 | Belief in God in an Age of Science (Yale Nota Bene) by John Polkinghorne
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £2.81 Highly readable and Immensely interesting discussion of the complementary nature of science and christian belief by a quantum physicist turned anglican priest
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 | God's Universe by O Gingerich
Buy new: £12.95 / Used from: £2.83 A concise but none the less useful book with a particularly interesting historical lilt
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 | The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis Collins
Buy new: £11.44 / Used from: £8.09 Intertwined within Collins arguments in favour of the christian faith are fascinating anecdotes concerning Bioethics and his significant role in the mapping of the human genome
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 | Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution (P.S. (Paperback)) by Kenneth R. Miller
Buy new: £6.24 / Used from: £6.65 As useful for its critique of intelligent design as it is for its thesis that evolution can be as enriching spiritually as it is scientifically.
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 | The Existence of God by Richard Swinburne
Buy new: £15.23 / Used from: £15.00 Essential reading for any Philosophically minded Christian by one of the most influential Philosophers of religion of the 20th Century
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 | The Coherence of Theism (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy) by Richard Swinburne
Buy new: £23.75 / Used from: £23.66 Another contemporary classic apolegetic. If only there were more room on the list so I could add all of Swinburne's work
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 | Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy by Richard Swinburne
Buy new: £22.80 / Used from: £8.01 For anyone wanting to understand the nature of Christian Revelation, this is a must.
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 | What the Bible Really Teaches: A Challenge to Fundamentalists by Keith Ward
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.92 Another Key text in understanding the nature and authority of scripture
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 | Is Religion Dangerous? by Keith Ward
Buy new: £6.62 / Used from: £2.75 A fair minded examination of the often unquestioned belief among many that Religion does more harm that Good
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 | Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life by Alister E. McGrath
Buy new: £10.37 / Used from: £4.65 Essential reading for those who have read the God Delusion or any other of Dawkins Books
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 | The Problem of Evil (Oxford Readings in Philosophy)
Buy new: £18.24 / Used from: £17.50 An important anthology on one of the key problems facing Christians
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 | God, Freedom and Evil by Alvin Plantinga
Buy new: £6.38 / Used from: £7.47 One of the best presentations of the free will defense. Although it does require a certain amount of expertise.
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 | Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics by Robert Merrihew Adams
Buy new: £15.99 / Used from: £28.32 Although this book requires a certain amount of pre-existing knowledge of philosophy (meta-ethics in particular) it is well worth reading.
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 | Beyond Belief: Science, Faith and Ethical Challenges by Denis Alexander
Buy used from: £3.49 The best introduction I know to an increasingly important question. Eloquent discussion of some of the key debates within the science faith dialogue
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 | Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
Buy new: £5.16 / Used from: £1.37 I thought I would end the list with two of my favourite apolegetics by the prince of the paradox. Persuasive, witty and beautifully written
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 | The Everlasting Man by G., K. Chesterton
Buy new: £10.00 / Used from: £5.39 C.S Lewis declared that no other contemporary book had helped him more, after you have read it it should be clear why
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 | Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief by Rowan Williams
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £2.49 Excellent introduction to the christian faith by the current Archbishop of Canterbury
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