THE CASE FOR COEXISTENCE

For centuries human beings have asked profound questions about
God, faith, evil, the afterlife, and the meaning of life itself.
This book explores fifty of those questions through history, philosophy, and religious thought,
inviting readers to consider how belief and doubt have shaped human civilization.
At its heart lies a simple challenge:
How people with deeply different convictions might still learn to live together peacefully.

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Since the earliest humans began to imagine that unseen powers or gods might guide the workings of the world, one question has followed humanity across centuries and civilizations: Does God exist? Some people, theists, say yes. Others, atheists, say no. If the disagreement ended there, it might simply be another philosophical difference among many. But it rarely ends there. Many who say “yes” feel compelled to persuade those who say “no” that they are mistaken. And some who say “no” feel equally compelled to convince believers that their faith rests on delusion.

The thirteenth-century Persian poet Rumi captured another possibility in a brief and beautiful image: “Out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” This book is an invitation into that field. Rather than trying to prove who is right or wrong, it asks a different and perhaps more fruitful question: What do theists actually believe? And what do atheists actually believe? By exploring those ideas carefully and respectfully, we may begin to understand one another more clearly. And from that understanding, perhaps something even more important can grow: the recognition that beneath our disagreements lies a shared humanity. If we can see that humanity in one another, we may yet learn how to live together peacefully in a world where people will always believe different things about God or gods.

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