My Year with God

How are Christians capable of believing? Is it faith or delusion? Or is there something wrong with me? I do not believe in spirits, gods, miracles, resurrection or eternal life. But I will seek to cast off my prejudices and give God a chance. At least for a year. Danish writer Svend Brinkmann spent a year with God, exploring faith and religion through the eyes of a sceptic.  Each month, from January to December, he grappled with questions that had nagged at him since he was a child: Why does God let the innocent suffer? Does science disprove the existence of God? Does faith make you a better person? Can you doubt and still believe? It became a year of deep reflection and surprising revelations that challenged the bounds of his scientific worldview and led him to a new appreciation of faith and its place within a secular, mostly fulfilled life.

Preface January: Why a book about God? February: What is religion? March: Is there a link between ethics and faith? April: Does faith work? May: Can science replace religion? June: Does the soul exist? July: What can we learn from the Bible? August: Could there be multiple gods? September: How does faith affect grief? October: Can humans become God? November: What about doubt? December: What have I learnt? Notes