Book Review: The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer
A Review Essay of Michael Shermer’s The Believing Brain
by Eugene A. Curry
Introduction
(0) Shermer’s Indebtedness to Evolutionary Psychology
(1) Shermer’s Theory of Mind
(2) Shermer’s Treatment of Belief in an Afterlife (and Religion Generally)
(3) Shermer’s Handling of the Existence of God
The Argument from Contingency.
The Kalaam Cosmological Argument
The Teleological Argument
The Ontological Argument
Summary Thoughts on God and Shermer’s Skepticism
Conclusion
Apologetics 315 Book Reviewer Eugene A. Curry is the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Granada Hills in Los Angeles, California. He enjoys Mexican food, spending time with his family, and introducing his church to the best in Christian scholarship. Some of his writing and sermons can be found at fbcgh.net/blog.
This review was originally published in the Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics (JISCA), Volume 5, No. 1, April 2012.