Writers enjoy nothing more than being read and discussed, and I hope this Web site makes that easier for the books I've written on religion, science, history and philosophy. Book writing offers the pleasures of asking questions,
probing sources, talking to fascinating people and presenting the findings in a single story. When it comes off well
enough, we authors trumpet our best reviews. This Web site is no different. Thanks for visiting!
Biographers of the Ages . . . .
Hot off the presses! The God Biographers: Our Changing Image of God from Job to the Present (2010). This book tells the story of the historic clash between the classical and modern images of God, culminating in the modern-day debate over process, relational, and open theism. Published by Lexington Books.
'A Concise and Elegant History'
The Proof of God: The Debate that Shaped Modern Belief, the engaging story of the Ontological Argument from St. Anselm, to William of Ockham, to René Descartes. Published by Atlas & Co., 2008
“Witham … enlivens every page. He accomplishes this not only by showing the subtle dynamism of Anselm's thought, but by embedding him, and his successors, firmly in their times.”—New York Sun.
“[A] concise and elegant history . . . concentrates mainly on Anselm and the subsequent engagements with him by Aquinas, Ockham and Descartes, while delighting in the intricacies of monastic and university politics, and dabbing in charming touches of colour.”—The Guardian.
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Marketplace of the Gods: How Economics Explains Religion
IN BOOKSTORES, on Kindle
(Oxford University Press, 2010)
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A City Upon a Hill: How Sermons Changed the Course of American History (HarperOne)
"Knows when to pick up the narrative pace and when to slow down for delicious detail."—Publishers Weekly
"The sermon is America's characteristic form of speech . . . a brilliant exposition."—Peter Gomes
"An important study worthy of a place in all libraries."—Library Journal
"A first-rate history of religion in America. . . . will reward readers in ways they can hardly foresee."—Edwin Gaustad
"Weaves a history of the theology contained in the American sermon."—Wall Street Journal
"Witham’s highly readable history of the American sermon strongly bolsters the contention that words change minds and alter the course of events."—Booklist
"[The author’s] engaging prose and broad and detailed history of American religious oratory will fuel discussion among students of American Christianity, homiletics, and U.S. history."—Choice
