Theism, that is, belief in the existence of God, has, over the last forty or so years, beenmaking a quiet comeback. Whereas for several decades the “death of God” was heralded— culminating, perhaps, with
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magazine’s April 8, 1966, title: “Is God Dead?”—philosophersare once again vigorously debating the rationality of theistic belief. Emerging from amid thisrenaissance is an increasing number of publications treating the various so-called “theistic proofs” or arguments for God’s existence. These arguments are part of the project of naturaltheology, that is, the project of establishing the rationality of theistic belief apart from appeal toauthoritative divine revelation