Stephen Williams is Honorary Professor of Theology at Queen's University, Belfast. He holds master's degrees from Oxford and Cambridge Universities and a doctorate from Yale University. His teaching career has been centred on Presbyterian theological colleges in Wales and Northern Ireland, but he also has professional links to Central and Eastern Europe. He has published in the areas of theology, ethics and intellectual history.

In this lively book, Stephen Williams challenges the conventional wisdom regarding Christian theology's responsibility for modern atheism, urging that Christianity's claim about God's historical act of reconciliation and forgiveness is at least as offensive in modern culture. It is an important proposal, rich with implications both for constructive theology and for plotting the history of modern religious thought.

• Introduction1. Around and About Descartes2. Restoring a Measure of Faith in Locke3. Troubled Giant4. The Verdict of Nietzsche5. From a Theological Point of View6. Towards ReconciliationBibliographyIndex

Stephen Williams is Honorary Professor of Theology at Queen's University, Belfast. He holds master's degrees from Oxford and Cambridge Universities and a doctorate from Yale University. His teaching career has been centred on Presbyterian theological colleges in Wales and Northern Ireland, but he also has professional links to Central and Eastern Europe. He has published in the areas of theology, ethics and intellectual history.

In this lively book, Stephen Williams challenges the conventional wisdom regarding Christian theology's responsibility for modern atheism, urging that Christianity's claim about God's historical act of reconciliation and forgiveness is at least as offensive in modern culture. It is an important proposal, rich with implications both for constructive theology and for plotting the history of modern religious thought.

• Introduction1. Around and About Descartes2. Restoring a Measure of Faith in Locke3. Troubled Giant4. The Verdict of Nietzsche5. From a Theological Point of View6. Towards ReconciliationBibliographyIndex