Argues that for those who regard the evidence for God's existence as ambiguous, practices such as thanking, praising, and apologizing to God, or accepting God's love for them, can help them develop a range of moral and spiritual excellences.

T. Ryan Byerly is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, where he has worked since 2015, after completing his PhD from Baylor University in 2012. His research focuses on Philosophy of Religion and Virtue Theory. His most recent books include Intellectual Dependability: A Virtue Theory of the Epistemic and Educational Ideal (2021) and Putting Others First: The Christian Ideal of Others-Centeredness (2019), both with Routledge Press.

• Introduction


• Part One


• 1: Minimal Theism


• 2: Ambiguous Evidence for God


• 3: Faith and its Justification


• 4: Virtue and Flourishing


• Part Two


• 5: Giving God the Benefit of the Doubt


• 6: Accepting God's Love


• 7: Spiritual Excellence


• Conclusion