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Comprising Groundbreaking Dialogues By Many Of The Most Prominent Scholars In Christian Apologetics And The Philosophy Of Religion, This Volume Offers A Definitive Treatment Of Central Questions Of Christian Faith. The Essays Are Ecumenical And Broadly Christian, In The Spirit Of C.s. Lewis's Mere Christianity, And Feature Lucid And Up-to-date Material Designed To Engage Readers In Contemporary Theistic And Christian Issues. Beginning With Dialogues About God's Existence And The Coherence Of Theism And Then Moving Beyond Generic Theism To Address Significant Debates Over Such Specifically Christian Doctrines As The Trinity And The Resurrection Of Jesus, Debating Christian Theism Provides An Ideal Starting Point For Anyone Seeking To Understand The Current Debates In Christian Theology. -- Book Cover. Part I. Debates About God's Existence. The Kalam Argument / William Lane Craig -- Doubts About The Kalam Argument / Wes Morriston -- The Fine-tuning Evidence Is Convincing / Robin Collins -- The Universe Shows No Evidence For Design / Victor J. Stenger -- A Modal Version Of Ontological Argument / E. J. Lowe -- Lowe On The Ontological Argument / Graham Oppy -- Ethics Needs God / Paul Copan -- The Failure Of Moral Arguments / Louise Antony -- The Argument From Consciousness / J. P. Moreland -- Consciousness, Theism, And Naturalism / Graham Oppy -- Problems With Omnipotence / Nicholas Everitt -- Coherence Of Divine Power / Charles Taliaferro -- Problems With Omniscience / Patrick Grim -- The Coherence Of Omniscience / Jerome Gellman -- Evil As Evidence Against God / Richard M. Gale -- God And Evil / Chad Meister -- Bayes And The Evolution Of Religious Belief / Joseph Bulbulia --^ Evolutionary Accounts Of Religion And The Justification Of Religious Belief / Michael J. Murray And Jeffrey P. Schloss -- Human Persons Are Material And Immaterial (body And Soul) / Stewart Goetz -- Human Persons Are Material Only / Kevin Corcoran -- Part Ii. Debates About Specific Christian Beliefs. Christianity And Miracles / Paul K. Moser -- It Is Not Reasonable To Believe In Miracles / Evan Fales -- Science Is At Odds With Christianity / Julian Baggini -- Science Is Not At Odds With Christianity / Keith Ward -- The Doctrine Of The Trinity Is Coherent / Thomas D. Senor -- The Trinity Is Incoherent / Timothy Winter -- Responsibility, Atonement, And Forgiveness / Richard Swinburne -- Problems With The Doctrine Of Atonement / John Hick -- An Anselmian Defense Of The Incarnation / Katherin A. Rogers -- The Incarnation Doctrine Is Incoherent And Unlikely / Michael Martin -- The Gospels Are Reliable As Historically Factual Accounts / Stephen T. Davis --^ The Gospels Are Reliable As Memory And Testimony / Marcus Borg -- Is The Christ Of Faith Also The Jesus Of History? / Stephen J. Patterson -- The Christ Of Faith Is The Jesus Of History / Craig A. Evans -- Jesus Did Rise From The Dead / Gary R. Habermas -- The Resurrection Probably Did Not Happen / James G. Crossley -- Jesus Is The Only Way To God / Harold Netland -- There Are Many Ways To God / Paul F. Knitter -- It Is Reasonable To Believe In Heaven And Hell / Jerry L. Walls -- Heaven And Hell / Keith Parsons. Edited By J.p Moreland, Chad Meister, And Khaldoun A. Sweis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.