Alister Edgar McGrath is a Northern Irish theologian, priest, intellectual historian, scientist, and Christian apologist. He currently holds the Andreas Idreos Professorship in Science and Religion in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, and is Professor of Divinity at Gresham College. He was previously Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education at King's College London and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Oxford, and was principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, until 2005. He is an Anglican priest and is ordained within the Church of England. Aside from being a faculty member at Oxford, McGrath has also taught at Cambridge University and is a Teaching Fellow at Regent College. McGrath holds three doctorates from the University of Oxford, a DPhil in Molecular Biophysics, a Doctor of Divinity in Theology and a Doctor of Letters in Intellectual History. McGrath is noted for his work in historical theology, systematic theology, and the relationship between science and religion, as well as his writings on apologetics. He is also known for his opposition to New Atheism and antireligionism and his advocacy of theological critical realism. Among his best-known books are The Twilight of Atheism, The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine, Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life, and A Scientific Theology. He is also the author of a number of popular textbooks on theology.
Series
Books
Scientific Theology
Nature: Volume 1
2001
The Twilight of Atheism
The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World
2004
Zondervan Handbook of Christian Beliefs
2006
Chosen Ones
2010
Through a Glass Darkly
Journeys through Science, Faith, and Doubt - A Memoir
2020
The Foundations of Dialogue in Science and Relegion
1991
Scientific Theology
Reality: Volume 2
2002
Beyond the Quiet Time
Practical Evangelical Spirituality
1995
Richard Dawkins, C. S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life
2019
Christianity's Dangerous Idea
2007
A Life of John Calvin
1990
Reformation Thought
An Introduction
1941
The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation
1987
Scientific Theology
Theory
2003
Enriching Our Vision of Reality
Theology and the Natural Sciences in Dialogue
2016
The Passionate Intellect
Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind
2010
The Making of Modern German Christology, 1750-1990, Second Edition
1986
A Cloud of Witnesses
Ten Great Christian Thinkers
1990
Mere Theology
2010
The Genesis of Doctrine
A Study in the Foundation of Doctrinal Criticism
1990
Bridge-building
Effective Christian Apologetics
1992
Deep Magic, Dragons and Talking Mice
How Reading C.S. Lewis Can Change Your Life
2014
The Big Question
Why We Can't Stop Talking About Science, Faith and God
2015
The Christian Vision of God
2008
Surprised by Meaning
2010
Christian Theology
An Introduction
1991
I Believe
Exploring the Apostles Creed
1991
Christian Spirituality
An Introduction
1991
If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis
Exploring the Ideas of C. S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life
2014
Luther's Theology of the Cross
Martin Luther's Theological Breakthrough
1985
Justification by Faith
1988
Mere Discipleship
Growing in Wisdom and Hope
2018
Incarnation
2005
To Know and Serve God
1997
Historical Theology
An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought
1998
Emil Brunner
A Reappraisal
2013
Theology
The Basics
2004
Christian History
An Introduction
2010
The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis
2013
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought
1993
Understanding the Trinity
1988
Understanding Doctrine
1991
Doubting
Growing Through the Uncertainties of Faith
2006
Mere Apologetics
How To Help Seekers And Skeptics Find Faith
2012
Knowing Christ
2001
The Open Secret
A New Vision for Natural Theology
2008
The Science of God
2004
Evangelicalism & the Future of Christianity
1995
Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths
Building Bridges to Faith Through Apologetics
1993
Re-Imagining Nature
The Promise of a Christian Natural Theology
1886
Science and Religion
A New Introduction
1998
The Christian Theology Reader
1995
Faith and Creeds
A Guide for Study and Devotion
2013
Heresy
A History of Defending the Truth
2009
The Landscape of Faith
An Explorer's Guide To The Christian Creeds
2018
The Dawkins Delusion? Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine
2007
In the Beginning
The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture
2001
Christianity
An Introduction by Alister E. McGrath
1997
Inventing the Universe
Why we can't stop talking about science, faith and God
2015
Christianity
An Introduction
2005
A Passion for Truth
The Intellectual Coherence of Evangelicalism
1996
A Brief History of Heaven
2002
Studies in Doctrine
1997
A Fine-Tuned Universe
The Quest for God in Science and Theology
2009
The Living God
A Guide for Study and Devotion
2013
The Unknown God
Searching for Spiritual Fulfilment
1999
C. S. Lewis
A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
2012
Why God Won't Go Away
2011
The Sunnier Side of Doubt
1990
Darkness Shall Fall
2011
What's the Point of Theology?
Wisdom, Wellbeing and Wonder
2022
Christian Belief for Everyone
Lord and Saviour: Jesus of Nazareth
2014
Pavlus'u Düşünmek - Pavlus'un Teolojik Dünyası
2006
A Theory of Everything (That Matters)
A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God
2019
Glimpsing the Face of God
The Search for Meaning in the Universe
1842
Creation
2004
Dawkins' GOD
Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life
2004
Flight of the Outcasts
2011
The Future of Christianity
2002
Narrative Apologetics
Sharing the Relevance, Joy, and Wonder of the Christian Faith
2019
J.I. Packer
1998
The Territories of Human Reason
Science and Theology in an Age of Multiple Rationalities
2019
The Reenchantment of Nature
The Denial of Religion and the Ecological Crisis
2002
The Journey
A Pilgrim in the Lands of the Spirit
1999
Darwinism and the Divine
Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology
2011
Theology
The Basic Readings
2007
What Was God Doing on the Cross?
1993
T. F. Torrance
An Intellectual Biography
1999
¿Cómo llegar a ellos?
Defendamos y comuniquemos la fe cristiana a los no creyentes (Colección Teológica Contemporánea)
1995
Iustitia Dei
A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification
1986
The Great Mystery
Science, God and the Human Quest for Meaning
2017
