Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources by Khaldoun A. Sweis

Khaldoun A. Sweis . Unknown Year . English

An authoritative reference for key persons, concepts, issues, and approaches in the history of Christian apologetics—allowing you to read the great apologists and thinkers in their own words and understand their arguments in historical and cultural context. Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources makes available over fifty primary source selections that address various challenges to the Christian faith in the history of apologetics. The compilation represents a broad Christian spectrum, ranging from early writers like Saint Paul and Saint Augustine, to Saint Teresa of Avila and Blaise Pascal, to more recent apologists such as C. S. Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, William Lane Craig, Richard Swinburne and Pope Benedict XVI. Insightful introductions, black-and-white images, concise section headings and discussion questions will guide you toward a clearer understanding of classical defenses of Christianity. Sources are organized thematically and include topics such as: Arguments for the existence of God. Defenses of the doctrine of the Trinity. Discussions on the authority and credibility of canonized Scripture. Questions regarding the problem of evil and free will. Discourses on Christianity and science. Annotated reading lists, a bibliography, and author and subject indices make this anthology a useful textbook or supplemental reader.

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About the Author

I am Professor of Philosophy and Theology and chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Bethel University in Indiana, USA. I'm a Christian philosopher and most of my books have to do with God or some subject related to God or Christianity. But I also have a deep appreciation for other faith traditions and for thoughtful skeptics, agnostics, and atheists as well. In fact, a number of my books include writings of leading thinkers from the major world religions and from those who deny the reality of God altogether. As I see it, there is tremendous value in the dialogue, and much to learn from those with whom we disagree. My published books include the following: Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed (2nd edition), Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction (2nd edition), Investigating Philosophy of Religion, The Cambridge Companion to Religious Diversity, The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil, The Oxford Handbook of Religious Diversity, and The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (2nd edition). I am General Editor, with Paul Moser, of two book series with Cambridge University Press, one entitled Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society, and the other entitled Cambridge Elements: Religion and Monotheism. I am also General Editor, with Charles Taliaferro, of the book series with Routledge entitled Investigating Philosophy of Religion, and of the six-volume work, A History of Evil (Routledge)

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