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Finding God in the waves

Mike McHargue

Product Description

What do you do when God dies? It's a question facing millions today, as science reveals a universe that's self-creating, American culture departs from Christian social norms, and the idea of God begins to seem implausible at best and destructive at worst. Mike McHargue understands the pain of unraveling belief. In Finding God in the Waves, Mike tells the story of how his Evangelical faith dissolved into atheism as he studied the Bible, a crisis that threatened his identity, his friendships, and even his marriage. Years later, Mike was standing on the shores of the Pacific Ocean when a bewildering, seemingly mystical moment motivated him to take another look. But this time, it wasn't theology or scripture that led him back to God-it was science. In Finding God in the Waves, "Science Mike" draws on his personal experience to tell the unlikely story of how science led him back to faith. Among other revelations, we learn what brain scans reveal about what happens when we pray; how fundamentalism affects the psyche; and how God is revealed not only in scripture but in the night sky, in subatomic particles, and in us.

Review

"[Finding God in the Waves] may offer much-needed hope that Christianity and science can coexist." ---Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Mike McHargue, also known as "Science Mike," is a Christian turned atheist turned follower of Jesus who uses his story to help people know God in an age of science. Mike is the host of Ask Science Mike and cohost of The Liturgists Podcast. He writes for several publications, including Relevant magazine.

GenresBiographies & MemoirsMemoirsLeaders & Notable PeopleReligiousReligion & SpiritualityReligious Studies

281 pages

English edition · First published 2016 by Tantor Audio · ISBN 9781515958062

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