God in proof : the story of a search, from the ancients to the Internet

"In this tour of the history of arguments for and against the existence of God, Nathan Schneider embarks on a remarkable intellectual, historical, and theological journey through the centuries of believers and unbelievers--from ancient Greeks, to medieval Arabs, to today's most eminent philosophers and the New Atheists. Framed by an account of Schneider's own unique journey, God in Proof illuminates the great minds who wrestled with one of history's biggest questions together with their arguments, bringing them to life in their time, and our own. Schneider's sure-handed portrayal of the characters and ideas involved in the search for proof challenges how we normally think about doubt and faith while showing that, in their quest for certainty and the proofs to declare it, thinkers on either side of the God divide are often closer to one another than they would like to think."-- Read more... Abstract: "In this tour of the history of arguments for and against the existence of God, Nathan Schneider embarks on a remarkable intellectual, historical, and theological journey through the centuries of believers and unbelievers--from ancient Greeks, to medieval Arabs, to today's most eminent philosophers and the New Atheists. Framed by an account of Schneider's own unique journey, God in Proof illuminates the great minds who wrestled with one of history's biggest questions together with their arguments, bringing them to life in their time, and our own. Schneider's sure-handed portrayal of the characters and ideas involved in the search for proof challenges how we normally think about doubt and faith while showing that, in their quest for certainty and the proofs to declare it, thinkers on either side of the God divide are often closer to one another than they would like to think." In this tour of the history of arguments for and against the existence of God, Nathan Schneider embarks on a remarkable intellectual, historical, and theological journey through the centuries of believers and unbelieversfrom ancient Greeks, to medieval Arabs, to todays most eminent philosophers and the New Atheists. Framed by an account of Schneiders own unique journey, God in Proof illuminates the great minds who wrestled with one of historys biggest questions together with their arguments, bringing them to life in their time, and our own. Schneiders sure-handed portrayal of the characters and ideas involved in the search for proof challenges how we normally think about doubt and faith while showing that, in their quest for certainty and the proofs to declare it, thinkers on either side of the God divide are often closer to one another than they would like to think. Read an excerpt here: (http://www.scribd.com/doc/180881641/God-in-Proof-The-Story-of-a-Search-from-the-Ancients-to-the-InternetBy-Nathan-Schneider) God in Proof: The Story of a Search from the Ancients to the InternetBy Nathan Schneider by (http://www.scribd.com/ucpress) University of California Press "In this tour of the history of arguments for and against the existence of God, Nathan Schneider embarks on a remarkable intellectual, historical, and theological journey through the centuries of believers and unbelievers--from ancient Greeks, to medieval Arabs, to today's most eminent philosophers and the New Atheists. Framed by an account of Schneider's own unique journey, God in Proof illuminates the great minds who wrestled with one of history's biggest questions together with their arguments, bringing them to life in their time, and our own. Schneider's sure-handed portrayal of the characters and ideas involved in the search for proof challenges how we normally think about doubt and faith while showing that, in their quest for certainty and the proofs to declare it, thinkers on either side of the God divide are often closer to one another than they would like to think."-- Publisher's statement on Amazon.com Content: Sketches of Babel -- First causes: ancient times and reasonable measures -- Island: Muslims and Jews make proof safe for Revelation -- Grammars of assent: a monk and a friar restore proofs to Christendom -- On certainty: early modernity turns a familiar proof inside out and upside down -- Coming of age: enlightenment, from the all-destroyer to an absolute idea -- Grandeur in this view of life: a couple of rocky centuries for the argument from design -- Deaths of God: absence, progress, and evil in the twentieth century?s ruins -- Dead yet: theism makes a comeback in philosophy -- God, hypothesis: proof sneaks into the latest science -- Proof industry: old proofs turn into movements, then go viral on the Internet -- God, alone. Sketches of Babel First causes : ancient times and reasonable measures The island : Muslims and Jews make proof safe for revelation Grammars of assent : a comeback in Christendom On certainty : early modernity upends a familiar proof Coming of age : from the all-destroyer to an absolute idea Grandeur in this view of life : design and its discontents The deaths of God : human progress and divine absence Not yet dead : theism makes a comeback in philosophy God, hypothesis : proof sneaks into the latest science The proof industry : old proofs turn into viral movements God, alone.