Atheism · The Case Against God by Smith, George H. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

THE SKEPTICS BOOKSHELF Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Introduction PART ONE: - ATHEISM AND GOD Chapter 1. - The Scope of Atheism

I - The Myths of Atheism II - The Meaning of Atheism III - Agnosticism IV - The Varieties of Atheism V - Jacques Maritain and the Slander of Atheism VI - What Atheism Is Not VII - The Significance of Atheism VIII - Theism on the Defense

Chapter 2. - The Concept of God

I - The Meaning of “God” II - Atheism and the Concept of God

Chapter 3. - The God of Christianity

I - An Escape from Agnosticism II - Knowing the Christian God III - God and Intelligibility IV - God, Being and Existence V - The Powers of God VI - God and Goodness VII - The Collapse Into Agnosticism

PART TWO: - REASON, FAITH AND REVELATION Chapter 4. - Reason Versus Faith

I - Clarifying the Issue II - The Attack on Reason III - The Nature of the Conflict IV - Rejoinders and Arguments V - The Dilemma of Faith

Chapter 5. - The Skepticism of Faith

I - Spheres of Influence II - Universal Skepticism III - The Contextual Nature of Knowledge IV - Skepticism and the Primacy of Faith V - Skepticism and Sense Perception

Chapter 6. - The Varieties of Faith

I - The Bible, Faith and Misology II - Faith as Authoritative Trust III - Voluntarist Theories of Faith IV - The End of Faith

Chapter 7. - Revelation

I - The Bible II - Miracles

PART THREE: - THE ARGUMENTS FOR GOD Chapter 8. - Natural Theology

I - The Final Appeal II - The Conditions of Proof III - “God” as an Explanatory Concept

Chapter 9. - The Cosmological Arguments

I - The First Cause Argument II - The Sustaining First Cause III - The Contingency Argument IV - The Entropy Argument

Chapter 10. - The Design Arguments

I - The Teleological Argument II - The Analogical Argument III - The Argument from Life

PART FOUR: - GOD: THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES Chapter 11. - Ethics, Rationality, and Religion

I - Introduction II - The Science of Ethics III - Normative Ethics and Meta-ethics IV - Rational Mortality

Chapter 12. - The Sins of Christianity

I - Religious Morality II - The Conflicting Virtues III - The Ethics of Jesus

Notes Selected Reading List Index