Contents

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Prologue

1 False trails

Seeking theoretical proof

Seeing is believing

Filling in the gaps

Miracles

Argument from design

Another argument from design

Holy people and holy writings

The Ground of All Being

2 A new direction

Knowing God

The conscious God

The phenomenon of consciousness

The God within

The mind: evolutionary psychology

The mind: other approaches

The otherness of the mind

The roots of belief

3 Retracing steps

The final stage of our journey

Why a world?

What kind of world?

Creation through evolution

Evil and suffering

Death and eternal life

Learning from other people

Epilogue

References

Further reading

Index