The book makes amazing and convincing points on possibly the most important topic of all time: Does God exist? . . . . I really did like this book and learned a tremendous amount from Kreeft on how to dialogue with an atheist. Formatting the book in written letters was brilliant; the book is short to begin with and the conversational tone made it not only a quick read, but it really got me invested in the relationship between Kreeft and Michael and Michael’s progress from atheism.

Our Sunday Visitor

When a young woman expressed concern about her atheist brother, Kreeft (philosophy, Boston Coll.; Catholic Christianity; Making Sense out of Suffering) offered to enter into correspondence with him. In this thoughtful defense of theism, the author spells out the grounds for his belief in God and imagines how the woman’s brother might reply. Assuming his interlocutor’s (and reader’s) intelligence and understanding of basic logic and philosophical terminology, Kreeft distinguishes different types of atheism; addresses the problems he sees in materialism, naturalism, and scientism; and responds to traditional antitheistic arguments. Only in the last 20 pages does he go offtrack, with sound-bite defenses of traditional Catholic doctrines on sexuality and unconvincing dismissals of the Church’s roles in historical violence and recent child-abuse scandals. Kreeft gives most credence to first-cause and moral arguments for God’s existence, stressing that both truth and goodness must be grounded in the nature of reality. Verdict Given that the atheist’s side of the correspondence is fictional, it comes as no surprise that this warm, philosophical defense of faith in God will speak more to believers’ inner doubts than to actual skeptical questioners.

Library Journal

Kreeft’s letters demonstrate how to hold charitable, fruitful dialogue with unbelievers. Kreeft covers all the famous arguments for God’s existence, including Aquinas’ Five Ways and the arguments from desire, morality, fine tuning, and Big Bang cosmology. But he does so with a refreshing friendliness. The letters lack the polemical and turgid prose seen in many books on atheism. Instead, his book is sharp, witty, and warm, and one of the first I’d recommend to anyone wrestling with faith.

Fox News

Kreeft's latest book is profound yet chatty, brilliant yet warm and humorous. It is studded with new perspectives. A great gift for atheists but also for sceptics and doubters.

Ronda Chervin, Holy Apostles College and Seminary

Letters of Christian thinkers to young atheists have become almost a literary genre. Usually, they are occasioned by some atheist’s claim or a student’s suspicion that no case can be made either for philosophy or faith. Probably no one has dealt with young (or old) atheists more clearly or more persuasively, yet carefully and modestly, than Peter Kreeft. He knows what the evidence is and its limits. He understands what arguing consistently means. The fact is, very few have really come across a presentation of reason and faith in the manner that Kreeft argues it in these charming and considerate letters. I found them most delightful and persuasive, even for an old cleric who thinks faith makes sense. For anyone honestly looking to see what arguments for atheism are and how they might be resolved, no better book can be found.

James V. Schall, S. J., professor emeritus, Georgetown University

Kreeft’s compassionate and passionate arguments for the existence of God are peppered with pointed insights, flashes of light that turn the tables with a turn of phrase. Sharp. Witty. Wise. Clear. Eye-opening. Compelling. A joy to read. I often found a smile on my face from the simple delight of truth-seeking.

Christopher West, author of Fill These Hearts: God, Sex, and the Universal Longing