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The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Country:United States
Language:English
Media Type:Print (Hardback)
Pages:293 pp (first edition)
Isbn:978-1-101-21765-8

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (2008) is a book[1] and DVD on Christian apologetics by Timothy J. Keller, a scholar and founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Book

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism deals with objections to Christian belief in Part 1, "The Leap of Doubt". Skeptical authors cited include J. L. Mackie,[2] Richard Dawkins,[3] Daniel Dennett,[4] Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens.[5] It invokes critical rationality or critical rationalism[6] at "Intermission" as a method of stating arguments for God and belief in Part 2, "The Reasons for Faith".

In the book, Keller draws from diverse sources, including the Bible, C. S. Lewis, Francis Collins,[7] Alvin Plantinga,[8] Stephen Jay Gould,[9] Rodney Stark,[10] Anne Rice,[11] Annie Dillard,[12] Flannery O'Connor, Jonathan Edwards, Søren Kierkegaard,[13] and N. T. Wright.[14]

The book received awards from World magazine[15] and Christianity Today[16] and was #7 on The New York Times Best Seller list for non-fiction in March 2008.[17]

Prequel

A book by Keller after The Reason for God, described by him as a prequel to it, is Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical (2016).[18]

DVD

The Reasons for God: Conversations on Faith and Life is a recording of Timothy Keller meeting with a group of people over six sessions to address their doubts and objections to Christianity.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Discussed by Keller at:
    • Tim Keller: "The Reason for God" | Talks at Google, including Q&A afterwards. Uploaded on Mar 18, 2008.
    • Anthony Sacramone (2008). "An Interview with Timothy Keller," First Things, Feb. 25. Uploaded on July 11, 2017.
  2. J.L. Mackie, 1982. The Miracle of Theism, Oxford.
  3. Richard Dawkins, 2006. The God Delusion, Houghton Mifflin.
  4. Daniel C. Dennett, 2006. , Viking.
  5. Christopher Hitchens, 2007. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Twelve/Hachette Book Group USA/Warner Books.
  6. For which a technical usage is found at Critical rationalism.
  7. Francis S. Collins, 2006. , Free Press.
  8. Web site: Keller's affinity with Rome - The New Calvinist.
  9. Web site: Stephen Jay Gould - The Doubting Thomases.
  10. Rodney Stark, 2003. For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery, Princeton.
  11. Web site: Anne Rice on Liberal Jesus Scholars. Bill. Pratt. 1 July 2011.
  12. Web site: The Reason For God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism – A critique (Chapter Nine: The Knowledge Of God). 6 November 2013.
  13. Web site: Book review: "The Reason for God". 1 March 2010.
  14. Web site: An Interview with Timothy Keller - Anthony Sacramone.
  15. [Marvin Olasky]
  16. Web site: 2009 Christianity Today Book Awards – Apologetics/Evangelism.
  17. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3DC133AF930A15750C0A96E9C8B63&scp=8&sq=reason+for+god+keller&st=nyt BEST SELLERS: NONFICTION: Sunday, March 23rd 2008
  18. • Talks at Google (2016). "Tim Keller: Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical", Keller's discussion, followed by Q&A. Oct. 19.
    • Matthew Lee Anderson et al. (2016). Mere Fidelity: with Tim Keller, on ‘Making Sense of God’ podcast interview. December 13.
    • Timothy Keller (2016). Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical, Viking.
    • Publishers Weekly description, Sept. 2016, and book Contents.
    • Andrew J. Spencer (2016). "Making Sense of God - A Review," Ethics and Culture blog. Oct. 4. Retrieved 2016-12-20.

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