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100 1 _aGroothuis, Douglas R.,
_d1957-
245 1 0 _aChristian apologetics :
_ba comprehensive case for biblical faith /
_cDouglas Groothuis.
260 _aDowners Grove, Ill. :
_bIVP Academic ;
_aNottingham, England :
_bApollos,
_c2011.
300 _a752 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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520 _a"For millennia the Christian worldview has offered answers to our most profound and challenging questions, What gives life meaning? Is there hope? In this systematic text, Douglas Groothuis skillfully employs a cumulative case for the Christian faith, allowing several lines of argumentation and evidence to converge. This work masterfully addresses what matters most"--Provided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 0 _tApologetic preliminaries.
_tIntroduction : hope, despair and knowing reality ;
_tThe Biblical basis for apologetics ;
_tApologetic method : evaluating worldviews ;
_tThe Christian worldview ;
_tDistortions of the Christian worldview, or, The God I don't believe in ;
_tTruth defined and defended ;
_tWhy truth matters most : searching for truth in postmodern times ;
_tFaith, risk and rationality : the prudential incentives to Christian faith --
_tThe case for Christian theism.
_tIn defense of theistic arguments ;
_tThe ontological argument ;
_tThe cosmological arguments : a cause for the cosmos ;
_tThe design argument : cosmic fine-tuning ;
_tOrigins, design and Darwinism ;
_tEvidence for intelligent design ;
_tThe moral argument for God ;
_tThe argument from religious experience ;
_tThe uniqueness of humanity : consciousness and cognition ;
_tDeposed royalty : Pascal's anthropological argument ;
_tJesus of Nazareth : how historians can know him and why it matters /
_rby Craig L. Blomberg ;
_tThe claims, credentials and achievements of Jesus Christ ;
_tDefending the Incarnation ;
_tThe Resurrection of Jesus --
_tObjections to Christian theism.
_tReligious pluralism : many religions, one truth ;
_tApologetics and the challenge of Islam ;
_tThe problem of evil : dead ends and the Christian answer ;
_tConclusion : take it to the streets.
650 0 _aApologetics.
650 0 _aGod (Christianity)
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