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A history of apologetics

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Ignatius Press, 2005 - Religion - 417 pages
Making the case for the Christian faith--apologetics--has always been part of the Church's mission. Yet Christians sometimes have had different approaches to defending the faith, responding to the needs of their respective times and framing their arguments to address the particular issues of their day.

Cardinal Avery Dulles's A History of Apologetics provides a masterful overview of Christian apologetics, from its beginning in the New Testament through the Middle Ages and on to the present resurgence of apologetics among Catholics and Protestants. Dulles shows how Christian apologists have at times both criticized and drawn from their intellectual surroundings to present the reasonableness of Christian belief.

Written by one of Catholicism's leading American theologians, A History of Apologetics also examines apologetics in the 20th and early 21st centuries including its decline among Catholics following Vatican II and its recent revival, as well as the contributions of contemporary Evangelcal Protestant apologists. Dulles also considers the growing Catholic-Protestant convergence in apologetics. No student of apologetics and contemporary theology should be without this superb and masterful work.

  

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User Review  - Nathanial - Goodreads

[p. 367.] "In pressing the case for their discipline, apologists should keep in mind that it is neither necessary nor sufficient for salutary acts of faith. It is not necessary, for we all know people ... Read full review

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There are few histories of apologetics, but this is a good one. Read full review

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Selected pages

Contents

THE PATRISTIC ERA
27
THE MIDDLE AGES
91
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY THROUGH
145
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
209
18001850
226
18501900
254
Conclusion
267
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PART TWO
325
Conclusion
365
INDEX
387
Copyright

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TitleA history of apologetics
Modern apologetics library
AuthorsAvery Cardinal Dulles, S. J., Avery Robert Cardinal Dulles
Edition2, reprint
PublisherIgnatius Press, 2005
ISBN0898709334, 9780898709339
Length417 pages
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Religion / Christian Theology / Apologetics
Religion / Christian Theology / History
Religion / Christianity / Catholic
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