The Book
Is the universe an accident? Do our lives have purpose? Is the world governed merely by known physical laws, or by a knowable God?
Questions like these have driven mankind’s quest for understanding for centuries, leading to uncounted discoveries about the world around us. Today, our challenge lies not in our lack of information, but in its abundance. How do we sort it all out?
The God Abduction takes up the challenge, touring the disciplines of science in a search for signs of God. We venture from the origin of the universe to the formation of life to mankind’s hunger for spiritual connection. Author Ron Londen straddles a constant creative tension: to write better than most scientists and to understand the science better than most writers. The God Abduction pours storytelling into every page, shaping rich anecdotes, subtle connections and touches of humor into a single, accessible narrative.
In the world of philosophy, the process of “abductive reasoning” is also called the “inference to the best explanation.” Detectives use abduction to build a case against an accused criminal. Physicians routinely trace back from symptoms to find underlying cause. Abductive reasoning works in the realm of what we don’t know, even when one of our fundamental challenges is knowing so many things. The result of abduction is never absolute certainty, but it can be trustworthy enough to make important decisions—conviction of a crime, a course of medical treatment or a worldview-altering change in perspective.
The God Abduction is divided into sections:
- Our Search for Truth
- The Universe
- Life
- Humanity
- Our Search for Meaning
The God Abduction stands apart from the typical “faith and science” book in three ways:
Scope: Many books of this genre choose to explore a single topic very deeply. Instead, The God Abduction looks to a wide range of fields, including cosmology, biology, anthropology and the history of science to build its narrative.
Accessibility: Too often, books seeking to cross over from scholarly to popular markets fall short, losing the audience in a sea of arcane detail and academic language. Instead, The God Abduction is written from a different realm of expertise—storytelling—supported by years of research drawn from more than 50,000 pages of source material.
Humility: The author is not trying to win an argument, but to discover what’s true. The book begins from a Christian perspective—and it ends there. But it also begins with an honest admission: I might be wrong. Thus, the process is undertaken without Christian jargon. In that respect, any open-minded reader will find The God Abduction a comfortable place for inquiry.