Why We Believe : Finding Meaning in Uncertain Times by Prof. Alister (Professor of Historical Theology, Oxford University) McGrath

Why We Believe : Finding Meaning in Uncertain Times by Prof. Alister (Professor of Historical Theology, Oxford University) McGrathBelief: surely its a relic from the past, a hangover from a superstitious age that is totally out of sync with todays rational, science led culture?'A timely, often bracing and always highly stimulating book.' Tom Holland, author of Dominion and co host of The Rest is HistoryIn todays science driven, rational world, belief is dismissed as an artefact of a bygone era something absurd at best, harmful at worst. The prevailing narratives paint belief as

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