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==Classic works== | ==Classic works== | ||
| − | * | + | * G. K. Chesterton ''Orthodoxy'' [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/130 online] Many other editions exist. |
| − | * | + | * C. S. Lewis ''Mere Christianity'' (HarperOne, 2012). ISBN 9780061350214. Many other editions exist. |
==Biologists== | ==Biologists== | ||
| − | + | *Simon Conway Morris | |
| − | + | ** Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Cambridge University Press, 2004). 9780521603256 | |
| − | * | + | ** The Deep Structure of Biology: Is Convergence Sufficiently Ubiquitous to Give a Directional Signal (Templeton Press, 2008). ISBN 9781599471389 |
| − | ** The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief | + | * Francis Collins (Head of Human Genome Project) |
| − | ** Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith | + | ** The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (Free Press, 2007). ISBN 9781416542742 |
| + | ** Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith (HaperOne, 2010). ISBN 9780061787348 | ||
==Serious Philosophers== | ==Serious Philosophers== | ||
Revision as of 17:14, 28 November 2012
- Mormon responses to atheism
- Non-LDS books that treat matters of interest to atheism
Classic works
- G. K. Chesterton Orthodoxy online Many other editions exist.
- C. S. Lewis Mere Christianity (HarperOne, 2012). ISBN 9780061350214. Many other editions exist.
Biologists
- Simon Conway Morris
- Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Cambridge University Press, 2004). 9780521603256
- The Deep Structure of Biology: Is Convergence Sufficiently Ubiquitous to Give a Directional Signal (Templeton Press, 2008). ISBN 9781599471389
- Francis Collins (Head of Human Genome Project)
- The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (Free Press, 2007). ISBN 9781416542742
- Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith (HaperOne, 2010). ISBN 9780061787348
Serious Philosophers
- Anthony Flew, There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind (HarperOne, 2008). ISBN 9780061335303
- Alvin Plantinga, Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism
- Thomas Nagel, Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False (Oxford University Press, USA, 2012). ISBN 9780199919758
Nagel is an atheist, but essentially endorses the "hard problem of consciousness" type of problem that Plantinga explores in his book above (including citation to it). He argues that strict materialism can't be true (i.e., matter before all, yielding minds) and theism is unattractive to him (mind before all, giving matter). So, he believes there must be a third option, which he doesn't spell out but thinks is necessary. At any rate, he regards the current materialistic atheism as inadequate, though does not yet have something to put in its place.
More Popular Books
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism"
- Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics" by William Lane Craig {{An|Craig has a more evangelical approach that Mormons may properly be skeptical of (such arguing for an ex-nihilo creation—see here for a negative of his review to use similar concepts in an effort to refute LDS ideas about theism) but he still does a good job showing the weakness in common atheist arguments and is only presenting age old arguments for God that have been around for centuries but yet are powerful. Videos are also available here and here.