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Index
Cover
Half Title
Also available from Bloomsbury
Title Page
Contents
Preface
1 Truth
A historical dialectic
Antithesis
Synthesis
True’s linguistic family
Theistic discourse
Theology’s medium
2 Theism
A comparison
Possible identity
Probable identity
Too narrow?
3 Diversity
Empirical puzzlement
Mysterious matter
Mysterious materialism
Transition
4 Freedom
A three-part dialectic
Etiology
A theistically friendly alternative
Still deeper
5 Goodness
A value-based approach
Objections
Skepticism’s further sources
Deeper dialectics
6 Evil
Atheists’ case
Diagnostic probing
7 Afterlife
Mysterious depths
Glimpses
Popular perceptions
Conceptual depths
Persons
Near-death experiences
Factual impoverishment
The mystery of personal afterlife
Variations
“Tedious”?
8 Eternity
Omega?
Scientific paradigms
Beyond the beyond
9 Focusing
Proofs
Theistic proofs
Holistic alternatives
A probabilistic calculus?
A plausible system of belief
10 Convergence
An opening comparison
Comparable experiences
More varied intimations
Broader horizons
Evil in final focus
Still wider perspectives
Counterpoint
Further dialectic
A tailored target
A contextual contrast
The problem of religious pluralism
Theistic mirage
Conflicting experiences
The perils of commitment
The puzzle of creation
The adequacy of science
Blind evolution
The scientific necessity of the universe
Freedom’s threat
An alternative single universe
The multiple-universes hypothesis
Basic, unjustifiable evil
A futuristic perspective
Wider etiology
Ultimate horizons
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Copyright Page
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