First published 2012
Francis Spufford confronts the intellectual gauntlet thrown down by modern atheism with an unflinching, personal account of belief. Not a theological treatise, but a visceral exploration of why Christianity matters in an age of scientific rationalism and cultural cynicism. Spufford dismantles academic arguments against faith by returning to human experience—emotional, messy, and deeply felt. He challenges both believers and non-believers to look beyond sterile debates and engage with faith as a living, breathing reality. This is an argument made not through doctrine, but through the language of human feeling: vulnerability, doubt, and unexpected grace.
Genres: atheism, non-fiction, 21st-century, christianity, belief, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-account, visceral-exploration
Period: 21st-century
224 pages · Hardcover · Faber & Faber