How Reason Can Lead to God, Joshua Rasmussen
How Reason Can Lead to God, Joshua Rasmussen
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How Reason Can Lead to God
A Philosopher's Bridge to Faith

Author: Joshua Rasmussen

Narrator: Frank Block

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/16/2023


Synopsis

Do you seek the truth?

Do you value reason, science, and independent thinking? Are you skeptical of beliefs that people maintain merely "on faith," yet you remain interested in the big questions of life? Do you hope there could be a greater purpose to the universe, if only that were realistic?

If so, then philosopher Joshua Rasmussen can encourage you in your journey. Beginning with his own story of losing faith and the belief in any ultimate purpose in life, he then builds a bridge to a series of universal truths about ultimate reality. Using only the instruments of reason and common experience, Rasmussen constructs a pathway—step by step, brick by brick—that he argues can lead to meaning and, ultimately, a vision of God.

About Joshua Rasmussen

Joshua Rasmussen (PhD, Notre Dame) is associate professor of philosophy at Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of Defending the Correspondence Theory of Truth and Necessary Existence.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joachim on August 23, 2019

Far from a ”I’m gonna prove my worldview right” kind of book, Rasmussen invites us to search for truth primarily and to think carefully about the nature of reality, guided by reason and our other senses. In an almost Cartesian fashion the author constructs a bridge of reason, step by step, securing e......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on November 06, 2021

I really enjoyed this. Josh has written his book to cut through academic philosophy jargon and be accessible, whilst in places he employs his understanding of philosophy to provide rigorous, logically airtight argumentation too. I really appreciate the personal tone of the book, the intellectual hum......more

Goodreads review by Declan on December 15, 2023

Clear, incredibly well-written and deeply compelling... I cannot recommend this enough! The arguments are not only powerful, but also profoundly beautiful in their simplicity. It is not an overstatement to say this book represents the future (or what I hope will be the future) of Christian apologeti......more

Goodreads review by Bob on October 29, 2019

Summary: Argues for a "bridge of reason" that leads us to God, based on the foundation of reality. I've never believed that one can prove the existence of God. At the same time, I believe it can be shown that faith in God is reasonable, rather than contrary to reason. I also would acknowledge that so......more

Goodreads review by Lim on August 11, 2021

How reason can lead to God can be summarized into the following argument that is presented in Chapter 11. Premise 1. Reality in total is self-sufficient (with no outside cause or explanation). Premise 2. Nothing can be self-sufficient without a perfect foundation. Conclusion. Therefore, reality has......more