God, Actually is a unique new religious book, a rational Christian apologetic written for agnostics and atheists as well as people of faith.

Since mid-2006, Williams has written numerous book reviews for The Weekend Australian and other newspapers and magazines.

Only some of the books had a specifically religious (or anti-religious) theme, but Williams has sought to bring a Christian sensibility to all of his reviews (as well as wide-ranging knowledge of many other subjects).

Here are links to some samples of his work:

The Good Book
By A.C. Grayling (Bloomsbury)
(The Weekend Australian, May 28-29, 2011)
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Atheists shouldn't damn the Bible with faint praise
(The Punch, 23 May, 2011)
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Digging Up a Past
By John Mulvaney (UNSW Press)
(The Spectator Australia, 21 May, 2011)
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The Illusion of Victory: The True Costs of War
By Ian Bickerton (Melbourne University Press)
and
Against Remembrance
By David Rieff (Melbourne University Press)
(The Weekend Australian, April 30-May 1, 2011)
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The UFO Diaries
By Martin Plowman (Allen & Unwin)
(The Weekend Australian, February 19-20, 2011)
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Mercy, Mater & Me: A Memoir
By Sister Angela Mary (UQP)
(The Spectator Australia, 1 January, 2011)
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The Grand Design
By Stephen Hawking (Bantam Press)
(The Weekend Australian, October 16-17, 2010)
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What Science Knows and How It Knows It
By James Franklin (Encounter Books)
(The Spectator Australia, 14 August 2010)
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
By Matt Ridley (Fourth Estate)
(The Weekend Australian, June 19-20, 2010)
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Law and Happiness
By Eric A. Posner (University of Chicago Press)
(The Weekend Australian, June 5-6, 2010)
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The Authenticity Hoax
By Andrew Potter (Scribe)
(The Weekend Australian, May 1-2, 2010)
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Why Science Suggests God's Existence
(The Melbourne Anglican, March 2010 issue)
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Why Science Suggests God's Existence
(The Melbourne Anglican, March 2010 issue)
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Christianity and politics: a problematic mix
(Online Opinion, 1 March 2010)
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My Name Is Ross: An Alcoholic's Journey
By Ross Fitzgerald (New South)
(The Weekend Australian, January 30-31, 2010)
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A Visionary Man (a profile of Zoltan Torey)
(Sydney Alumni Magazine, Summer 2009/2010 issue)
A visionary man

A History of Charisma
By John Potts (Palgrave Macmillan)
(The Weekend Australian, September 19-20, 2009)
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Australian Tragic: Gripping Tales from the Dark Side of Our History
By Jack Marx (Hachette Australia)
(The Weekend Australian, September 12-13, 2009)
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Famine: A Short History
By Cormac O Grada (Princeton University Press)
(The Weekend Australian, May 16-17, 2009)
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
By Alain de Botton (Penguin)
(The Weekend Australian, April 11-12, 2009)
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Larrikin Angel:
A Biography of Veronica Brady
By Kath Jordan (Round House Press)
(The Weekend Australian, March 14-15, 2009)
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Human Smoke:
The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
By Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster)

and...

Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War:
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
By Patrick J Buchanan (Crown Publishers)
(The Australian Literary Review, December 3, 2008)
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The Future of Jesus:
Does He Have a Place in Our World?
By Peter Jensen (Matthias Media)
(The Weekend Australian, September 13-14, 2008)
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Flat Earth:
The History of an Infamous Idea
By Christine Garwood (Pan Books)
(The Weekend Australian, August 30-31, 2008)
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Bottlemania:
How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It
By Elizabeth Royte (Scribe)
(The Weekend Australian, July 26-27, 2008)
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Enid Lyons:
Leading Lady to a Nation
By Anne Henderson (Pluto Press Australia)
(The Weekend Australian, 5-6 July 2008).
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Unintelligent Design:
Why God isn't as smart as she thinks she is
by Robyn Williams (Allen & Unwin).
(The Weekend Australian, August 26-27, 2006)
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Acting on Conscience:
How can we responsibly mix law, religion and politics?
by Frank Brennan (UQP).
(The Weekend Australian, November 4-5, 2006)
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The Goldilocks Enigma:
Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
by Paul Davies (Allen Lane).
(The Weekend Australian, December 9-10, 2006)
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People in Glass Houses
An Insider's Story of a Life in & out of Hillsong
by Tanya Levin (Black Inc.).
(The Sydney Morning Herald, August 4-5, 2007)
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The Choice of Hercules:
Pleasure, Duty and the Good Life in the 21st Century
by A.C. Grayling (Weidenfeld & Nicholson).
(The Weekend Australian, March 8-9, 2008)
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