Christian Apologetics Reading Room

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Apologetics: Introductory Articles, Essays

• Metz, Johann Baptist. "Apologetics." In: Encyclopedia of Theology: The Concise Sacramentum mundi. Continuum, 1975. Pp. 20-24.
• Poehlmann, Horst G. "Apologetics." In: The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Vol. 1. Ed. E. Fahlbusch. Tr. G.W. Bromiley. Eerdmans, 1999. Pp. 102-104.
• See other theological encyclopedia and theologians (Newbigin, Rahner, Pannenberg, Tillich) on apologetics in the Christian Theology Reading Room.
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Apologetics Texts

• Beilby, James. Thinking about Christian Apologetics: What It Is and Why We Do It. IVP, 2011.
• Boa, Kenneth D. and Robert M. Bowman, Jr. Faith Has Its Reasons: An Integrative Approach To Defending Christianity. An Apologetics Handbook. 2nd ed., NavPress, 2003 (scroll all the way down).
• Bush, L. Russ, ed. Classical Readings in Christian Apologetics, A.D. 100-1800. Zondervan, 1983.
• Copan, Paul, and William Lane Craig, eds. Passionate Conviction: Contemporary Discourses on Christian Apologetics. B&H Publishing, 2007.
• Cowan, Steven B., et al. Five Views on Apologetics. Zondervan, 2000.
• Craig, William Lane. Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics. Rev`d ed. Good News Publishers, 1994.
• Dembski, William A., and Jay Wesley Richards, eds. Unapologetic Apologetics: Meeting the Challenges of Theological Studies. InterVarsity, 2001.
• Dulles, Avery R. A History of Apologetics. 2nd ed. Ignatius, 2005.
• Geisler, Norman, and Chad V. Meister, eds. Reasons for Faith: Making a Case for the Christian Faith. Good News, 2007.
• Geisler, Norman and Frank Turek. I Don`t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist. Good News Publishers, 2004.
• Geivett, R. Douglas, and Gary R. Habermas, eds. In Defense of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God`s Action in History. InterVarsity Press, 1997.
• Groothuis, Douglas R. Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith. IVP, 2011; Truth Decay: Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism. InterVarsity, 2000.
• Hauerwas, Stanley. For "embodied apologetics," cf. the Hauerwas Reading Room; see also Nigel Beggar, "Social Withdrawal: Is Stanley Hauerwas Sectarian?," in: Faithfulness and Fortitude: Conversations with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas. Ed. Mark Thiessen Nation and Samuel Wells. T & T Clark, 2000. Ch. 7, pp. 141-160. Robert Webber also speaks of the shift in apologetics from rationalism to embodiment.
• Hebblethwaite, Brian. In Defence of Christianity. Oxford, 2005 (also copy 1 and copy 2).
• Hexham, Irving, et al., eds. Encountering New Religious Movements: A Holistic Evangelical Approach. Kregel, 2004.
• Hoitenga, Dewey J. Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed Epistemology. SUNY, 1991.
• Keller, Timothy. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Dutton, 2008.
• Kreeft, Peter. Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics. Ignatius, 1988; also (with Ronald K. Tacelli) Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics. InterVarsity, 2003.
• Lewis, C.S. See Tyndale's C.S. Lewis Reading Room.
• Long, Jimmy. Emerging Hope: A Strategy for Reaching Postmodern Generations. InterVarsity, 2004.
• McGrath, Alister E. Intellectuals Don`t Need God & Other Modern Myths: Building Bridges to Faith Through Apologetics. Zondervan, 1993.
• McLaren, Brian.  "Design a New Apologetic." In: The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix. Rev`d ed. Zondervan, 2003. Ch. 6, pp. 73-86; see also "Missing the Point: Evangelism," in: Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel (co-authored with Tony Campolo). Zondervan, 2003 (and copy). Pp. 94-111.
• Moreland, James Porter, and William Lane Craig. Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview. InterVarsity, 2003.
• Murray, Michael J., and Alvin Plantinga. Reason for the Hope Within. Eerdmans, 1998.
• Nash, Ronald H. Faith and Reason: Searching for a Rational Faith. Zondervan, 1994.
• Naugle, David K. Worldview: The History of a Concept. Eerdmans, 2002.
• Phillips, Timothy R., and Dennis L. Okholm. Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World. InterVarsity, 1995.
• Sire, James W. A Little Primer on Humble Apologetics. InterVarsity, 2006; Why Good Arguments Often Fail: Making a More Persuasive Case for Christ. InterVarsity, 2006.
• Sproul, Robert C. Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics. Good News, 2003; Classical Apologetics: A Rational Defense of the Christian Faith and a Critique of Presuppositional Apologetics. Zondervan, 1984.
• Strobel, Lee. The Case for Christ: A Journalist`s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus. Zondervan, 2001; The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Questions to Christianity. Zondervan, 2002; The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ. Zondervan, 2007.
• Taylor, James E. Introducing Apologetics: Cultivating Christian Commitment. IVP, 2006.
• Walsh, Brian J., and J. Richard Middleton. The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian Worldview. InterVarsity, 1984.
• Wood, W. Jay. Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous. InterVarsity, 1998.
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Apologetics: Historical Studies

• Burson, Scott R., and Jerry L. Walls. C.S. Lewis & Francis Schaeffer: Lessons for a New Century from the Most Influential Apologists of our Time. InterVarsity, 1998. (See also Tyndale's C.S. Lewis Reading Room).
• Edwards, Mark J., et al, eds. Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians. Oxford, 1999.
• Follis, Bryan A. Truth with Love: The Apologetics of Francis Schaeffer. Good News, 2006.
• Harrison, Victoria S. The Apologetic Value of Human Holiness: von Balthasar`s Christocentric Philosophical Anthropology. Springer, 2000.
• Heering, Jan-Paul. Hugo Grotius as Apologist for the Christian Religion: A Study of his Work De veritate religionis Christianae, 1640. Tr. J.C. Grayson. Brill, 2004.
• Kofsky, Arieh. Eusebius of Caesarea Against Paganism. Brill, 2002 (and copy).
• Samir, Khalil, and Jørgen S. Nielsen, eds. Christian Arabic Apologetics During the Abbasid Period, 750-1258. Brill, 1994.
• Sims, John A. Missionaries to the Skeptics: Christian Apologists for the Twentieth Century : C.S. Lewis, Edward John Carnell, and Reinhold Niebuhr. Mercer, 1995.
• Sockness, Brent W. Against False Apologetics: Wilhelm Herrmann and Ernst Troeltsch in Conflict. Mohr Siebeck, 1998.
• Wang, Xiaochao. Christianity and Imperial Culture: Chinese Christian Apologetics in the Seventeenth Century and Their Latin Patristic Equivalent. Brill, 1998.
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Apologetics Resources on the WWW

• Missional Apologetics: Apologetics Reimagined for Today`s World
• Religious Groups in North America (Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance)
• New Religious Movements -links, Hartford Institute for Religion Research
• Hospitality Apologetics
• Alister McGrath, Apologetics (Recovering Christan Confidence)/ Response to Dawkins: Three complete PowerPoint presentations of McGrath`s lectures at Wycliffe College, 2007.
• Apologetics Index
• Centre for Biblical Apologetics (check the left and right columns)
• www.apologetics.com
• Alpha and Omega Ministries: Apologetics (see also Reformed Index)
• Ken Boa-Text Resources (scroll all the way down)
• Bible Probe for Christians and Messianic Jews
• Tony Costa Christian Apologetics (see "Articles")
• Rare Jewel Magazine
• Stand to Reason
• www.gotquestions.org/
• Ultimate Christian Apologetics ( scroll down to "Web site index" )
• Christian Colligation of Apologetics, Debate, Research and Evangelism
• Reformed Apologetics
• www.oneplace.com
• See also Dr. Tom McCormick`s Christian Apologetics Course Downloads

Articles, Essays

• Theological Journals Search (theological journals for which full text is freely available on the Internet; links to many good articles).
• See Tyndale`s eJournal Database (Choose EBSCOhost database; log in; choose "EBSCOhost" and then "All" databases; over 170 full-text theological journals available to you from home; for a few additional journals, go back to Tyndale Journal Database and choose the ProQuest Religion or JSTOR databases); see list of Tyndale`s academic ejournals with full-text articles for download.
• PDF Article Search Engine

Philosophy Links

• Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Robert Audi, ed. Cambridge University, 1995. Pp. 1001 (available as eBook to the Tyndale community only over the Gale Virtual Reference Library).
• EpistemeLinks: Philosophy Resources on the Internet
• RS-Web: Philosophy Links
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy