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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on transliteration
List of illustrations
Chapter 1: Does God exist?
Speaking of God: philosophers and poets
Words and meanings
Speaking of God: analogy, omnipotence and omniscience
Atheism
The death of God: transcendence and immanence
Arguments that point to God
Observation and inference
Chapter 2: Why believe in God?
Change and reliability in understanding God and the universe
Neuroscience and experience
Chapter 3 The religions of Abraham_ Jewish understandings of God
The Canaanites and the Promised Land
David, the Temple, and the Messiah
Suffering and death
One God and holiness
Chapter 4 The religions of Abraham_ Christian understandings of God
The Covenant and Torah
Jesus and God
The Crucifixion and the Resurrection
The Son of God
The unfolding of doctrine: Christology, Atonement, and the Trinity
Chapter 5 The religions of Abraham_ Muslim understandings of God
Muhammad
The Quran
The People of the Book
The Will of God
Chapter 6: Religions of India
Some basic beliefs
Worship and seeing God
The Vedas and the Devas
Vishnu
Shiva
Mahadevi
The One and the Many
Chapter 7: On knowing and not knowing God
Publisher’s Acknowledgements
References
Further reading
Index
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