{"product_id":"the-closed-world-how-a-skeptic-begins-to-suspect-reality-is-more-than-matter-and-motion-9781996839256","title":"The Closed World: How a Skeptic Begins to Suspect Reality Is More Than Matter and Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cyril Opoku\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Quest Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Quest Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Religious - Christian - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe thought faith was for weak people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElias Mercer is smart enough to dismantle weak arguments, sharp enough to expose easy answers, and certain that religion is what people reach for when they cannot face reality. As a high school senior with a restless mind and no patience for comforting illusions, he believes the universe is closed, meaning is human-made, and science explains what matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the cracks begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat starts as intellectual confidence is disturbed by a series of encounters he cannot dismiss as easily as he wants: a calm Christian girl who refuses to flinch, a world that feels bigger than mechanism alone, and questions about truth, existence, and meaning that explanation does not quite silence. Elias still calls himself an atheist. He still trusts reason. But for the first time, the closed world he lives in no longer feels completely sealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Closed World\u003c\/b\u003e is a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel about doubt, science, meaning, and the beginning of one skeptic's journey toward faith. Blending symbolic realism, emotional honesty, and philosophical tension, this first book in \u003cb\u003eThe Skeptic's Progress\u003c\/b\u003e series is perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent Christian fiction, stories about atheism and belief, and novels that wrestle seriously with truth, suffering, identity, and Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003cb\u003eChristian fiction\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ephilosophical fiction\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003espiritual coming-of-age stories\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003enovels about doubt and faith\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Closed World\u003c\/b\u003e opens a powerful series about what happens when reality refuses to stay small.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quest Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776110313623,"sku":"9781996839256","price":1198.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781996839256.webp?v=1777994326","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-closed-world-how-a-skeptic-begins-to-suspect-reality-is-more-than-matter-and-motion-9781996839256","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}