How to prove there is a God: Mortimer J. Adler's writings and thoughts about God

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One of the great tasks of Mortimer Adler's illustrious life was his search for a watertight proof of the existence of God. Adler believed that his search had been successful. Adler spent years studying the classic proofs of God's existence, especially Aquinas's Five Ways, and found shortcomings in all of them, as conventionally understood. But he thought that some of them contained ideas which, if properly developed, could be improved, and he continued to search for a satisfying and logically unassailable proof. Toward the end of the 1970s, he believed he had arrived at such a proof, which he.  Read more... Abstract: Explains why reason shows there must be a God. This title contains articles from different stages of the author's philosophical career, with pieces from 1943 to 1981 showing him defending his position against critics and struggling to improve it by correcting his earlier errors.  Read more... Content: How to think about God's existence / Mortimer J. Adler -- The God I pray to / Mortimer J. Adler -- Adler under fire / Mortimer J. Adler, William F. Buckley, and Jeff Greenfield -- A debate about God and science -- The guiding hand of God in the universe / Owen Gingerich -- God, chance, and natural theology / Mortimer J. Adler -- Gingerich replies to Adler / Owen Gingerich -- New developments in science strengthen Adler's argument for God's existence / John Cramer -- Adler's early struggles with the God question -- The demonstration of God's existence -- Mortimer J. Adler -- A reply to Adler on God's existence / Herbert Thomas Schwartz -- God's existence: a new approach / Mortimer J. Adler.