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15
. Justice Harry A. Blackmun, quoted in Kennedy and Newcombe,
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?
27.

16
. Kennedy and Newcombe,
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?
14–15.

17
. Stark,
Rise of Christianity
, 95.

18
. Adam Smith,
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
(Chicago: William Benton, 1956), 30.

19
. Kennedy and Newcombe,
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?
14–16.

20
. Siegfried Lauffer, “Die Bergwerkssklaven von Laureion,”
Abhandlungen
12, 1956: 916.

21
. Keith Bradley, “Resisting Slavery in Ancient Rome,”
History
, BBC News, February 17, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/slavery_01.shtml (accessed September 23, 2012).

22
. Rodney Stark,
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
(New York: Random House, 2005), 76.

23
. Paul Johnson,
The Renaissance: A Short History
(New York: Modern Library, 2000), 9.

24
. George Marsden,
The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief
(New York: Oxford University, 1996).

25
. Michael S. Horton
, Where in the World Is the Church? A Christian View of Culture and Your Role in It
(Phillipsburg, NJ: P and R, 2002), 29–31.

26
. Taunton,
The Grace Effect,
34.

27
. Judith Herrin,
The Formation of Christendom
(Princeton: Princeton University, 1987), 57.

28
. E. Glenn Hinson,
The Early Church: Origins to the Dawn of the Middle Ages
(Nashville: Abingdon, 1996), 171.

29
. Julian, quoted in D. Brendan Nagle and Stanley M. Burstein,
The Ancient World: Readings in Social and Cultural History
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995), 314–15.

30
. “Mother Teresa Quotes,”
Brainy Quote
, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mothertere158114.html (accessed September 23, 2012).

31
. Stark,
Rise of Christianity
, 215.

32
. Stark,
Victory of Reason
, 76.

33
. Timothy Keller,
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
(Ontario: Penguin, 2008), 155.

C
HAPTER
10: L
IVING
P
ROOF

1
. “God’s Not Dead (Like a Lion),” written by Daniel Bashta, performed and recorded by Newsboys. © 2010 worshiptogether.com Songs (ASCAP), sixsteps Music (ASCAP), Go Forth Sounds (ASCAP) (adm. at EMICMGPublishing.com). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

2
. John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge,
God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World
(New York: Penguin, 2009), 13.

3
. John Lennon, quoted in Maureen Cleave, “The John Lennon I Knew,”
Telegraph,
October 5, 2005, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3646983/The-John-Lennon-I-knew.html (accessed September 23, 2012).

4
. Micklethwait and Wooldridge,
God Is Back,
12.

5
. Tony Carnes, interview with the author, August 19, 2012.

6
. “The Explosion of Christianity in Africa,” Christianity.com, http://www.christianity.com/ChurchHistory/11630859/ (accessed September 23, 2012).

7
. Personal conversation with Frans Olivier, May 20, 2012.

8
. Personal conversation with Sam Aiyedogbon, October 12, 2012.

9
. Personal conversation with Shaddy Soliman, September 11, 2012.

10
. William Murrell, “Manila’s Mega-Move,”
Charisma
, September 1, 2012, http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/church-ministry/15495-manila-s-mega-move (accessed September 23, 2012).

11
. Ferdie Cabiling, personal conversation with author, September 1, 2012.

12
. David Aikman, in discussion with the author, September 12, 2012.

13
. http://www.indexmundi.com/south_korea/demographics_profile.htmlhttp://www.indexmundi.com/south_korea/demographics_profile.html.

14
. Samuel H. Moffett, “What Makes the Korean Church Grow? The
Simple Secrets of Its Remarkable Explosion,”
Christianity Today
, January 31, 2007, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/januaryweb-only/105-33.0.html (accessed September 23, 2012).

15
. Jason Mandryk,
Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation
, 7th ed. (Colorado Springs: Biblica, 2010), 447.

16
. Micklethwait and Wooldridge,
God Is Back
, 14.

17
. “There’s Probably No Dawkins” Bus Campaign (William Lane Craig vs. The God Delusion), YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGWr9qpeKpE&playnext=1&list=PLF30F88D1B4A47EFC&feature=results_main (accessed December 20, 2012).

18
. Wolfgang Eckleben, personal conversation with author, August 15, 2012.

19
. Gareth Lowe, personal conversation with author, August 1, 2012.

20
. Ed Stetzer, e-mail correspondence with author, August 22, 2012.

21
. “Barna Survey Reveals Significant Growing in Born Again Population,” Barna Group, March 27, 2006, http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/157-barna-survey-reveals-significant-growth-in-born-again-population (accessed September 23, 2012).

22
. Chad Hall, “Leader’s Insight: The Disappearing Middle,”
Leadership Journal
, July 2007, http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2007/july-online-only/cln70716.html?start=2 (accessed September 23, 2012).

23
. Micklethwait and Wooldridge,
God Is Back,
139.

24
. For a detailed study of miracles, see Craig Keener,
Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts
, Baker Academic (November 1, 2011).

25
. Ming Wang, personal interview with the author, June 5, 2012. Used by permission.

26
. Joe Marlin, personal interview with the author, August 15, 2012. Used by permission.

27
. Brian Miller, personal interview with the author, August 10, 2012. Used by permission.

28
. Joanna Goodson, personal interview with the author, September 20, 2012. Used by permission.

29
. Brant Reding, personal interview with the author, September 15, 2012. Used by permission.

30
.
Jim Munroe, personal interview with the author, September 20, 2012. Used by permission.

31
. Dr. Augusto Cury, www.augustocury.com.br.

C
ONCLUSION
: S
EEKING
G
OD

1
. Blaise Pascal,
Pascal’s Pensées
(Radford, VA: Wilder Publications, 2011), 120.

2
. Richard Dawkins, interview by Tony Jones,
Q&A
, ABC Australia, April 9, 2012.

3
. Blaise Pascal,
Pascal’s Pensées,
120.

INDEX

A

abolition of slavery,
199
abortion,
195
,
197
,
208
accident, xx,
chapter 5
(
88–113
),
236
Adler, Alfred,
116
,
234
Africa,
xv
,
3
,
5
,
127
,
210
,
211–13
Africanus, Julius,
145
agnostic,
49
,
68
,
82
,
117
,
144
,
164
,
165
,
188
,
237
AIDS,
212
Aikman, David,
7
,
214
Aiyedogbon, Sam,
212
Albert, David,
26
Alexander the Great.
50
Al Karma,
212
Alpha Course,
216
“Amazing Grace,”
192
Anarchy Evolution
,
10
Angulo, David,
217
Animal Liberation
,
130
anthropic principle,
81–83
Anselm,
19
,
70
Aquinas,
70
archaeology,
164
,
178
,
223
archbishop of Canterbury,
237
archbishop of Sydney,
52
Argentina,
16
,
217
Aristotle,
67
,
70
,
198
Asia,
xv
,
3
,
5
,
178
,
210
,
213–15

atheism/atheist/atheistic,
xi
,
xiii
,
xv
,
xvii
,
1
,
3
,
4–8
,
10–13
,
16
,
20
,
22–28
,
31
,
32
,
34
,
36
,
44–47
,
50
,
53
,
54
,
56
,
61
,
64
,
65
,
67
,
73
,
74
,
77
,
79
,
82
,
83
,
88
,
89
,
91
,
92
,
98
,
100
,
102
,
112
,
114–121
,
123
,
129–131
,
134
,
144
,
174
,
188
,
189
,
202
,
209
,
210
,
219
,
221
,
222
,
224
,
226–28
,
232
,
234
,
236
,
237
,
239
   and nihilism,
53
   atheistic worldview (
see
 worldview)
   Global Atheist Convention,
19
,
25
   militant atheist,
27
,
43
,
44
   new atheist,
4
,
6
,
18
,
20
,
47
   scientific atheist,
77
,
232

Atkins, Peter,
34
Augustine, Saint,
137
Auschwitz,
116
,
131
autographs,
167–68
,
175

B

Babylon,
186
Babylonian exile,
166
bacterial flagellum,
104–05
Bad Religion,
xii
,
10
,
121
Barna,
202
,
218
BBC,
4
Beagle, HMS,
95

beauty,
17
,
120
,
124
,
132

beginning,
25
,
29
,
45
,
56
,
61
,
chapter 4
(
66–87
),
89
,
90
,
137
,
142
,
151
,
157
,
166
,
173
,
216
,
224
,
234
,
239

Bible,
xiii
,
xv
, xx,
2
,
45
,
66
,
86
,
106
,
117
,
119
,
140
,
143
,
146–47
,
163

66
,
169–176
,
178–184
,
191–93
,
199–201
,
203
,
205
,
207
,
213
,
214
,
217
,
222–25
,
228
,
237

Big Bang Theory,
66–69
,
74
,
101
,
110
,
157

Biola University,
189

blind faith, chapter
2
(
19–39
),
46
,
224
,
228

blind watchmaker,
xiii
,
93
Blind Watchmaker, The
,
93
,
223
Blumenthal, George,
164
Bono,
241
born-again Christians,
2
,
3
,
218
Breaking the Spell
,
33
Brown, Dan,
187
Bruckheimer, Jerry,
164

C

C
abiling, Ferdie,
213
Calvin and Hobbes
,
106
Cambrian Explosion,
110
,
111
,
113
,
125
,
157
Cambridge University,
154
Came, Dr. Daniel,
100
Carnes, Tony,
210
Carrier, Richard,
148
categorical imperative,
49–50
Center for the Study of New
   Testament Manuscripts,
183
certainty,
39
,
153
,
159
,
160
,
215
,
237
Chance or Design,
91–92
chaos theory,
222
Chesterton, G. K.,
1

children,
5
,
13
,
30
,
41
,
44
,
54
,
136
,
159
,
171
,
180
,
185
,
196–98
,
208
China,
5
,
105
,
117
,
197–99
,
210
,
214
,
220
choice,
5
,
30
,
56–60
,
72
,
84
,
118
,
215
,
233
Chomsky, Noam,
33
,
133

Christ/Jesus Christ,
xv
,
xvii–xx
,
2
,
9
,
12–16
,
53
,
56
,
60
,
105
,
117
,
138
,
140–43
,
145–48
,
150–52
,
154
,
155
,
158–161
,
165
,
167
,
174
,
176
,
180
,
181
,
185–88
,
190
,
191
,
194
,
196–200
,
202
,
204–07
,
212–15
,
219–221
,
226
,
227
,
231
,
234
,
235

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