Table of Contents

    • Foreward  9
    • Acknowledgments  10
    • Introduction  11
  • 1. The Cosmological Argument  15
    • Forms of the Argument
    • Statement of the Argument
    • Defense of the Kalam Argument
  • 2. The Design Argument  43
    • Different Kinds of Design
    • Different Form of Design Arguments
    • Criticisms of the Argument(s)
  • 3. God and the Argument from Mind  77
    • Arguments for Dualism
    • The Origins of Mind
  • 4. God and the Meaning of Life  105
    • Metaethics and the Meaning of Moral Statements
    • Reasons for Being Moral
    • Four Views of the Meaning of Life
  • 5. The Historicity of the New Testament  133
    • General Tests for Historicity
    • The Presence of Eyewitnesses
    • The Gospels and Jewish Oral Tradition
    • Marks of Historicity
    • The Time Factor
  • 6. The Resurrection of Jesus  159
    • The Empty Tomb
    • The Resurrection Appearance
    • Four Key Features of the Early Church
    • Hellenistic Influences
  • 7. Science and Christianity  185
    • The Debate About Scientific Realism
    • The Limits of Science
    • Models of Integrating Science and Theology
    • Creation and Evolution
  • 8. Four Final Issues  225
    • The Visibility of God
    • God as a Psychological Projection
    • Religious Experience
    • Moral Relativism

    • Conclusion  249
    • Index  269