Why Believe?: Reason and Mystery as Pointers to God

by C. Stephen Evans

Overview

Why do some people believe while others don't? Why do some change their beliefs? Is Christianity a viable option in today's intellectual world where Christianity is often regarded as intellectually disreputable? In Why Believe?, a highly readable defense of the Christian faith, C. Stephen Evans discusses these questions and shows that belief in God still makes sense in a world of many religious options.

Evans outlines a simple yet solid case for historic Christian belief and responds to such common objections as: Why would a good God permit evil? Is Christian belief unscientific? Is Christianity sexist? If Christianity is true, why have so many social evils been done in the name of Christ? He also makes the case for faith by pointing to cogent objective evidence and to the signs and clues that God displays in ordinary human experience and shows why Jesus is the final revelation of that God.

Originally published as The Quest for Faith (InterVarsity Press), Why Believe? has been extensively rewritten and includes many pages of new material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802801272
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/28/1996
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

C. Stephen Evans is University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University and director of the Baylor Center for Christian Philosophy. He is also Professorial Fellow at the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St. Andrews and at the Institute for Religion and Critical Enquiry at Australian Catholic University. His numerous books include A History of Western Philosophy, God and Moral Obligation, Kierkegaard: An Introduction, and Why Believe?

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Thinking about Faith?
2. God in the Courtroom
3. God and Santa Claus
4. The Mysterious Universe
5. The Mystery of the Moral Order
6. The Mystery of Persons
7. The Divine Suitor
8. Was Jesus Really God?
9. Miracles and the Bible
10. Why Would a Good God Allow . . . ?
11. But Isn't Religion Just . . . ?
12. Good News and Bad News
13. Making a Commitment

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Editorial Reviews

Christianity Today
"This clear-headed guide by a leading Christian philosopher is a good book to give seekers, but it also could be used with profit in a college-level small group where students are wrestling with challenges to their faith."

From the Publisher

This clear-headed guide by a leading Christian philosopher is a good book to give seekers, but it also could be used with profit in a college-level small group where students are wrestling with challenges to their faith.

Christianity Today