How 'The God Delusion' BACKFIRED on RICHARD DAWKINS - Alister McGrath

Despite New Atheism's huge anti-religious influence, Professor Alister McGrath has seen increasing numbers of Christian converts say that Richard Dawkins and his colleagues, ironically, played a significant role in bringing them to faith! McGrath explores this phenomenon with Justin Brierley, as well as why the New Atheism movement began and ultimately couldn't sustain itself. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Michael Ruse (1940 - 2024). 📘 Read a FREE CHAPTER from Justin’s book “The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God”: http://justinbrierley.com/get-justins... 🎁 Support Justin’s work financially: http://justinbrierley.com/support-me/ 🎧 Listen to The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God podcast: https://justinbrierley.com/surprising... "Coming To Faith Through Dawkins" is available in both paperback and audiobook: https://a.co/d/2jdw3yL 00:00 Intro 01:43 Coming to faith through Dawkins? 03:34 The atheist bus campaign 04:33 Genesis of New Atheism 13:44 Responses to New Atheism 18:43 Engaging with New Atheists 23:07 What went wrong with New Atheism 30:32 About The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God podcast 31:33 Blind faith in science & reason? 33:15 Dawkins running from criticism 37:03 How can the Church help skeptics? 40:53 Watch next…!