God in the Dock

Ranging from popular newspaper pieces to learned defenses of the faith, the 48 essays and 12 letters in this book cover topics as varied as the logic of theism, good and evil, miracles, vivisection, the role of women in church polity, and ethics and politics.

Contents:

Preface by Walter Hooper

PART I

1. Evil and God
2. Miracles
3. Dogma and the Universe
4. Answers to Questions on Christianity
5. Myth Became Fact
6. 'Horrid Red Things'
7. Religion and Science
8. The Laws of Nature
9. The Grand Miracle
10. Christian Apologetics
11. Work and Prayer
12. Man or Rabbit?
13. On the Transmission of Christianity
14. 'Miserable Offenders'
15. The Founding of the Oxford Socratic Club
16. Religion without Dogma?
17. Some Thoughts
18. 'The Trouble with "X"...'
19. What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ?
20. The Pains of Animals
21. Is Theism Important?
22. Rejoinder to Dr Pittenger
23. Must Our Image of God Go?

PART II

24. Dangers of National Repentance
25. Two Ways with the Self
26. Meditation on the Third Commandment
27. On the Reading of Old Books
28. Two Lectures
29. Meditation in a Toolshed
30. Scraps
31. The Decline of Religion
32. Vivisection
33. Modern Translations of the Bible
34. Priestesses in the Church?
35. God in the Dock
36. Behind the Scenes
37. Revival or Decay?
38. Before We Can Communicate
39. Cross-Examination

PART III

40. 'Bulverism'
41. First and Second Things
42. The Sermon and the Lunch
43. The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment
44. Xmas and Christmas
45. What Christmas Means to Me
46. Delinquents in the Snow
47. Is Progress Possible?
48. We Have No 'Right to Happiness'

PART IV

Letters
Index