Believe, Ross Douthat
Believe, Ross Douthat
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Believe
Why Everyone Should Be Religious

Author: Ross Douthat

Narrator: Ross Douthat

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 02/11/2025

Synopsis

An Instant New York Times Bestseller"Truly a Mere Christianity for the 21st century"--World magazineFrom the host of the Interesting Times podcastRead by the author.Do you ever wish you had more faith? Here is a blueprint for thinking your way from doubt to belief.As a columnist for the New York Times who writes often about spiritual topics for a skeptical audience, Ross Douthat understands that many of us want to have more faith than we do. Douthat argues that in light of what we know today it should be harder to not have faith than to have it.With empathy, clarity, and rigor, Douthat explores:Why nonbelief requires ignoring what our reasoning faculties tell us about the worldHow modern scientific developments make a religious worldview more credible, not lessWhy it's entirely reasonable to believe in mystical and supernatural realitiesHow an open-minded religious quest should proceed amid the diversity of religious faithsHow Douthat's own Christianity is informed by his blueprint for belief With clear and straightforward arguments, Believe shows how religious belief makes sense of the order of the cosmos and our place within it, illuminates the mystery of consciousness, and explains the persistent reality of encounters with the supernatural. Highly relevant for our current moment, Believe offers a pathway for thinking your way from doubt into belief, from uncertainty about our place in the universe into a confidence that we are here for a reason.

About Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat has been a New York Times Opinion columnist since April 2009. Previously, he was a senior editor at the Atlantic. He is the author of The Deep Places; The Decadent Society; To Change the Church; Bad Religion; Privilege; and, with Reihan Salam, Grand New Party. He is the film critic for National Review. He lives with his wife and five children in New Haven, Connecticut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on February 19, 2025

Really quite an excellent book. Thoughtful, ecumenical, and a good deal more convincing than most of the philosophical defenses of religious belief that I've read. Well worth the quick read if you're on the fence about, well, about the most important question one can ask, no?......more

Goodreads review by Tom on February 25, 2025

Very disappointing! He wants to believe so you should too! Science hasn’t figured Consciousness or The Universe’s Secrets out yet, so obviously they don’t exist. Believe! People everywhere have had visions and miracles forever so there must be a god. Believe! Suppose Theists are right and you’re gonna......more

Goodreads review by Eric on March 04, 2025

Decently well-argued case for religious belief, and secondarily, spirituality, especially when it comes to physical and cosmic arguments for a capital-C Creator or Creators. However, the conservative nature of the author grates at places, particularly when he’s referring to the power of human love a......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on March 24, 2025

Douthat’s empirical argument for religion is more accessible than other epistemologically-dense apologies. The first few chapters point to evidence of order and design in the universe and challenge atheistic or agnostic arguments for secularism. As the book progressed, I became increasingly concerne......more

Goodreads review by Victor on April 13, 2025

Douthat starts strong, but loses the plot halfway through, venturing into some milquetoast “try any religion and see if you like it” mentality that would make a universalist blush. While he does try to sweep in at the end and convince you that Christianity is true (or truer), the handwringing about......more

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