A Clash of Fundamentalisms
Denis Alexander rassesses Richard Dawkins' two part Channel 4 TV programme The Root of All Evil? as a piece of propaganda. Anyone who is…
New Atheism, New Apologetics
How Christian apologetics has used science in its response to the claims of the New Atheists. Boyle Lecture 2014.
The Language of God
In a talk entitled 'The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief' given at The Veritas Forum at the California Institute…
Western Literature and the Death of God
This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…
“This House Believes God is a Delusion”
On 22 November 2007, the Birmingham University Debating Society considered the motion: “This House Believes God is a Delusion”.…
Is Evolution Atheistic?
When Richard Dawkins wrote that his discovery of evolution had enabled him to be an ‘intellectually fulfilled atheist’, many…
Tree-Surgery for Atheists
Recently, Colin Blakemore tried to argue that the relentless march of science was leaving precious little room in which religion could…
What Would God say to Richard Dawkins?
Melvin Tinker considers what God might want to say to Richard Dawkins in the light of his recent book The God Delusion. For more…
Atheism and Child Abuse
I woke up this morning to a radio news item about the continuing scandal of child abuse carried out by some Catholic priests during the…