Five Views on Apologetics

✍ Scribed by Steven B. Cowan, Stanley N. Gundry (eds.)

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 827
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The goal of apologetics is to persuasively answer honest objections that keep people from faith in Jesus Christ. But of several apologetic approaches, which is most effective? Five Views on Apologetics examines the “how-to” of apologetics, putting five prominent views under the microscope: Classical, Evidential, Presuppositional, Reformed Epistemology, and Cumulative Case. Offering a forum for presentation, critique, and defense, this book allows the contributors for the different viewpoints to interact. Like no other book, Five Views on Apologetics lets you compare and contrast different ways of “doing” apologetics. Your own informed conclusions can then guide you as you meet the questions of a needy world with the claims of the gospel. The Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology. Complete your library with other books in the
Counterpoints series.

This book presents five different approaches, each represented by one of its exponents: Classical Apologetics (William Lane Craig), Evidentialism (Gary Habermas), Culumulative Case Method (Paul Feinberg), Presuppositionalism (John Frame), and Reformed Epistemology (Kelly James Clark).

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

Chapter One CLASSICAL APOLOGETICS

CLASSICAL APOLOGETICS

AN EVIDENTIALIST’S RESPONSE

A CUMULATIVE CASE APOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

A PRESUPPOSITIONALIST’S RESPONSE

A REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGISTS RESPONSE

Chapter Two EVIDENTIAL APOLOGETICS

EVIDENTIAL APOLOGETICS

A CLASSICAL APOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

A CUMULATIVE CASE APOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

A PRESUPPOSITIONALIST’S RESPONSE

A REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

Chapter Three CUMULATIVE CASE APOLOGETICS

CUMULATIVE CASE APOLOGETICS

A CLASSICAL APOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

AN EVIDENTIALIST’S RESPONSE

A PRESUPPOSITIONALIST’S RESPONSE

A REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

Chapter Four PRESUPPOSITIONAL APOLOGETICS

PRESUPPOSITIONAL APOLOGETICS

A CLASSICAL APOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

AN EVIDENTIALIST’S RESPONSE

A CUMULATIVE CASE APOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

A REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

Chapter Five REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGY APOLOGETICS

REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGY APOLOGETICS

A CLASSICAL APOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

AN EVIDENTIALIST’S RESPONSE

A CUMULATIVE CASE APOLOGIST’S RESPONSE

A PRESUPPOSITIONALIST’S RESPONSE

Chapter Six CLOSING REMARKS

A CLASSICAL APOLOGIST’S CLOSING REMARKS

AN EVIDENTIAL APOLOGIST’S CLOSING REMARKS

A CUMULATIVE CASE APOLOGIST’S CLOSING REMARKS

A PRESUPPOSITIONAL APOLOGIST’S CLOSING REMARKS

A REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGIST’S CLOSING REMARKS

CONCLUSION

About the Author

About the Contributors

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✦ Subjects

Apologetics methodology