{"product_id":"the-trace-of-god-tim-wood-9780982408711","title":"The Trace of God: A Rational Warrant for Belief","description":"Joseph Hinman develops the notion that belief in God, while not absolutely provable, is rationally warranted and that the experience is life-transforming and vital. He utilizes a body of empirical scientific studies that go back fifty years and draws upon sociological experts including Abraham Maslow, Robert Wuthnow, and Andrew Greeley. The huge body of work includes many important advances in this scientific work (such as the M scale) this allow for carefully study of mystical experience and offers a range of evidence that warrants belief. Arguments for God based upon personal religious experience have always been considered weak by both apologists and skeptics. This has been the case due to prejudices and misconceptions about the nature of religious experiences... A vast body of data demonstrates that religious experiences, what some call \"mystical\" and others refer to as \"peak,\" have positive, long term effects so dramatic it can only be described as \"transformative\"... Religious experience is the effect of God has upon the human heart, thus, the Trace of God. Hinman establishes that the Trace of God and religious experience -far from being caused by or related to mental or emotional instability- has an impact that is not just positive and life-transforming but vital: that belief in God is rationally warranted. \u003ci\u003eA fine exploration of the meaningfulness of arguments from human experience to the reality of God.\u003c\/i\u003e - Ralph Hood, Jr., \u003ci\u003eThe Psychology of Religion and Handbook of Religious Experience\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003esome much-needed scientific rigour on the subject of mysticism and religious experience\u003c\/i\u003e - James Hannam \u003ci\u003eGod's Philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted, Royal Society Prize for Science Books 2010) \u003ci\u003eHinman's book will give you something to think about.\u003c\/i\u003e - Nick Peters, \u003ci\u003eChristian Answers to This Generation's Questions\u003c\/i\u003e (with J. P. Holding) \u003ci\u003epresents an important argument in a strong and forceful way... a great contribution to discussions of the rationality of belief in God.\u003c\/i\u003e - William S. Babcock, Professor Emeritus of Church History, Southern Methodist University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Wood,Joseph Hinman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0982408714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982408711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grandviaduct\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.93d","brand":"Tim Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443768733951,"sku":"9780982408711","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b525901-388d-4e6b-8cb8-969c60c59f9a.jpg?v=1777207717","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trace-of-god-tim-wood-9780982408711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}