Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Prologue: “The Greatest Atheist There Ever Was” 1
7. 1 Trouble in Voorburg 11
8. 2 Gods and Ghosts 40
9. 3 Spinoza the Pantheist 60
10. 4 “The Most Godless Book” 75
11. 5 God or Nature 111
12. 6 Spinoza’s Atheism 147
13. 7 Blessedness and Salvation without God 174
14. Epilogue: The Virtuous Atheist 200
15. Notes 211
16. Bibliography 233
17. Index 241