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MindOverMatter2
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Tell me.
What is the best book that "Keith Ward" has contributed to the science/theology synthesis?
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Pieman333272
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I’ve read two, my favorites Why There Almost Certainly Is a God: Doubting Dawkins. Its my favorite rebuttal for the God Delusion, even though its a little short and regressive for the experienced philosopher. I also like Is Religion Dangerous? which I find helpful for debating “Dawkinists”, because it uses a philosophical, personal, and historical defense for religion. I haven’t read it, but God: A Guide for the Perplexed is enjoyed by many philosophy lovers, and fits your criteria pretty well, its about the relationship between philosophy, religion, and science. It also goes and links religion to ancient poetry and art. I think there are better philosophers/theologians, but he is very good in his fields nevertheless. He’s ordained too, I think he’s Anglo-Catholic. I read a lot of different Christian philosophy/theology/apologetics/history books, so I can tell you about quite a few different authors in the field.
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MindOverMatter2
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OkayI read a lot of different Christian philosophy/theology/apologetics/history books, so I can tell you about quite a few different authors in the field.
. Keiths book against Dawkins sounds interesting. tell me what you think of Alastair Magrath. I have just read “The twilight of Atheism”. Have you read anything else from him, and what would you recommend?
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Anselm33
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I’ve read most of them. The latest, “The big questions in Science and Theology” (approx, I have to go upstairs to get the book and the exact title), is sort of a pot-boiler, rehashes stuff from the past, and tries to be extraordinarily fair to non-believers and to other religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.) The one I like the best is “God, Chance and Necessity”, which is, IMO, his best apologetics book and defence of theism against. scientism.
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Windfish
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I own and have read large parts of Is Religion Dangerous?, and I don’t think it’s very helpful at all. I would have appreciated a far more historical approach which focused on examining the many historical claims made by Dawkins et al.
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Windfish
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What did you think about The Twilight of Atheism? Is he being too optimistic, or are his historical projections spot-on?Okay
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Pieman333272
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I’ve read The Open Secret: A New Vision for Natural Theology a few months ago. Very interesting, its about Natural Theology from the Christian and apologetics perspective in the 21st Century, its amazing how he fuses so many fields (history, science, other Christian theology, philosophy, psychology, arts, and others) into that work to demonstrate the new hope for the field. I’ve considered buying Dawkins’ God… but I’m not sure I need another critique of Dawkins right now, having Ward’s 2 books dealing with it and The Irrational Atheist, though it doesn’t prove God, are good enough for me.Okay
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MindOverMatter2
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Yes, I am going to read open secret. What about the case for religion by Keith Ward? What do you think of that?I’ve read The Open Secret: A New Vision for Natural Theology a few months ago. Very interesting, its about Natural Theology from the Christian and apologetics perspective in the 21st Century, its amazing how he fuses so many fields (history, science, other Christian theology, philosophy, psychology, arts, and others) into that work to demonstrate the new hope for the field. I’ve considered buying Dawkins’ God… but I’m not sure I need another critique of Dawkins right now, having Ward’s 2 books dealing with it and The Irrational Atheist, though it doesn’t prove God, are good enough for me.
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Pieman333272
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I haven’t read that one. It seems interesting and strong (even skeptics give it decent reviews), and I think it makes a nice philosophical/reason-based case for religion from what I’ve seen.Yes, I am going to read open secret. What about the case for religion by Keith Ward? What do you think of that?
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