Further problems with atheism -- Atheism unhinged -- Great scientists who were devout Christians -- Conclusions: The meaning of meaning.

"Is Atheism Dead? is a highly entertaining, impressively wide-ranging, and decidedly provocative answer to that famous 1966 TIME cover that itself provocatively asked “Is God Dead?” In a voice that is by turns witty, muscular, and poetic, Metaxas echoes C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton in cheerfully and logically making his case, along the way presenting breathtaking -- and sometimes astonishing -- new evidence and arguments against the idea of a Creatorless universe. Taken all together, he shows that much we have assumed about the biggest questions of human existence is in fact dramatically outdated -- and is therefore in need of the most urgent reevaluation."--Publisher.

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