Product Information

Author / Nicky Gumbel

Illustrations by / Charlie Mackesy

ISBN / 9781909309326

Publisher / Alpha International

Publication Date / 2016 (First published in 1994, Revised edition 2013)

Format / Paperback (Softcover)

Language / English

Number of Pages / 128

Dimensions / 20 x 13 x 0.8 cm

Weight / 160 g

Author Description

Nicky Gumbel is the pioneer of Alpha. He read law at Cambridge and theology at Oxford, practised as a barrister and is now Vicar of HTB in London.

Product Description

From Why does God allow suffering? to Is faith irrational? This book explores and discusses common objections to the Christian faith.

Nicky Gumbel offers an engaging, insightful and accessible response to the tough questions that surround faith and Christianity in the modern world.

'Gumbel's combination of humour, anecdote, metaphysics, quotations from the Bible and complex theology are both persuasive and compelling.'

(The Observer)


Contents

01 / Why Does God Allow Suffering?

02 / What About Other Religions?

03 / Is There A Conflict Between Science and Christianity?

04 / What About the New Spirituality

05 / Does Religion Do More Harm Than Good?

06 / Is the Trinity Unbiblical, Unbelievable and Irrelevant?

07 / Is Faith Irrational?