Appendix E: Documented Testimonies of Former Atheists and Agnostics

The following are brief summaries of documented conversion accounts. Full accounts are available in the books cited.

• C.S. Lewis — Oxford don, literary scholar, philosopher. From atheism to theism through the argument from reason; from theism to Christianity through J.R.R. Tolkien's influence. Documented in Surprised by Joy (1955).
• Francis Collins — Geneticist, director of the Human Genome Project. From agnosticism to Christianity through C.S. Lewis's moral argument and the evidence of fine-tuning. Documented in The Language of God (2006).
• Alister McGrath — Biochemist, Oxford professor. From Marxist atheism to Christianity through careful engagement with the philosophy of science. Documented in multiple published accounts.
• Lee Strobel — Legal affairs editor, Chicago Tribune. From atheism to Christianity through a journalist's investigation of the historical evidence for the resurrection. Documented in The Case for Christ (1998).
• Anthony Flew — Philosopher, formerly the world's most prominent atheist. From atheism to deism through the fine-tuning argument and the problem of the origin of life. Documented in There Is a God (2007).
• Holly Ordway — Literature professor, committed atheist. From atheism to Christianity through imaginative engagement with poetry and literature, specifically C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton. Documented in Not God's Type (2010).
• Sarah Irving-Stonebraker — Oxford-educated historian and committed atheist. From atheism to Christianity through engagement with the argument from human dignity. Documented in various published articles.