Deepest differences
Subtitle: a Christian-atheist dialogue
By: James W. Sire and Carl Peraino.
Contributors: Peraino, Carl.
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780830833580
Subjects: Christianity and atheism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Slipping into dialogue; title: Mozart, Bach and Vonnegut : signals of transcendence; title: Signals disallowed; title: Vonnegut : humanist or nihilist; title: Almost human, and sometimes smarter; title: Animal morality; title: Part II: From morality to worldview : the argument morphs; title: Morality, the divine and everything else; title: An objective foundation for morality; title: Scientists and religious commitment; title: A colloquy on morality; title: Part III: The theological dimension : God in the dock; title: Good and evil and the character of God; title: God almighty; title: God, his human creation and heavenly bliss; title: God and human free will; title: Speculation : what if it seems to me; title: Carl's Sabbath : a personal reflection; title: Part IV: Intelligent or unintelligent design; title: Scientists and intelligent design; title: Intelligent design; title: Unintelligent design; title: Passionately antireligious; title: Jim's Sabbath : a dizzy dream; title: Part V: Our age : sacred or secular?; title: Remembering secularism; title: Secularism is not dead; title: In defense of Novak; title: Part VI: Doctorow : the power of doubt; title: A highly evolved and beautifully stated religious point of view; title: An unbridgeable gulf?; title: Doctorow reconsidered; title: Doctorow : pro and con; title: Battling the anti-technological spirits; title: Computers don't forgive; title: Case closed!; title: Part VII: The God question once again; title: Getting God off the hook; title: A colloquy on the God hypothesis; title: The scandal of the particular; title: A believer's crutch; title: Part VIII: Rats and humans : minds and brains; title: Rat to rat, kindness takes hold; title: Chimps too are kind; title: Show me kindness; title: Minds emerge from brains; title: Dualism is not dead; title: Subtle distinctions; title: Part IX: The source of our deepest differences; title: A change of focus; title: A way forward; title: Carl and Jim in ancient Greece; title: A final colloquy : on faith and reason; title: Part X: The last : winding down; title: Enough is enough; title: Sure is!; title: Afterword: Agreeing to disagree.