In 2004, Anthony Flew -- perhaps the most famous philosophical atheist of the twentieth century -- declared himself a theist, or more accurately a Deist. Not long before that, in 2003, Flew and his longtime friend Gary Habermas, who is arguably the world's leading expert on the historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus, debated that topic at a Veritas Forum in California -- with Habermas making the case for rational belief in the Resurrection on the basis of the evidence, and Flew arguing for alternative understandings of the evidence presented. Now, Did the Resurrection Happen? presents the full content of their third and final debate, as well as transcripts of the Q & A session with the audience afterward. Also included are a 2004 conversation between Habermas and Flew shortly after Flew's much-publicized change of position, as well as editor David Baggett's assessment and analysis of the full history of Habermas and Flew's interactions.

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Is death the end? That's the ultimate question that has preoccupied mankind from the beginning of time to the present. And in truth, there is no more important question in life -- it is the one issue that makes every other issue trivial, for death is the great wrecking ball that destroys everything. But does anything lie beyond that great disruption, that terrible dissolution? Bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza answers that question with a resounding "yes." In his new blockbuster, Life After Death: The Evidence, he offers solid proof that death is not the end -- and shows why the rational side of this debate is the side that believes in the afterlife, while those clinging to blind faith are the ones who say that the end of this life is the extinguishing of all human existence.

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"For as long as I can remember," says Ann Coulter in her Foreword to this book, "liberals have been running around in a state of indignation, shouting that the government is being taken over by a dangerous band of religious fanatics who want to abolish the First Amendment, establish a national religion, force their bizarre sexual morality on children in public schools, rewrite the nation's laws to enforce their personal moral preferences, and punish anyone who dissents from their views. Unfortunately it's all true. That's precisely what liberals are trying to do."

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For the past 150 years scientists have interpreted the world supposing there is nothing in principle that cannot accounted for, where the unknown is merely waiting-to-be- known. And so it has been until very recently, writes James Le Fanu, when two of the most ambitious scientific projects ever conceived revealed, quite unexpectedly -- and without anyone really noticing – that we are after all a mystery to ourselves. Now, in Why Us? How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves, Le Fanu -- an award-winning science reporter and practicing physician -- explores the power of science to penetrate the deep mysteries of our existence, as well as its limits, challenging the common assumption that has persisted since Darwin's Origin of Species that we are no more than the fortuitous consequence of a known evolutionary process.

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Time was, people in Western society lived in a culture where the Bible was assumed to possess a certain authority. In today's secular culture, that's no longer true. From TV documentaries to Hollywood blockbusters, from newsmagazines to bestselling books, frontal attacks on the reliability of the New Testament are as common today as they were unthinkable only a few decades ago. As a result, many Christians find themselves not merely on the defensive but overwhelmed -- scarcely able to keep track of the attacks, much less to answer them. Now, the remedy: in Conspiracies and the Cross, historian and Scripture scholar Dr. Timothy Paul Jones examines in depth the ten most popular "conspiracy theories" calling the New Testament into question -- and shows how, when subjected to actual historical evidences, each of them crumbles beneath the weight of its own overblown claims.

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For over two thousand years, Western man has had answers for why the universe exists, and why it is intelligible to us: God created it, made it orderly, and gave us reason to perceive that order. Yet ironically, the more we have discovered of the laws governing the created world, the more we have come to doubt the existence of a law-giving Creator. Could not the universe and its orderliness have always existed? Now, in A Case for the Existence of God, Dean L. Overman explains why the idea of an infinitely existing universe that "just happens" to be orderly and conform to our reason is logically absurd -- and why, in contrast, belief in God is rational and plausible.

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Contemporary art is so divorced from – indeed hostile to -- Christianity, that one must occasionally be reminded how important Christian subjects were to the art of past centuries. Indeed, Christianity seems to have inspired the artistic imagination like nothing else -- it's surely no accident that all of the so-called Great Masters flourished when Europe was still overwhelmingly Christian. Now, The Lion Companion to Christian Art surveys the whole magnificent legacy of Christian art, showing how art has both reflected and stimulated Christian thought and experience throughout the ages. Sumptuously illustrated with more than 200 full-color images of paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, and other works, this is a comprehensive look at how the world's finest artists have sought to convey the stories, beliefs, and mysteries of the Christian faith.

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Has anyone ever asked you a question about your faith that left you speechless? Now this fully interactive new DVD can help. Renowned Christian scholars give you all the facts and documentation you need to answer more than 50 of the toughest questions. read more

During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa of Calcutta's public image was that of a tiny, energetic woman of cheerful disposition who embodied the essence of Christian faith in action. But only her closest spiritual advisors knew of the agonizing spiritual pain she endured for almost fifty years. Now, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of her death, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light brings together the private letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors which reveal the hidden dynamics of her relationship with God -- including moments, indeed years, of utter desolation. In this moving chronicle of her spiritual journey, Mother Teresa emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith, a true "dark night of the soul." read more

Here is the kind of books Christian families need at Christmas -- and can rarely find anymore. In The True Meaning of Christmas, a wonderful read-aloud for the whole family, the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen retells the Christmas story while offering food for thought for the older members of the family -- thoughts that can be easily explained to the younger members with the aid of illustrations. And these aren't the cartoonish illustrations we see in so many children's books these days. These are illustrations which elevate and inspire while capturing a child's imagination.

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Nearly 20 years ago, a small non-profit in Texas published a textbook called Of Pandas and People -- an event that set off a firestorm. The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) condemned the book as full of "half- truths, untruths, and nonsense." Law review articles tried to prove it unconstitutional. And in 2005, a federal judge banned it outright from science classrooms. Why did Darwinists go to such extremes? Simply because the book offered a potent, comprehensive critique of Darwinian evolution and proposed a legitimate scientific alternative, intelligent design (ID).

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After Vatican II, a major weapon in the arsenal of struggling Catholics was turned into a marshmallow. Frequent Confession became "necessary" only for those "in mortal sin," it was thought (and sometimes taught). Out of print, too, went this hugely popular volume on both sides of the Atlantic, easily the most methodical book ever written about the many uses of Confession for spiritual growth. Confession, its author makes clear, is not a counseling session. Rather, says the late German Abbot, Benedict Baur, OSB, frequent Confession has "high value in the spiritual life" -- and can help you overcome various weaknesses, bad habits and perverse inclinations.

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The perennial task of Christians is to find a way to be "in but not of the world" -- to provide both a witness and a vocabulary that can aid in the achievement of an approximately just public order without confusing any public order with the Church, never mind the promised Kingdom of God. This is the task to which the recently deceased Rev. Richard John Neuhaus devoted himself in his final -- and perhaps finest -- book, American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile.

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The Gospels tell us only the barest details of our Lord's cruel sufferings up to and on Calvary. But after 19 centuries, an eminent (and devout) French surgeon fills in the harrowing gaps. Dr. Pierre Barbet studied the Shroud of Turin, inch by inch, recreating every stage of Jesus' sufferings, with heart-wrenching details. read more

Recent years have seen a spate of bestselling books, all from major publishers, defaming the reputation of Pope Pius XII by accusing him of "silence" at best, complicity at worst in the Nazi persecution and genocide of the Jews. Meanwhile, the task of defending the Pope has fallen mainly to reviewers -- whose work, brilliant though it was, has been scattered in various newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, making it nearly impossible for the average reader to gauge the results. Now, in The Pius War: Responses to the Critics of Pius XII, Joseph Bottum has joined with Rabbi David G. Dalin to gather a representative and powerful sample of these reviews, deliberately chosen from a wide range of publications. Together with a team of professors, historians, and other experts, these reviewers thoroughly investigate -- and conclusively refute -- the claims attacking Pius XII.

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The First Amendment guarantees all Americans freedom of speech and religion. Yet today, these fundamental liberties are under vicious attack by secular liberals who are using the power of the courts, schools, government bureaucracy, and the media to drive conservative and Christian ideas from the public square. As a result, morally responsible, patriotic Americans are forced to withdraw into the shadows of public opinion, where their freedom of speech is reduced to whispers. Now, in Why We Whisper, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint and Professor David Woodard expose the means and methods of the liberal assault on free speech; reveal its devastating consequences for the health of our society; and call on America's "Muzzled Majority" to start fighting back.

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Ask a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church, and his answer might come down to one word: "corruption." But according to Thomas E. Woods, Jr., that one word should be "civilization." In How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, Professor Woods shows how the Catholic Church has shaped our civilization to a far greater degree than most people -- Catholics included -- have been taught. "To be sure, most people recognize the influence of the Church in music, art, and architecture," writes Woods (author of the New York Times bestseller The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History). But her influence goes far beyond that. In fact, he reveals, the Church's imprint can be found on every major achievement and institution of the West -- from science and economics, to international law and "just war" theory, to the university system and organized charity.

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While pastoring a church prior to entering law school, Mathew Staver was infuriated every Christmas season when one nativity scene after another was challenged in court. His righteous anger provoked a deep interest in constitutional law. The more he studied, the more Staver realized the vast amount of misinformation regarding religious rights. The result of his intense research is this comprehensive guide to religious liberty in America -- and how our "unalienable right" of religious freedom can and must be defended in everyday life.

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It's a trend: in this anything-goes age, ever larger numbers of people are opting for tougher moral standards. Millions are streaming out of churches that preach the Gospel of "If It Feels Good, Do It," and are finding homes in houses of worship that preach a more traditional and more demanding religion. Churches that have ditched Christian doctrine in favor of an unremitting advocacy of the Democratic Party platform, like the Episcopalians and Unitarians, are hemorrhaging members -- while conservative churches like the Southern Baptists are gaining members in record numbers.

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Many orthodox Catholics are under the impression that Church teaching requires them to reject free enterprise and favor an array of interventions in the marketplace. Not so, argues Thomas E. Woods in this principled and unapologetic defense of the free market from a Catholic perspective.

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