The Emptiness of Atheism for a Romantic Idealist

April 28th, 2026 | 12 min read

Christopher Beha. Why I Am Not an Atheist: The Confessions of a Skeptical Believer. Penguin Press, 2026. $30.00. 432 pp.

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Daniel K. Williams

Daniel K. Williams teaches American history at Ashland University and is the author of The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship. He is currently writing a history of Protestant Christian apologetics that is under contract with Oxford University Press.

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