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Finding God in the waves : how I lost my faith and found it again through science / Mike McHargue ; foreword by Rob Bell.

by McHargue, Mike.

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Convergent Books, [2016]

McHargue, Mike.

Religion and science.

Neurosciences -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Christian biography.

9781101906040 (hc.)

9781101906064 (pbk.)

xiv, 274 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.

Lost and found. Dinosaurs in Sunday school ; Binge reading the Bible ; A foolish bet ; Secret agent man ; Love seat confessional ; NASA and bacon numbers ; The horse leaves the barn -- God in science, Happily ever after? ; Einstein's God ; The God we can know ; Teach us, neuroscience, to pray ; Jesus ; Take me to church ; The Good Book ; Finding God in the waves -- Axioms about Christian faith.

"From the host of The Liturgists Podcast (theliturgists.com/podcast) and Ask Science Mike (mikemchargue.com/asksciencemike), a story of having faith, losing it, and finding it again through science - revealing how the latest in neuroscience, physics, and biology help us understand God, faith, and ourselves. What do you do when God dies? It's a question facing millions today, as science reveals a Universe that's self-creating, as American culture departs from Christian social norms, and the idea of God begins to seem implausible at best and barbaric at worst. Mike McHargue understands the pain of unraveling belief. He tells how his Evangelical faith dissolved into atheism as he studied the Bible, a crisis that threatened his identity, his friendships, and even his marriage. Years later, Mike was standing on the shores of the Pacific Ocean when a bewildering, seemingly mystical moment motivated him to take another look. But this time, it wasn't theology or scripture that led him back to God - it was science. Learn what brain scans reveal about what happens when we pray; how fundamentalism affects the psyche; and how God is revealed not only in scripture, but in the night sky, in subatomic particles, and in us. For the faithful and skeptic alike, this is a winsome, lucid, page-turning read about belonging, life's biggest questions, and the hope of knowing God in an age of science."--Provided by publisher.

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