Atheism on Trial, by Louis Markos

Louis Markos, who teaches at Houston Baptist University, has reflected on atheism and found it wanting.  In Atheism on Trial: Refuting the Modern Arguments Against God, he examines atheists' arguments against the existence of God.  Drawing from ancient writers, he shows that modern-day atheists have nothing new under the sun to add to the debate.

Readers of Christian apologetics will be on familiar ground with Markos.  He covers the naturalistic and moral arguments for God, the problem of pain, the question of the watchmaker.  In succinct chapters and lucid, laypersons' language, he challenges his readers to think more deeply about religious and deistic claims.  His approach is not dogmatic at all, but well-reasoned and reflective.

As an evangelical Christian myself, I was nodding along with him.  His discussions took me back to my days as a philosophy major at a Christian university.  Markos's treatments are understandably brief, but offer enough food for thought and references for readers who want to pursue other sources.  Interested Christians will feel justifiably affirmed in their beliefs.  Even the most hardened secular thinker will have to admit that Christian faith and theism are, at the very least, not delusional, fantastic beliefs.  But whether an atheist would read this and be swayed, only time--and a great deal of prayer--will tell.


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!