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Mapping apologetics : comparing contemporary approaches / Brian K. Morley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830897049
  • 0830897046
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mapping apologeticsDDC classification:
  • 239 23
LOC classification:
  • BT1117 .M67 2015eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
1. Apologetics in the Bible -- 2. Apologetics in history : A Survey -- Presuppositionalism -- 3. Cornelius Van Til : Christianity Is an intellectual commitment we cannot do without -- 4. John Frame : we see ultimate truth from more than one perspective -- Reformed Epistemology -- 5. Alvin Plantinga : belief in God Is an immediate awareness, and belief in Christianity Is a gift of God -- Combinationalism -- 6. E.J. Carnell, Gordon Lewis and Francis Schaeffer : Christianity is logical, factual and viable -- Classical Apologetics -- 7. Introduction to classical apologetics -- 8. Richard Swinburne : theism and Christianity are highly probable -- 9. William Lane Craig : God is proved by theistic arguments, and Christianity by evidences -- 10. Norman Geisler : theism is proved by what is undeniable, and Christianity is known from evidences -- Evidentialism -- 11. John Warwick Montgomery -- 12. Gary Habermas.
Summary: Everyone believes something. But how and why do people believe? What counts as evidence? How much can be assumed or believed by faith alone? When it comes to religious faith, the questions become at once more difficult and more important. Over the centuries, Christians have offered different approaches to explaining or defending the Christian faith, a discipline known as apologetics. But it has not always been clear how different apologetic methods work, or what each approach has to offer. In this comprehensive survey, Brian Morley provides an overview of Christian apologetic approaches and how.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Apologetics in the Bible -- 2. Apologetics in history : A Survey -- Presuppositionalism -- 3. Cornelius Van Til : Christianity Is an intellectual commitment we cannot do without -- 4. John Frame : we see ultimate truth from more than one perspective -- Reformed Epistemology -- 5. Alvin Plantinga : belief in God Is an immediate awareness, and belief in Christianity Is a gift of God -- Combinationalism -- 6. E.J. Carnell, Gordon Lewis and Francis Schaeffer : Christianity is logical, factual and viable -- Classical Apologetics -- 7. Introduction to classical apologetics -- 8. Richard Swinburne : theism and Christianity are highly probable -- 9. William Lane Craig : God is proved by theistic arguments, and Christianity by evidences -- 10. Norman Geisler : theism is proved by what is undeniable, and Christianity is known from evidences -- Evidentialism -- 11. John Warwick Montgomery -- 12. Gary Habermas.

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Everyone believes something. But how and why do people believe? What counts as evidence? How much can be assumed or believed by faith alone? When it comes to religious faith, the questions become at once more difficult and more important. Over the centuries, Christians have offered different approaches to explaining or defending the Christian faith, a discipline known as apologetics. But it has not always been clear how different apologetic methods work, or what each approach has to offer. In this comprehensive survey, Brian Morley provides an overview of Christian apologetic approaches and how.