Is God real? This bestseller says yes – and that science can prove it, too

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Believing in God is no longer simply a matter of faith. A slew of recent books argue that God, in fact, is a science -backed phenomenon. American philosopher of science Stephen C. Meyer’s 2021 book Return of the God Hypothesis promised “groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God”. Since its release, he has done the rounds on the airwaves, appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience and Piers Morgan Uncensored.

God is big business in the publishing world. Last month Ebury launched the first-ever Christian imprint at Penguin Random House in response to “a clear market need” while Matthew McConaughey’s book Poems & Prayers went straight to the top of the New York Times bestseller list in September. One publisher told me that the on