This is an ecumenical website of resources and reflections on liturgy, spirituality, and worship for individuals and communities. It is run by Rev. Bosco Peters.
How To Be An Agnostic by Mark Vernon. (272 pages). I really appreciate books written in a humble tone – exploring faith, and acknowledging the integrity of a variety of approaches; where the author gives his/her own perspective – and acknowledges that there are other ways of looking at things. And that s/he might be… Continue Reading
The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith by Peter Hitchens (Zondervan 2010). Peter Hitchens is the brother of well-known anti-theist, Christopher Hitchens. I had expected more of a book that worked systematically through arguments for God’s existence and against the points that Christopher Hitchens makes. Instead, in this relatively short book, there… Continue Reading
The Grand DesignStephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow Sorry. This book did not live up to the hype. With the headlines screaming that Stephen Hawking had disproved God: “God did not create the universe, says Hawking”. And the High Priest of antitheism, Richard Dawkins, declaring, “Darwinism kicked God out of biology but physics remained more uncertain…. Continue Reading
There are a number of versions of this online, this is the best quality one I found, I think. Here is another version. And another.
One of my followers on twitter, a university professor, in response to my recent post about Richard Dawkins pointed me to an article by Michael Ruse. Michael Ruse is an atheist. He is a philosopher of biology. Ruse is well known for his arguments against “Intelligent Design”. But Ruse holds that it is possible to… Continue Reading
Some of my best friends are atheists. God is with them. God is present where God’s name is never heard, and God does not affirm all that is done where God’s name is regularly pronounced. Some people tell me, “I do not believe in God.” My response often is, “tell me about this “God” you… Continue Reading
