David Bentley Hart is an intellectual juggernaut. This is an extraordinarily well-argued and energetic book. He describes three realms of experience—being, consciousness, and bliss—that post-Enlightenment science cannot (by its own self-definition) account for, three realms of experience that traditional theology provides striking and convincing accounts of. If you’re interested in watching DBH slam contemporary atheism, read Part One; if you want the spiritual meat of his argument, skip ahead and read the beautiful final chapter, “Illusion and Reality.” The middle sections sometimes drag on a bit and suffer from redundancy; per usual, DBH could use a stricter editor. Nevertheless, this is a gorgeous and invigorating argument for God’s immanence.