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In my new book, The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case for Process Naturalism , I detail the growing skepticism around belief in the existence of God. I make the case that atheism will continue to be seen as an attractive alternative to theism as long as the case for belief remains unadapted to modern objections. Perhaps no issue looms larger than that of the problem of evil. Indeed, evil is no less present, pernicious and perplexing in the modern world than it has ever been.

In my new book, The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case for Process Naturalism , I detail the growing skepticism around belief in the existence of God. I make the case that atheism will continue to be seen as an attractive alternative to theism as long as the case for belief remains unadapted to modern objections. (1) Perhaps no issue looms larger than that of the problem of evil. Indeed, evil is no less present, pernicious and perplexing in the modern world than it has ever b

In my new book, The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case for Process Naturalism , I detail the growing skepticism around belief in the existence of God. I make the case that atheism will continue to be seen as an attractive alternative to theism as long as the case for belief remains unadapted to modern objections. (1) Perhaps no issue looms larger than that of the problem of evil. Indeed, evil is no less present, pernicious and perplexing in the modern world than it has ever b

In my new book, The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case from Process Naturalism , I detail the growing skepticism around belief in the existence of God. I make the case that atheism will continue to be seen as an attractive alternative to theism as long as the case for belief remains unadapted to modern objections. (1) Perhaps no issue looms larger than that of the problem of evil. Indeed, evil is no less present, pernicious and perplexing in the modern world than it has ever

A week ago today, I published my fourth book. It is entitled The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case for Process Naturalism . In it, I explore the problems supernaturalism (which I define as the "idea of a divine being who can, and perhaps does, occasionally override the world's most fundamental causal processes") creates for theism. In my book, I posit that the problems of theodicy, divine hiddenness, biblical literalism, and the divide between science and religion, can be be

"It is vain for rationalism to grumble about this. If the mystical truth that comes to a man proves to be a force that he can live by, what mandate have we of the majority to order him to live any other way." (1) The Experiential Argument for God's Existence As a brief review, here is my argument to date: Premise 1 :  Human beings have experiences that evoke a profound sense of dependence, awe, and transcendence (what Schleiermacher calls the feeling of absolute dependence).

A Brief Intermission I have been enjoying the last couple of months writing my Defense for the Existence of God from Experience . There...

"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it,...

The Experiential Argument for God's Existence As a brief review, here is my argument to date: Premise 1 :  Human beings have experiences...

The Experiential Argument for God's Existence If you have missed the past few posts, here is my argument to date: Premise 1 :  Human...

The Argument for God from Experience In this blog series, I will be defending my argument for the existence of God from experience. You can find my original post here . In short, the argument goes like this: Premise 1 : Human beings have experiences that evoke a profound sense of dependence, awe, and transcendence (what Schleiermacher calls the feeling of absolute dependence). Premise 2 : These experiences are epistemically significant. Importantly, they constitute non-propos

The Argument for God from Experience In this blog series, I will be defending my argument for the existence of God from experience. You can find my original post here . In short, the argument goes like this: Premise 1 : Human beings have experiences that evoke a profound sense of dependence, awe, and transcendence (what Schleiermacher calls the feeling of absolute dependence). Premise 2 : These experiences are epistemically significant. Importantly, they constitute non-propos

In Premise 1 of my Argument for the Existence of God from Experience , I state: Human beings have experiences that evoke a profound...

I have noted elsewhere the observation that current Gallup poling has belief in God among U.S. adults at 80%. This is down from 98% as...

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern theology, few ideas have stirred as much provocation as Friedrich Schleiermacher’s feeling of...

In the world of theology, few thinkers have sparked as much discussion as Friedrich Schleiermacher. His ideas have shaped modern...