Books

Recommended Reading

Books on the existence of God.

Introductory Works

Twenty Compelling Evidences That God Exists Kenneth Boa and Robert Bowman David C. Cook, 2005

GOD?: A Debate Between a Christian and an Atheist William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Oxford University Press, 2004

Does God Exist?: The Debate Between Theists & Atheists J. P. Moreland and Kai Nielsen Prometheus Books, 1993

The Case for a Creator Lee Strobel Zondervan, 2005

Advanced Works

Philosophy Of Religion: A Reader and Guide William Lane Craig, ed. Rutgers University Press, 2002

Does God Exist?: The Craig-Flew Debate William Lane Craig and Antony Flew Ashgate, 2003

God, Reason and Theistic Proofs Stephen T. Davis Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997

Is Goodness without God Good Enough? Nathan King and Robert Garcia, Eds. Rowman and Littlefield, 2008 (forthcoming)

Universes John Leslie Routledge, 1996

Theism and Ultimate Explanation: The Necessary Shape of Contingency Timothy O’connor Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

The Nature of Necessity Alvin Plantinga Oxford University Press, 1979

The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment Alexander Pruss Cambridge University Press, 2006

The Future of Atheism: Alister McGrath and Daniel Dennett in Dialogue Robert Stewart, ed. Fortress Press, 2008 (forthcoming)

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