A visit a few moments ago paid off with news about a new book by Antony Flew, a prominent atheist philosopher from years past who later became a believer. Flew wrote portions of a book called "Does God Exist," which was primarily a debate between (atheist) Kai Nielsen and (Christian theist) J. P. Moreland.
Antony Flew, famous English philosopher, has released a book entitled “There is a God” that charts his journey from atheism to theism. It reads quite a bit like a biography rather than a work of philosophy, but I was pleasantly surprised at the exposition of his former atheism (and, for that matter, the innovative atheistic arguments he created). He appears to be his best critic, and the reader is given a whirlwind tour of the history of his arguments and why he does not think they cut it. For the C.S. Lewis aficionado, he has some interesting anecdotes of his time in the Socratic Club- he appears to have taken the Socratic maxim of following the evidence where it leads to heart, and may have gleaned that from his time with Lewis.
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I'd be interested in Flew's book, given that his part in "Does God Exist" counted as an interesting read.
Nielsen's approach in the book was interesting, by the way. He stuck with denying the coherence of god-language, if my memory serves. An atheist who can't understand god-language can't coherently call himself an atheist if he doesn't know what belief he lacks. How would he know he lacked that belief?
Nielsen's odd argument seemed to disappoint Flew and fellow atheist (at the time, anyway) Keith Parsons.
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