But among the increasingly multiethnic younger professionals and the working-class immigrants there was a lush, category-defying variety of strong religious beliefs. For example, if you doubt Christianity because “There can’t be just one true religion,” you must recognize that this statement is itself an act of faith. The Reason for God: Belief in an age of scepticism Timothy Keller… How do you know your belief is true? Believers and nonbelievers will rise to the level of disagreement rather than simply denouncing one another. He contended that doctrinal differences between Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism were superficial and insignificant, that they all believed in the same God. “All major religions are equally valid and basically teach the same thing.”. He saw a way to get the courage to face the inevitable suffering of the future, and to know there would be a path through it. It is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them. Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2018, [Update 14-May-2019 – added to the review]. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism … Timothy Keller is renowned for his clear, reasoned approach to Christian apologetics and his book THE REASON FOR GOD: BELIEF IN AN AGE OF SKEPTICISM was named Book of the Year for 2008 by … As the pastor of a growing church in Manhattan, Keller utilizes his skill in delivering sermons to strong effect. Today, however, the now-dubbed “old-line” Protestant churches of cultural, inherited faith are aging and losing members rapidly. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. The book is written with kindness and compassion, rather than an attitude of superiority. In the fall of 2006 The Economist ran a story with the subtitle “Christianity is collapsing everywhere but London.” The crux of the article was that despite the fact that church attendance and profession of the Christian faith was plummeting across Britain and Europe, many young professionals (and new immigrants) in London were flocking to evangelical churches.8 That is exactly what I’ve seen here. There is no reason to expect that to change. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2018. Church meant families; New York City was filled with young singles and “nontraditional” households. Is skepticism or faith on the ascendancy in the world today? And that means sadly I can't even give the book away, and it must be consigned to the garbage bin. This is strongly recommended for all, even if you, like me, sometimes cow away from the world of Christian literature which is, unfortunately, saturated with trite and poorly written works which do more to undermine the faith than to promote it. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. How could a loving God judge and punish? Find all the books, read about the author, and more. But it needs to be said that faith-journeys are never simply intellectual exercises. No one can prove it empirically, and it is not a universal truth that everyone accepts. No, it is a leap of faith, a deep belief that individual rights operate not only in the political sphere but also in the moral. Finally, to his surprise, during his times of meditation he discovered his “moments of normally pure quiet and stillness were constantly interrupted by visions of Jesus on the cross.” He began to pray to the Christian God, and soon he realized that his dominant life narrative had been the escape and total avoidance of suffering. In 1989 he started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Then he began listening to the ends of the sermons and realizing they posed an intellectual challenge that he had not wanted to face. While I had “said my prayers” for years, and while I sometimes had that inspirational, aesthetic sense of wonder at the sight of a sea or mountain, I had never experienced God’s presence personally. Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2018. One credit a month to pick any title from our entire premium selection to keep (you’ll use your first credit now). This item: The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller Paperback CDN$22.77. One student insisted that what mattered was to believe in God and to be a loving person yourself. That meant the ministry, so I entered it just a few years after college. In this apologia for Christian faith, Keller mines material from literary classics, philosophy, anthropology and a multitude of other disciplines to make an intellectually compelling case for God. Please try again. “Don’t tell people they have to believe in Jesus—that’s considered narrow-minded here.” They were incredulous when I explained that the beliefs of the new church would be the orthodox, historic tenets of Christianity—the infallibility of the Bible, the deity of Christ, the necessity of spiritual regeneration (the new birth)—all doctrines considered hopelessly dated by the majority of New Yorkers. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Church most of all meant belief, but Manhattan was the land of skeptics, critics, and cynics. The people most passionate about social justice were moral relativists, while the morally upright didn’t seem to care about the oppression going on all over the world. Now he saw how futile such a life goal was. Because of the vitality of religious faith in the world, efforts to suppress or control it often serve only to make it stronger. I have found myself lacking language to adequately express the "Reason" behind my belief in God and thus for my faith, and I was eager to read this book the moment I read the title. The problem with this position is its inconsistency. By the time she was an undergraduate at Columbia University, she had lost hope that life had any meaning to it. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller Book Review The most common oppositions people have against Christianity are, why miracles are real, how did we know that Jesus … Unfortunately the author compromises, i.e. $14.95 a month after 30 days. There are still many of a secular turn of mind who confidently say orthodox faith is vainly trying to “resist the tide of history,” though there is no historical evidence that religion is dying out at all. Written for skeptics and the believers who love them, the book draws on the author's encounters as founding pastor of New York's booming Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Christianity began to seem very unreal to me, though I was unable to discern a viable alternative way of life and thought. Really interesting. My family later found its way to a more conservative church in a small Methodist denomination. Kelly was an Ivy League atheist. If we stopped saying such things to ourselves it might make everyone more civil and generous toward opposing views. And that means sadly I can't even give the book away, and it must be consigned to the garbage bin. The social activism was particularly attractive, and the critique of American bourgeoisie society was compelling, but its philosophical underpinnings were confusing to me. Timothy Keller: The Reason for God, Making Sense of God and The Prodigal God: - Timothy Keller. He doesn't try to skirt around objections but faces them head on. Readers expecting Keller to deliver the usual pious bromides may experience a profound shock to their spiritual and social complacency. A case in point was the person of Jesus. Each religion informs its followers that they have “the truth,” and this naturally leads them to feel superior to those with differing beliefs. Those who deviate from them are stigmatized as foolish or dangerous. I seemed to see two camps before me, and there was something radically wrong with both of them. Many stand out, but one in particular is likely to change many lives and ways of thinking. It has been said before, but Tim Keller is C.S. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. $12.99. It's certainly the best book I've read of its type. The third barrier was a social one. Because of a variety of physical ailments from his youth, he took up the practice of Chinese healing arts, along with Taoist and Buddhist meditation, and became extremely focused on physical wellness. Surely that should lead to self-examination. Then I read this book. This would eliminate the self-talk that is rampant in each camp, namely that it will soon be extinct, overrun by the opposition. Being well acquainted with logic and rhetoric, the blatant logical fallacies often times presented as "proofs" is an embarrassment to Christian intellect. How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell? When he understood that Jesus had surrendered his physical health and life to save the world—and him—it moved him deeply. Unfortunately, I don’t believe any of them will be effective. It is widely believed that one of the main barriers to world peace is religion, and especially the major traditional religions with their exclusive claims to superiority. Nobody ever said “fuggedaboutit” out loud, but it always hung in the air. Buddhism doesn’t believe in a personal God at all. he assumes man to be correct over God. Religion is not just a temporary thing that helped us adapt to our environment. In another incident, Jesus meets a man who confesses that he is filled with doubts (Mark 9:24), who says to Jesus, “Help thou my unbelief”—help me with my doubts! At the end of each process, even if you remain the skeptic or believer you have been, you will hold your own position with both greater clarity and greater humility. Also, a religion tells its followers that they are saved and connected to God by devotedly performing that truth. Everyone wants to think that they are in the mainstream, that they are not extremists. As somebody who was brought up as a Catholic I have a fundamental faith that God exists. This item: The Reason for God: Conversations on Faith and Life - Six Lessons (Discussion Guide) by Timothy Keller Paperback CDN$10.76. This is an excellent book of popular theology which presents some compelling evidence and arguments for trusting in the truth of Christianity. Also, Keller occasionally gets caught up in presenting philosophical arguments and has a slight tendency to speed up as he lists his points. When I found that “band of brothers”—and sisters ( just as important! Rather, he makes his strongest points quietly. The three-hundred-page … This is an excellent book of popular theology which presents some compelling evidence and arguments for trusting in the truth of Christianity. However, it helped me and I found some of the arguments compelling. The Church Is Responsible for So Much Injustice. The God Delusion. Which unfortunately means I couldn't trust anything the author says before or after. The culture wars are taking a toll. Such an admission is not only reassuring, but also humbling. Many stand out, but one in particular is likely to change many lives and ways of thinking. But even as believers should learn to look for reasons behind their faith, skeptics must learn to look for a type of faith hidden within their reasoning. If he is willing to compromise in one place, everything else now potentially includes compromises, and I can't trust him as a good source of christian apologetics. God Is Not Great. Korea has gone from 1 percent to 40 percent Christian in a hundred years, and experts believe the same thing is going to happen in China. As the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, Timothy Keller has compiled a list of the most frequently voiced “doubts” skeptics bring to his church as well as the most important reasons for faith. Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. There's a problem loading this menu right now. --This text refers to the. That may be true or it may not be true, but, again, it is quite a leap of faith.10. This required not so much knowledge of techniques for prayer, but a process in which I came to grips with my own needs, flaws, and problems. But when I asked him who that God was, he described him as an all-loving Spirit in the universe. I was raised in a mainline Lutheran church in eastern Pennsylvania. Because I was always looking for that third camp, I became interested in shaping and initiating new Christian communities. I needed to balance myself by reading something from the other side of the argument. he assumes man to be correct over God. Meanwhile, dozens of other similarly orthodox-believing congregations have sprung up in Manhattan and hundreds of others throughout the four other boroughs. It reads like a Mere Christianity (CS Lewis) for the 21st century. By then she was living and working in the city. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. It is estimated that 10 to 25 percent of all the teachers and professors of philosophy in the country are orthodox Christians, up from less than 1 percent just thirty years ago.5 Prominent academic Stanley Fish may have had an eye on that trend when he reported, “When Jacques Derrida died [in November 2004] I was called by a reporter who wanted to know what would succeed high theory and the triumvirate of race, gender, and class as the center of intellectual energy in the academy. Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2018. Lewis's book MERE CHRISTIANITY. The result will exceed anything you can imagine. In both my preaching and personal interactions I’ve tried to respectfully help skeptics look at their own faith-foundations while at the same time laying bare my own to their strongest criticisms. This book of Christian apology is a 21st-century version of C.S. I found questions that I had long pondered answered and my faith in God deepened. Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. The great majority of people would almost certainly agree that they are. But at the same time, robust, orthodox belief in the traditional faiths is growing as well. We have come to a cultural moment in which both skeptics and believers feel their existence is threatened because both secular skepticism and religious faith are on the rise in significant, powerful ways. When the Chinese Communists expelled Western missionaries after World War II, they thought they were killing off Christianity in China. The Reason for God is assuredly one of the best Tim Keller books that we’ve had the chance to enjoy. Unlimited listening on select audiobooks, Audible Originals, and podcasts. In the second year of the course, however, the instructor was a new, young cleric just out of seminary. I have been disappointed by so many Christian books I read- especially those that try to "prove" God. It would be inconsistent to require more justification for Christian belief than you do for your own, but that is frequently what happens. We start down the road to Hitler’s death camps and Stalin’s gulag, he warns, whenever we refuse to recognize in fellow humans the divine image of God. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. But my experience as a pastor in New York has given me another incentive to write this volume. Drawing on sources as diverse as 19th-century author Robert Louis Stevenson and contemporary New Testament theologian N.T. I thoroughly recommend it and would encourage anyone investigating the Christian faith or questioning its foundations to pick it up. In the first year, we stood before a holy, just God whose wrath could only be turned aside at great effort and cost. In it Rev Dr Keller from Manhattan skillfully addresses some of the major obstacles to Christian faith, then presents some reasons, both philosophical (‘clues’) and historical, for trusting in Christ. And so I became a believer in Christ.”11. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God … This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. But the author had to set you up for the rest of the book. June was a graduate of an Ivy League university, living and working in Manhattan. We have neither the Western Christendom of the past nor the secular, religionless society that was predicted for the future. There is no empirical proof for such a position. I think these younger Christians are the vanguard of some major new religious, social, and political arrangements that could make the older form of culture wars obsolete. It would take another, different kind of book to go into them. They point out that politics has turned toward the right, supported by mega-churches and mobilized orthodox believers. In the past several years, my social circle has expanded to include many friends from backgrounds very different than mine. We once needed religion to help us cope with a very frightening, incomprehensible world. Timothy Keller demonstrates that caring for needy people is the job of every believer—not just church deacons—as fundamental to Christian living as evangelism, nurture, and worship. Read The Reason for God: Belief in an age of scepticism book reviews & author details and more at Amazon… Then Keller argues against various critiques of Christianity. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Christian Evangelism (Audible Books & Originals), Christian Apologetics (Audible Books & Originals), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. And in the New York Times bestselling The Reason for God, he addresses each doubt and explains each reason. The Reason for God makes a tight, accessible case for reasoned religious … In short, the world is polarizing over religion. Those who believe in God and Christianity are out to “impose their beliefs on the rest of us” and “turn back the clock” to a less enlightened time. I find myself with numerous relationships with individuals who identify as agnostic or atheist, all well educated and well read, working for social justice in the education circle. This approach creates an environment in which it is considered unenlightened and outrageous to make exclusive religious claims, even in personal conversations. Atheist author Sam Harris and Religious Right leader Pat Robertson should each admit the fact that his particular tribe is strong and increasing in influence. Another student looked at us clerics and said in his frustration, “We will never come to know peace on earth if religious leaders keep on making such exclusive claims!”. Major universities, media companies, and elite institutions are heavily secular, they say, and they control the culture. This book does not have all the answers and as some of the very lengthy reviews explain, some of the arguments are not backed up by much substance. It was almost like being instructed in two different religions. “How could there be just one true faith?” asked Blair, a twenty-four-year-old woman living in Manhattan. In the first half of this volume we will review the seven biggest objections and doubts about Christianity I’ve heard from people over the years. But I kept asking the question, “If morality is relative, why isn’t social justice as well?” This seemed to be a blatant inconsistency in my professors and their followers. “Religion has led to untold strife, division, and conflict. Helps me see things in a different light. The speaker is betting his or her life that no God exists who would hold you accountable for your beliefs and behavior if you didn’t feel the need for him. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism - Kindle edition by Keller, Timothy. During my college years, these three barriers eroded and my faith became vital and life-affecting. The enemies are both right. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2018. says it all. If he is willing to compromise in one place, everything else now potentially includes compromises, and I can't trust him as a good source of christian apologetics. He clearly believes evolution to be correct, and thus begins a convoluted section trying to rationalize the rather obvious nature of Genesis 1-2 into something it just isn't. But robust religious beliefs dominate the world. In the past several years, my social circle has expanded to include many friends from backgrounds very different than mine. – Publishers Weekly on The Reason for God “World has briefly reviewed about 200 books over the past year. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God. Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2019. Jeffrey was a New York City musician, raised in a conservative Jewish home. (Billy Graham) Book Description. Once this situation exists it can easily spiral down into the marginalization of others or even to active oppression, abuse, or violence against them. It has been said before, but Tim Keller is C.S. The End of Faith. “ Keller mines material from literary classics, philosophy, anthropology, and a multitude of other disciplines to make an intellectually compelling case for God. I thank God for him. Timothy Keller is renowned for his clear, reasoned approach to Christian apologetics and his book THE REASON FOR GOD: BELIEF IN AN AGE OF SCEPTICISM was named Book of the Year for 2008 by World Magazine. 5.0 out of 5 stars 5. Something more is now required. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. Arguments depend on having commonly held reference points that both sides can hold each other to. Most of these people just laugh at the idea of church, I was told. Several of her Christian friends at college spoke to her of their faith, but she was “rocky soil for the seeds” of their testimonies. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God … The history and philosophy departments were socially radicalized and were heavily influenced by the neo-Marxist critical theory of the Frankfurt School. ” – Marvin Olasky on The Reason for God Great stuff. She became so obsessed with her physical image that she developed eating disorders and substance addictions. This book does not have all the answers and as some of the very lengthy reviews explain, some of the arguments are not backed up by much substance. After all, what did her life mean? Soon, however, he became somewhat jealous of his Christian friends’ joy and hope for the future that he had not encountered before. Similar in power and weight to Mere Christianity by Lewis, Keller eloquently walks through many of the most common questions and concerns that are asked by non believers and believers alike, and clearly presents the soundness of the logic behind the truth in a rational, reasoned, unconfrontational way. Please try again. Kelly’s account recalls how, as a struggler with doubt and faith, the passage about Thomas in the New Testament was a comfort to her. In the late 1980s, my wife, Kathy, and I moved to Manhattan with our three young sons to begin a new church for a largely non-churchgoing population. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. I thoroughly recommend it and would encourage anyone investigating the Christian faith or questioning its foundations to pick it up. During the research phase I was told by almost everyone that it was a fool’s errand. But as we become more scientifically sophisticated and more able to understand and control our own environment, our need for religion would diminish, it was thought.4. Because doubt and belief are each on the rise, our political and public discourse on matters of faith and morality has become deadlocked and deeply divided. Church meant moderate or conservative; the city was liberal and edgy. With great humility, Keller shows how rather than being a leap of blind faith the gospel answers some of life's deepest questions. Their doubts about God were very stubborn, and yet they had doubts about their doubts, and so they began attending Redeemer. However, in today's society and working in an engineering job with many friends who are anti-religion I am commonly coming across vitriol about people with faith and I have realised that I need some more proof for myself and some better answers if/when my kids ask me what my belief is based upon. Rather they were intertwined and dependent on one another. This leads to a strange conclusion. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Cancel online anytime. This is a bitter pill for secular, nonreligious people to swallow. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God … After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The rest of this book lays out why I still think so. I have no beliefs about God one way or another. When Jesus confronted “doubting Thomas” he challenged him not to acquiesce in doubt (“believe!”) and yet responded to his request for more evidence. In the second year, we heard of a spirit of love in the universe, who mainly required that we work for human rights and the liberation of the oppressed. Kelly wrote, “As an atheist I thought I lived a moral, community-oriented, concerned-with-social-justice kind of life, but Christianity had an even higher standard—down to our thoughts and the state of our hearts. In The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy Keller, pastor of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church and bestselling author of The Reason for God, uses the scriptures as his guide to show readers what God's … As the pastor of an inner-city church in New York City, Timothy Keller has compiled a list of the most frequently voiced doubts sceptics bring to his church as well as the most important reasons for faith. There are now six times more Anglicans in Nigeria alone than there are in all of the United States. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know about the Christian faith, and also to fellow Christians. Its aim was to bring young people into a fuller understanding of the faith, so they could publicly commit to it. I recommend that each side look at doubt in a radically new way. Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. And, just as important for our current situation, such a process will lead you, even after you come to a position of strong faith, to respect and understand those who doubt. And Christianity, in particular, was growing rapidly among them. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The result, however, was not more peace and harmony, but more oppression. So the doubt (of moral absolutes) is a leap. Some will respond to all this, “My doubts are not based on a leap of faith. Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2018, [Update 14-May-2019 – added to the review]. There are three approaches that civic and cultural leaders around the world are using to address the divisiveness of religion. So much to read, digest and think about. The rest of this book is a distillation of the many conversations I’ve had with doubters over the years. 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