Against Atheism: Why Dawkins, Hitchens, and Harris Are Fundamentally Wrong

Introduction: Meeting Fred and Natalie 1

1 Getting inside Fundamentalist Atheism: The Gentle Atheism of Dawkins, Hitchens, and Harris 7

2 Nietzsche: The Last Real Atheist 28

Interlude: The Perspective from God 46

3 Appreciating the Faith Discourse 50

4 Physics: The Grown-up Science 65

5 A Revealing God 80

6 Christianity 92

7 Islam 105

8 Suffering, Providence, and Horrid Religious People 116

9 Religion and the Future 128

10 Faith and Uncertainty – Believing the Truth 135

Conclusion 144

Notes 147

Select Bibliography 156

Index 159