My Year with God [Paperback]

How are Christians capable of believing? Is it faith or delusion? Or is there something wrong with me? I do not believe in spirits, gods, miracles, resurrection or eternal life. But I will seek to cast off my prejudices and give God a chance. At least for a year.

Danish writer Svend Brinkmann spent a year with God, exploring faith and religion through the eyes of a sceptic.? Each month, from January to December, he grappled with questions that had nagged at him since he was a child: Why does God let the innocent suffer? Does science disprove the existence of God? Does faith make you a better person? Can you doubt and still believe? It became a year of deep reflection and surprising revelations that challenged the bounds of his scientific worldview and led him to a new appreciation of faith and its place within a secular, mostly fulfilled life.

Preface

January: Why a book about God?

February: What is religion?

March: Is there a link between ethics and faith?

April: Does faith work?

May: Can science replace religion?

June: Does the soul exist?

July: What can we learn from the Bible?

August: Could there be multiple gods?

September: How does faith affect grief?

October: Can humans become God?

November: What about doubt?

December: What have I learnt?

Notes

If you dont quite believe your unbelief, if God, despite everything, is still an intriguing word, and if you think religion might have a more humane resonance than some of its loudest adherents do, then this is an important book for you.
The Revd Dr Mark Oakley, Dean, St Johns College,?University of lÓ4