Deepest Differences is accurately titled. The book is made up of actual emails between two very different people. It is great to see how both James Sire and Carl Peraino talk to each other as friends and yet with passion to their points of view.

James make is clear that his position is one of a biblical theist. I’m pretty certain that he is a theistic evolutionist so I don’t personally believe that he is consistent with the “biblical” part. However, to be fair James never says th More...

This book is the collection of email correspondence between James Sire (Christian) and Carl Peraino (Atheist) on the worldviews that divide them. As such, it is easy and informal reading for the most part. You do not get the highly technical and nuanced argumentation for either side that you might expect if you were reading a monograph. However, you do get the reasons for belief and unbelief from two capable minds. I think this is a great book to go through with somebody, using it as a sprin More...