The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

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Penguin, Aug 4, 2009 - Religion - 352 pages
A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek).

Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.





 

 

 

 

Contents

How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?
22
THREE
28
Christianity Is a Straitjacket
35
FOUR
41
3
88
EIGHT
131
NINE
148
ELEVEN
180
FOURTEEN
222
35
226
Where Do We Go from Here?
237
Acknowledgments
253
22
256
The Church Is Responsible for So Much Injustice
270
SEVEN
277
Index
299

TWELVE
193
THIRTEEN
209

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Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was in Hopewell, Virginia. In 1989 he started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Today, Redeemer has nearly six thousand regular Sunday attendees and has helped to start more than three hundred new churches around the world. He is the author of The Songs of JesusPrayerEncounters with JesusWalking with God Through Pain and SufferingEvery Good Endeavor, and The Meaning of Marriage, among others, including the perennial bestsellers The Reason for God and The Prodigal God.

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