Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, says Who made God? is ‘written in a very lively style and conveys complex subjects in a palatable form'. Novelist Fay Weldon calls it ‘thoughtful, readable, witty, wise'. The Principal of London Theological Seminary declares: ‘Richard Dawkins has more than met his match.'A book by a distinguished scientist about the existence of God, with chapter headings like ‘Steam engine to the stars'and ‘The tidy pachyderm'has to be different. It is. Addressing profound questions of science, philosophy and faith with an amazing lightness of touch, Edgar Andrews exposes the pretensions of the ‘new atheism', blending incisive arguments with gentle humour. However, his aim is not simply to rebut the aggressive atheism of our age but to provide a logically consistent and altogether more satisfying alternative. His fellow physicists dream of discovering a ‘theory of everything'embracing every physical phenomenon in the cosmos. But can there be a theory of everything that also includes the realms of the heart, mind, conscience and spirit? Yes, indeed, as this book shows. It is the ‘hypothesis of God', a concept that towers above the barren landscape of atheism and despair.

Edgar Andrews; Professor Edgar Andrews

E. H Andrews

Evangelical Press & Services Ltd

Edicoes Peregrino

3rd. ed, Garden City, England, 2016, ©2009

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Darlington, England, Carlisle, PA, 2009

3. impression, Darlington, 2010

PS, 2009

2022

Author Bill Bryson "I am immensely grateful [for the book]". Fay Weldon calls the book "Thoughtful, readable, witty, wise ..." Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, "... written in a very lively style and conveys complex subjects in a palatable form". The Principal of London Theological Seminary, England, "Richard Dawkins has more than met his match". A book written by a distinguished scientist about the existence of God, which has chapter headings like Sooty and the universe , Steam engine to the stars and The tidy pachyderm , has to be different. It is. Addressing profound questions of science, philosophy and faith with an amazing lightness of touch, Edgar Andrews exposes the pretensions of the new atheism of Richard Dawkins and others, blending incisive arguments with gentle humour. However, the author s aim is not simply to raise a standard against the aggressive atheism of our age but to provide a logically consistent and altogether more satisfying alternative. He describes how his fellow physicists dream of discovering a theory of everything that will embrace every physical process and phenomenon in the cosmos. But he points out that there is more to existence than the material world; the things that make life worth living are mainly non-material. Can there, then, be a theory of everything that includes not only space, time, matter and energy but also the realms of the heart, mind, conscience and spirit? Yes, indeed, as this book shows. It is the hypothesis of God, a theory that, in spite of its opponents, still towers above the barren landscape of atheism and despair.

303 pages ; 23 cm
If you've been waiting for a really effective riposte to the "new atheism" of Richard Dawkins and others (or even if you haven't) here it is -- gently humorous, highly readable, deeply serious, razor sharp, and written by an internationally respected scientist. Who made God? dismantles the arguments and pretensions of scientific atheism and presents a robust biblical theism as a positive, and altogether more convincing, alternative. - Publisher
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290) and index
Sooty and the universe: who made God? -- Yogurt, cereal and toast: can science explain everything? -- Stringing it all together: searching for a theory of everything -- Pouring concrete: foundations and hypotheses -- Ferrets and fallacies: a brief critique of God, the failed hypothesis -- Defining God: what do we mean by 'God'? -- Starting with a bang: cosmic origins -- Steam engine to the stars: time and the hypothesis of God -- Peeling onions: the ubiquity of law in conscience, nature and society -- Cosmic chess: the origins of the laws of nature -- Over the moon: natural law and miracles -- Information, stupid!: The origin of life -- Life in a cake mixer: the origin of living organisms -- The tidy pachyderm: a critique of neo-Darwinism -- The mighty mutation: can mutations create? -- The second shoe: man and his mind -- man and his maker: man, morality and redemption

2023-06-28