Bibliography on Theism

[A good bibliography on the subject] Mcintosh, Chad, A. Theistic Arguments https://www.camcintosh.com/theistic/

Almeida, Michael. Cosmological Argument. Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Barnes, Luke A. “A Reasonable Little Question: A Formulation of the Fine-Tuning Argument.” Ergo 6, no. 42 (2019–2020): 1220–1257. https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.12405314.0006.042

Beck, W. David. Does God Exist?: A History of Answers to the Question. IVP Academic, 2021.

Bracco, Lucas. The Metaphysical Enigma: Does God Exist?: A Historical Guide to Arguments For and Against the Divine. Prometheus Books, 2024.

Campbell, Ronnie P., Jr., and David J. Baggett. A Personal God and a Good World: The Coherence of the Christian Moral Vision. Broadman & Holman, 2024.

Copan, Paul, and Charles Taliaferro, eds. The Naturalness of Belief: New Essays on Theism’s Rationality. Lexington Books, 2018.

Craig, William Lane. The Kalām Cosmological Argument. Wipf and Stock, 2000.

Craig, William Lane. Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics. 3rd ed. Crossway, 2008.

Craig, William Lane. On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision. David C. Cook, 2010.

Craig, William Lane. The Cosmological Argument from Plato to Leibniz. Wipf & Stock, 2001.

Craig, William Lane. The Kalam Cosmological Argument. Wipf & Stock, 2000.

Craig, William Lane and J. P. Moreland, eds. The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Craig, William Lane and J. P. Moreland. Naturalism: A Critical Analysis. Routledge, 2014.

Craig, William Lane, and Paul Copan. Creation out of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration. Baker, 2004.

Craig, William Lane, and Quentin Smith. Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology. Clarendon Press, 1993.

Craig, William Lane. “Five Arguments for God.” The Gospel Coalition. Christ on Campus Initiative. 2010.

Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life? Penguin, 2006.

Davis, Stephen T. God, Reason and Theistic Proofs. Edinburgh University Press, 1997.

Dawes, Gregory W. “In Defense of Naturalism.” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 70 (2011): 3–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-011-9291-8

Dawes, Gregory W. Theism and Explanation. Routledge, 2009.

Dew, James K., and R. P. Cambell, eds. Natural Theology: Five Views. Baker Academic, 2024.

Dougherty, Trent, and Jerry Walls, eds. Two Dozen (or so) Arguments for God: The Plantinga Project. Oxford University Press, 2018. 504 pages.

Evans, C. Stephen. Natural Signs and Knowledge of God: A New Look at Theistic Arguments. Oxford University Press, 2010.

Everitt, Nicholas. The Non-Existence of God. Routledge, 2003.

Feser, Edward. Five Proofs of the Existence of God. Ignatius Press, 2017.

Flew, Antony. Hume’s Philosophy of Belief: A Study of His First Inquiry. Routledge 1961.

Flew, Antony, and Roy Abraham Varghese. There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. HarperCollins, 2007.

Flynn, Patrick. The Best Argument for God. Sophia Institute Press, 2023.

Goldschmidt, Tyron. Ontological Arguments. Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Groothuis, Douglas; and James F. Sennett, eds. In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment. InterVarsity Press, 2005.

Haines, David. Natural Theology: A Biblical and Historical Introduction and Defense, 2nd ed. The Davenant Institute, 2024.

Harmon, Jana S. Atheists Finding God: Unlikely Stories of Conversions to Christianity in the Contemporary West. Lexington Press, 2023.

Hutchinson, Ian H. Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?: An MIT Professor Answers Questions on God and Science. IVP, 2018.

Kreeft, Peter. “Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God.” In The Handbook of Christian Apologetics, ed. Peter Kreeft and Fr. Ronald Tacelli, Intervarsity Press, 1994. Available at http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-existence.htm

Layman, Stephen C. Letters to Doubting Thomas: A Case for the Existence of God. Oxford University Press, 2007.

Lewis, Geraint F., and Luke A. Barnes, A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Leftow, Brian. Anselm’s Argument: Divine Necessity. Oxford University Press, 2022.

Le Poidevin, Robin. Arguing for Atheism: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. Routledge, 1996.

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern. God and Ultimate Origins: A Novel Cosmological Argument. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern. “A New Moral Argument for the existence of God.” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 93 (2023): 25–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-022-09842-1

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern. Natural Theology: A Reassessment. Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies. Routledge, 2026.

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern. The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited. Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion Series. Springer Nature, 2022. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94403-2

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern. “Theological critiques of Natural Theology: A reply to Andrew Moore.” Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 61 (2019): 207–222. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/39389041/Loke_Andrew._2019._Theological_critiques_of_Natural_Theology_A_reply_to_Andrew_Moore._Neue_Zeitschrift_f%C3%BCr_Systematische_Theologie_und_Religionsphilosophie_61_207–222

Lougheed, Kirk, eds. Four Views on the Axiology of Theism: What Difference Does God Make? Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Lewis, C. S. Miracles: A Preliminary Study. Geoffrey Bles, 1948.

Mackie, J. L. The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and Against the Existence of God. Oxford University Press, 1982.

Martin, Michael. Atheism: A Philosophical Justification. Temple University Press, 1990.

McIntosh, Chad A. “Recent Work on Traditional Arguments for Theism I.” Philosophy Compass (2022): e12854, 1–12. DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12854

McIntosh, Chad A. “Recent Work on Traditional Arguments for Theism II.” Philosophy Compass (2022): e12853, 1–9. DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12853

McKay, Noah (forthcoming). “A New Aesthetic Argument for Theism.” Faith and Philosophy.

Metaxas, Eric. Is Atheism Dead? Salem Books, 2021.

Moreland, J. P. Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity. Baker Book House, 1987.

Moreland, J. P. and Kai Nielsen. Does God Exist? The Great Debate. Thomas Nelson, 1990.

Nagasawa, Yujin. The Existence of God. Routledge, 2011.

Nowak, Martin. Within. Angelico Press, 2025.

O’Brien, Thomas C. Metaphysics and the Existence of God. Cluny, 2017. ISBN: 9781944418434

Oppy, Graham. Arguing About Gods. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Parrish, Stephen E. Atheism?: A Critical Analysis. Wipf and Stock, 2019.

Parrish, Stephen E. God and Necessity: A Defense of Classical Theism. University Press of America, 2001.

Ruloff, Colin, and Peter Horban, eds. Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology: God and Rational Belief. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Sijuwade, Joshua R. Analytic Theism: A Philosophical Investigation. Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Routledge, 2024.

Sobel, Jordan Howard. Logic and Theism: Arguments for and against Beliefs in God. Cambridge University Press, 2004. 676 pages [non-Christian position]

Sober, Elliott. The Design Argument. Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Spitzer, Robert J. New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy. Eerdmans, 2010.

Swinburne, Richard. Is There a God? 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010.

Swinburne, Richard. The Existence of God. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2004.

Ward, Keith. Evidence For God: A Case for the Existence of the Spiritual Dimension. Darton Longman & Todd Ltd, 2014.

Williams, Clifford. Existential Reasons for Belief in God: A Defense of Desires and Emotions for Faith. Inter Varsity Press, 2011.

Williams, Peter S. A Universe from Someone. Wipf & Stock, 2022.