Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195138078)

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, 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. Finally, he shows how displaying an attitude of humility, instead of merely trying to win religious arguments, will help believers offer their neighbors the gift of Christ's love.
Drawing on the author's personal experience and written with an engaging directness and an unassuming nature, Humble Apologetics provides sound guidance on how to share Christian faith in a postmodern world.

Author: John G. Jr. Stackhouse
ISBN-10: 0195138074
ISBN-13: 9780195138078
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2002
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.72w x 0.98d
Award: Christianity Today Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/21/2002 pg. 69
Library Journal 11/01/2002 pg. 96
Christian Retailing 11/11/2002 pg. 11
CBA Retailers 02/01/2003 pg. 58
Books & Culture 07/01/2003 pg. 12