![]() | Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity by John W. Loftus
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.16 A former Christian Apologist who studied under William lane Craig and also has Three Master degrees, explains why he rejected Christianity. This book is endorsed by top Christian philosophers and top skeptics. The best single overall refutation of Christianity you will find. This is a very interesting and important book, absolute must read! The best one to start with.
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![]() | Atheism Explained: From Folly to Philosophy (Ideas Explained) by David Ramsay Steele
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $8.99 One of the very best overall assessments of the issue. Close to intermidate level in some parts, but pretty much at the basic level throughout. Great read.
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![]() | 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God by Guy P. Harrison
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $12.44 I think this will be a great introduction.
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![]() | Atheism: The Case Against God (Skeptic's Bookshelf) by George H. Smith
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $4.44 Best selling Atheist book of all time! Read it, and see why. basic
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![]() | Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism by Richard Carrier
Buy new: $22.90 / Used from: $15.92 The very best overall defense of Naturalism I have read. A fascinating and profound book. Not to be skipped! Close to intermdiate level.
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![]() | The Born Again Skeptic's Guide To The Bible by Ruth Hurmence Green
Buy new: $20.00 / Used from: $8.81 Very witty, and entertaining. Probably the best polemical attack on the bible since Thomas Paines Age of Reason!Basic.
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![]() | The Cambridge Companion to Atheism (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
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![]() | Suffering Belief: Evil and the Anglo-American Defense of Theism (Toronto Studies in Religion) by Andrea M. Weisberger
Buy new: $34.95 / Used from: $76.76 My favorite book on the problem of evil. Devastating in its argumentation, comprehensive, absorbing, mind blowing, powerful, you will never be the same. Buy this book and read it, a must read!
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![]() | The Impossibility of God
Buy new: $21.77 / Used from: $18.41 Tries to argue That God as Classically defined is like a square circle therefore being impossible. Here they are just saying that certain hypothetical beliefs are impossible and that the traditional God is one of them. Top notch when Dealing with the Coherence of the idea of God. Intermediate.
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![]() | The Non-Existence of God by Nicholas Everitt
Buy new: $33.25 / Used from: $18.49 Up to date Atheist Defense, outstanding! Intermediate.
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![]() | Nonbelief & Evil: Two Arguments for the Nonexistence of God by Theodore M. Drange
Buy new: $35.90 / Used from: $14.98 Important book, very thorough and powerful in its argumentation. This will probably make your head spin. Intermediate.
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![]() | The Improbability of God
Buy new: $21.77 / Used from: $21.22 This one deals with the plausibility of a God existing and argues that it is most improbable. Intermediate.
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![]() | The Wisdom to Doubt: A Justification of Religious Skepticism by J. L. Schellenberg
Buy new: $39.96 / Used from: $40.00 Outstanding text that lays the foundation for complete religious skepticism. Must read. Intermediate.
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![]() | Atheism, Morality, and Meaning (Prometheus Lecture Series) by Michael Martin
Buy new: $17.24 / Used from: $11.85 Expounds on two of the most contested ideas by Theist and Atheist. Much food for thought. Intermediate.
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![]() | The Miracle of Theism: Arguments For and Against the Existence of God by J. L. Mackie
Buy new: $35.95 / Used from: $22.97 Considered by some to still be the greatest defense of Atheism. I think it is a very powerful book for its size. But it is a bit out dated. I Think Martin and Oppy's work is better, but still well worth reading. Intermediate.
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![]() | Dialogues and Natural History of Religion (Oxford World's Classics) by David Hume
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $2.40 Not to be skipped, this is an absolutly essential and outstanding book. READ IT! Intermediate.
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![]() | The End of Biblical Studies by Hector Avalos
Buy new: $21.77 / Used from: $19.62 Great book.
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![]() | The Case Against Christianity by Michael Martin
Buy new: $33.25 / Used from: $12.52 Many good points. Intermediate.
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![]() | The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond The Grave
Buy new: $24.08 / Used from: $17.40 A DEVASTATING critique of the Ressurection and other historical issues. Atempts to refute the top defenses of Christian apologists. Strong in argumentation. Intermediate.
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![]() | Arguing about Gods by Graham Oppy
Buy new: $79.20 / Used from: $80.00 Considered by many to be the best up to date discussion on Atheism. Very Advanced.
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![]() | Atheism: A Philosophical Justification by Michael Martin
Buy new: $35.05 / Used from: $19.83 Pretty much the Standard and most comprehensive work on Atheism, the only books that can compete with it is " Logic and Theism" and "Arguing about Gods". Advanced.
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![]() | Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions by Peter Kreeft
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $9.16 I think this is by far the best single-volume overall defense of Christianity written at a popular level. It is very well written, and it covers an amazing amount of information. The purpose of the Book is to paraphrase all the main arguments for Christianity with as much brevity as possible, and in this the book is a great success. Best place to start. Basic
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![]() | Faith Has Its Reasons: An Integrative Approach to Defending Christianity by Kenneth D. Boa
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $18.00 Summarizes in a accessible fashion virtually all the the different ways the rational merit of Christianity has been defended. The book outlines and summarizes the key ideas of all the key players that argue in defense of Christianity, this is an outstanding resource! Basic.
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![]() | I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman L. Geisler
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $8.70 One of the best apologetic books that is written at a popular level. Basic
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![]() | Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics by William Lane Craig
Buy used from: $7.49 Standard Christian apologetic text. Basic
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![]() | Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Baker Reference Library) by Norman L. Geisler
Buy new: $34.64 / Used from: $20.00 The most comprehensive over all defense of Christianity in one book ever written. If you only read one book defending Christianity this is the one to buy, covers the whole gamut A-Z . Must have reference if you wish to understand why many Christians believe and how they respond to objections.
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![]() | Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity (Scaling the Secular City) by J. P. Moreland
Buy new: $20.69 / Used from: $3.83 Powerful argumentation. But weak and to simplistic in places, still it is probably the most sophisticated out of the standard texts. This is a standard text defending Christianity and Theism. Intermediate.
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![]() | Hard Sayings of the Bible by Peter H. Davids
Buy new: $23.76 / Used from: $8.00 An attempt to answer some of the many questions concerning the Bibles consistency.
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![]() | The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 3) by N. T. Wright
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $19.97 The best and most comprehensive defense of the resurrection. Take your caffeine pills for this one. it is long and fairly dull.
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![]() | In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-humean Assessment
Buy new: $20.28 / Used from: $13.49 Attempts to answers Hume's devastating critique of Natural Theology. Intermediate.
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![]() | Warranted Christian Belief by Alvin Plantinga
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $22.54 Very influential, well written, very smart, and very clever. But in my opinion once the essential elements of his philosophy are boiled down it seems just plain silly(atlest when it comes to his essential arguments, some of his points I agree with.) Intermediate.
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![]() | Atheism and Theism (Great Debates in Philosophy) by J. J. C. Smart
Buy new: $35.95 / Used from: $27.86 Considered by many to be the best debate book on Theism versus Atheism. Intermediate.
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![]() | Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by J. P. Moreland
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $19.94 Dense but has some good points. Becoming THE standard text in Christian Schools. Close to advanced
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![]() | The Rationality of Theism by Paul K. Moser
Buy new: $38.66 / Used from: $30.23 One of the most sophisticated works defending theism. Advanced
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![]() | The Existence of God by Richard Swinburne
Buy new: $31.15 / Used from: $27.82 Probably the best defense of Theism so far. Advanced
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![]() | Naturalism: A Critical Analysis (Routledge Studies in Twentieth Centuryphilosophy) by William Craig
Buy new: $170.00 / Used from: $101.67 Sophisticated critique. Although I think sometimes they are attacking strawmen, well maybe most of the time, you decide. Advanced
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![]() | Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology (Clarendon Paperbacks) by William Lane Craig
Buy new: $57.75 / Used from: $28.22 Intermediate.
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![]() | Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and Guide
Buy used from: $75.00 Top philosophy of Religion text defending Theism. Intermediate.
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![]() | The Coherence of Theism (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy) by Richard Swinburne
Buy new: $50.00 / Used from: $26.95 This book tries to answer the Charge that the idea of God is logically incoherent. Interesting book. Close to advanced.
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