Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Paul Copan (Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA) Inductive Arguments 2.3 The Inductive Argument based on Expansion of the Universe 1. The Kalam Cosmological Argument William Lane Craig (Talbot School of Theology, USA) and James Sinclair (Warfare Analyst, USA) 2. Why the Big Bang Singularity Does Not Help the Kalam Cosmological Argument for Theism J. Brian Pitts (University of Notre Dame, USA) 3. On Non-Singular Spacetimes and the Beginning of the Universe William Lane Craig (Talbot School of Theology, USA) and James Sinclair (Warfare Analyst, USA) 4. The Beginning of the Universe Alexander Vilenkin (Tufts Institute of Cosmology, USA) 2.4 The Inductive Argument based on Thermodynamic Properties of the Universe 5.

A Dying Universe: The Long-Term Fate and Evolution of Astrophysical Objects Fred C. Adams (University of Delaware, USA) and Gregory Laughlin (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) 6. Heat Death in Ancient and Modern Thermodynamics Gábor Kutrovátz ( Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary) 7. Entropy and Eschatology: A Comment on Kutrovátz's Paper "Heat Death in Ancient and Modern Thermodynamics" Milan M. Cirkovic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) 8. The Generalized Second Law Implies a Quantum Singularity Theorem Aron C. Wall (Institute for Advanced Study, USA) Part 3. Therefore, the Universe has a Cause 9.

Libertarian Agency and the Craig/Grünbaum Debate about Theistic Explanation of the Initial Singularity J. P. Moreland (Talbot School of Theology, USA) 10. Causation and the Logical Impossibility of a Divine Cause Quentin Smith (Western Michigan University, USA) 11. Beyond the Big Bang William Lane Craig (Talbot School of Theology, USA) Permissions Index.