Humble Apologetics : Defending the Faith Today, Hardcover by Stackhouse, John...

by John G. Stackhouse

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Humble Apologetics : Defending the Faith Today, Hardcover by Stackhouse, John Gordon, ISBN 0195138074, ISBN-13 9780195138078, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 truth, and a host of other factors create a cultural milieu resistant to the Christian message. And he shows how the arrogance or dogmatism of apologists themselves can alienate rather than attract potential converts. Indeed, Stackhouse argues that the crucial experience of conversion cannot be compelled; all the apologist can do is lead another to the point where an actual encounter with Jesus can take place. "Our objective," Stackhouse writes, "is to offer whatever assistance we can to our neighbors toward their full maturity: toward full health in themselves and in their relationships, and especially toward God." In the last part of th, he shows how a

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2002
• ISBN: 9780195138078
• Condition: Fine

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