The Genexsis Course 2020
Andy really enjoyed being part of this year’s Genexsis Course and speaking at two sessions. Below, you can find links to Andy’s slides and to various articles, videos, and resources related to each topic.
Mind and Consciousness
Download a copy of Andy’s slides as a PDF here.
Read chapter 7 of Andy’s book, The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist which has an extensive section on this topic. You can buy a copy from any good bookshop, online or offline, or find out how to get a copy as a gift by clicking here.
Read these two helpful articles in our “Beginner’s Guide to Apologetics” series:
- A Beginner’s Guide to the Argument from Rationality (by Andy Bannister)
. - A Beginner’s Guide to the Argument from Consciousness (by Sharon Dirckx)
Three great books to read around this theme are:
- Sharon Dirckx, Am I Just My Brain? (Epsom, UK: The Good Book Company, 2019)
. - John C. Lennox, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Reflective, 2020)
. - Raymond Tallis, Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity (Durham: Acumen, 2012)
Good, Evil, and Morality
Download a copy of Andy’s slides as a PDF here.
Read chapter 8 of Andy’s book, The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist which covers this topic. You can buy a copy from any good bookshop, online or offline, or find out how to get a copy as a gift by clicking here.
Three great books to read around this theme are:
- Paul Chamberlain, Can We Be Good Without God? A Conversation About Truth, Morality, Culture & a Few Other Things That Matter (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1996)
. - C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (New York: HarperOne, 2000 [1944])
. - Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? (New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2010)
Read these two helpful articles in our “Beginner’s Guide to Apologetics” series:
- A Beginner’s Guide to The Argument From Goodness (by Richard Shumack)
. - A Beginner’s Guide to the Moral Argument (by Mary Jo Sharp)
If you enjoyed Andy’s sessions, make sure to check out his new book, Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?, coming next March. If you sign up for the Solas email newsletter, we’ll let you know when it launches (and send you a discount code!)
For more information about the Solas Centre for Public Christianity that Andy leads, visit www.solas-cpc.org. In particular, do check out our SHORT/ANSWERS video series. Over a million people have now watched, downloaded, or shared one of these videos with friends. They’re a great, free evangelistic resource. Here are a few in particular connected to the theme on which Andy spoke at the Big Weekend at Home:
- Can you be good without God
. - Are you saying atheists can’t live good, meaningful lives?
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- Do all good people go to heaven?
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- Has science explained everything
. - Are we matter or do we matter?
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