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Six Big Questions Additional Resources
1 Science and Faith
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Author
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Title
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Comments
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Book
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John Lennox
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God’s undertaker: has science buried God?
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Useful to have some scientific background to read this but he does explain technical terms
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Book
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Francis Collins
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The language of God
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A good overview of science & faith with particular insights from the human genome
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Book
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Philip J Sampson
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Six Modern Myths
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Looks at original documents and history; not purely a science & faith book. Very accessible
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Book
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Henri Blocher
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In the beginning: the opening chapters of Genesis
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Not too technical. A useful way into understanding the nature of Genesis
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Book
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Simon Conway-Morris
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Life’s solution
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A much more technical read for those interested in convergent evolution
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DVD
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Lennox / Dawkins
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The God Delusion debate
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Recording of a debate with a varied audience; accessible to most people, I believe
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Website
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Various
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Excellent range of videos, searchable by author. Each is tagged with a difficulty rating
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Website
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Faraday Institute
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Faraday Institute |
Excellent range of resources including notice of lectures etc. Tends to be more suitable to those with science training
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Website
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Focus
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Focus |
Quite a bit of overlap with the 2 Internet resources above but again some good video clips available
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2 Suffering
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Format
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Author
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Title
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Book
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CS Lewis
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The problem of pain
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Very clear argument, not difficult
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Book
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The Bible
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Book of Job (Old Testament), Psalm 22, Isaiah 52-53
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Film
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Of Gods and Men
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Profound film about the cost of following a crucified Messiah
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Film/book
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CS Lewis
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Shadowlands
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Available in both formats. CS Lewis wrestles with personal pain & loss
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3 What if Jesus was who he claimed to be?
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Author
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Title
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Comments
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Book
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John
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John’s Gospel
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When I was an atheist a friend encouraged me to read John’s Gospel, a chapter at a time, and think about it
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Book
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CS Lewis
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Mere Christianity
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The language may feel dated at times but the logic of his argument is very clear
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Book
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David Aaronovitch
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Voodoo histories: the role of conspiracy theory in shaping modern history
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Chapter 6 covers Da Vinci code & its precursors. Easy reading & witty!
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Book
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James Garlow & Peter Jones
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Cracking Da Vinci’s Code
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Thorough but again easy-to-read analysis of Dan Brown’s ideas
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DVD
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[BBC Wales originally]
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Miracle Maker
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Written for children but a powerful presentation through story
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DVD
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BBC
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The Passion
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Some Christians will dispute odd details but powerfully told; its ‘independent’ source is helpful for sceptics
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4 What if Jesus could make sense of life (cross and resurrection)?
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Format
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Author
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Title
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Comments
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Book
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Nicky Gumbel
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Why Jesus?
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Very accessible resource from the person behind the Alpha Course
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Book
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Michael Green
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Who is this Jesus?
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Again very accessible & clear; covers more ground that Gumbel’s book
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Book
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Lee Strobel
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The case for Christ
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Penetrating analysis of the evidence about Jesus from a former atheist lawyer
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Book
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Frank Morison
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Who moved the stone?
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First published in the 1930s; another sceptic who set out to prove the story wasn’t true but was surprised!
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5 What about other faiths?
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Format
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Author
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Title
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Comments
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Book
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Norman Anderson
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Christianity and world religions: the challenge of pluralism
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Sadly only now available second-hand but very well thought through
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Book
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Martin Goldsmith
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What about other faiths?
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I haven’t personally read this but the author is very good on this theme
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Book
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Michael Green
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But Don't All Religions Lead to God?
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Another very good author in this field
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Book
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Ida Glaser
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The Bible and Other Faiths:
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I haven’t read this personally. Ida works among people of other faiths & comes from another faith background herself
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6 Do I have to go to church?
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Format
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Author
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Title
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Comments
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Book
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Richard Foster
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Celebration of discipline
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An exploration of Christian practices that enrich spiritual life
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Book
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David Watson
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Discipleship
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Second-hand copies only now but a classic on being a follower of Jesus
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Book
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Philip Yancey
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Church, why bother? My personal pilgrimage
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Yancey writes honestly about church failings but still commits to belong
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Six Big Questions Rev John Hibberd sixbigquestions@throughfaithmissions.org
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