Coming to Faith Through Dawkins
12 Essays on the Pathway from New Atheism to Christianity

I loved the stories of smart, intellectual people who came to faith, many of them after reading Dawkins. I have two things that kept this book from being five stars. While I understand there are many devoted believers who believe in evolution, I was bothered at the pointed and flippant dismissal of l......more

I thought this was a very good book and well worth reading. A couple of weeks ago I was at the book launch where Denis Alexander, one of the editors, introduced it by interviewing three of the authors, and the following morning I heard him speak on genetic determinism, which happens to be his academi......more

This is a collection of 12 essays by 12 former atheists who were intrigued or disillusioned by Richard Dawkins' book, The God Illusion, and his hostility toward Christianity. Almost all of them came from different backgrounds with different reasons for choosing atheism, but all of them were transfor......more

Very interesting book of Christian testimonies, the ones I thought resonated more with me were Sy Garte's (and he has a book-length treatment of his spiritual journey, "The Works of His Hands", which is excellent) and Peter Byrom who describes his "wake up" moment when he stumbled across YouTube vid......more

Excellent discussion on faith, science, philosophy, and New Athiesm through well-written personal testimony of people from many different national, religious, and social backgrounds. I found it especially useful when unpacking irrationality in atheist belief, the flawed view of science vs. God, legit......more