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Outsider Test for Faith How to Know Which Religion Is True

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ISBN-10: 1616147377

ISBN-13: 9781616147372

Edition: 2013

Authors: John W. Loftus

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This title takes a timely look at how to foster mutual understanding between believers and non-believers by viewing religion from an outsiders perspective.
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Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 3/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.05" wide x 8.66" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

John W. Loftus is a former Christian minister and apologist with degrees in philosophy, theology, and the philosophy of religion from Lincoln Christian University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He also did PhD studies at Marquette University in theology and ethics. John is the founder of an influential blog called Debunking Christianity (http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/). He is the author of Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity and the editor of The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, and The End of Christianity. He lives in Indiana.

Introduction
What Is the Outsider Test for Faith?
The Fact of Religious Diversity
The Fact of Religious Dependency
The Perspective of the Outsider
Objecting to the Facts
Is the Test Self-Defeating?
Does the Test Have Hidden Faith Assumptions?
Does the Test Unfairly Target Religion?
Debating Christianity Based on the Test
Why Should Anyone Believe Anything at All?
Conclusion
Appendix: World Maps
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects