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Humble Apologetics
Stackhouse, John G., Jr.
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Description for Humble Apologetics
Paperback. Is it still possible, in an age of religious and cultural pluralism, to engage in Christian apologetics? How can one urge one's faith on others when such a gesture is typically regarded with suspicion, if not outright resentment? The author brings his experience as a historian, philosopher, journalist, and theologian to these important questions. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Is it still possible, in an age of religious and cultural pluralism, to engage in Christian apologetics? How can one urge one's faith on others when such a gesture is typically regarded with suspicion, if not outright resentment? In Humble Apologetics John G. Stackhouse brings his wide experience as a historian, philosopher, journalist, and theologian to these important questions and offers surprising--and reassuring--answers. Stackhouse begins by acknowledging the real impediments to Christian testimony in North America today and to other faiths in modern societies around the world. He shows how pluralism, postmodernism, skepticism about our ability to know the ... Read more
Is it still possible, in an age of religious and cultural pluralism, to engage in Christian apologetics? How can one urge one's faith on others when such a gesture is typically regarded with suspicion, if not outright resentment? In Humble Apologetics John G. Stackhouse brings his wide experience as a historian, philosopher, journalist, and theologian to these important questions and offers surprising--and reassuring--answers. Stackhouse begins by acknowledging the real impediments to Christian testimony in North America today and to other faiths in modern societies around the world. He shows how pluralism, postmodernism, skepticism about our ability to know the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195307177
SKU
V9780195307177
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About Stackhouse, John G., Jr.
John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. His previous book, Can God Be Trusted?: Faith and the Challenge of Evil (OUP, 1998) was named one of Christianity Today's books of the year.
Reviews for Humble Apologetics
...a very thoughtful yet readable treatment of a topic that has often engendered more heat than light...Stackhouse does the best job to date of explaining why and how the Christians to whom he is speaking ought to engage in apologetical activity.
David Basinger, Ars Disputandi, Vol. 7
David Basinger, Ars Disputandi, Vol. 7