This new, updated edition of richard swinburne s popular introductory book is there a god. Oxford university press, paperback edition 1997 144 pages. No other work has made a more powerful case for the probability of the existence of god. Revised edition 2010 paperback, 144 pages i have not used this edition. Richard swinburne and gods timelessness catholic culture. Editions for is there a god 0198235453 paperback published in 1997, 019958043x paperback published in 2010, 0198235445 hardcover published in 1996.
Richard swinburne argues compellingly that if there is a god, then the main doctrines which the christian church teaches about god are very probably true. Thank you to all of our fans, customers, and affiliates for supporting us in our journey to share our seasonings across the world. Swinburne gives a rigorous and penetrating analysis of the most important arguments for theism. Single bottles are priced to match the bundle pricing. This edition is a shorter version of the existence of god, 1979. Hes written a number of books, commended by many deeply committed christians. Springerlink includes scholarly ebooks on biomedical, life and environmental sciences, physics, astronomy and chemistry, materials science and engineering, computing, business and economics, humanities, social and behavioural science and law view and read. Cosmologists have rolled back their theories to the moment of the big bang, the discovery of dna reveals the key to life, the. The picture of the universe that science gives us iscompleted by god. It may seem today that the answers to all fundamental questions lie in the province of science, and that the scientific advances of the twentieth century leave little room for god. He presents a new, stronger argument why theism does and materialism does not provide a very simple ultimate explanation of the world. Richard swinburne presents a substantially rewritten and updated edition of his most celebrated book.
In particular, he shows that there is strong philosophical support for the belief that jesus, while remaining god, acquired a human nature and lived on earth for thirty years as a human being. Professor swinburne uses the methods of scientific reasoning to argue that the best answers to these questions are given by the existence of god. Features new sections on how the existence of god explains the universe, drawing on ideas from physics about multiple universes. Richard swinburne is a remarkable scholar, but in this particular case im not quite sure what to do with him.
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