Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue

by Benno van den Toren

Overview

Christian apologetics is in crisis. Old concepts do no longer hold and post-modern development pose new questions. The author argues for an apologetic witness that is an exercise in cross-cultural dialogue aimed at persuading our conversation partners of the relevance of a life centred on the reality revealed in Jesus Christ.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567169167
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/29/2011
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr Benno van den Toren taught apologetics, ethics and doctrine in French-speaking Africa before coming to Wycliffe Hall, Oxford where he is currently tutor in doctrine and Dean of Faculty.

Table of Contents

Preface\Chapter One: Two Converging Challenges for Christian Apologetic Witness\Chapter Two: Postmodern Criticism of Modern Western Apologetics\Chapter Three: Theological Appreciation of Modern Western Apologetics\Chapter Four: Christian Anthropology for understanding ApologeticsChapter Five: Surprised by Reality\Chapter Six: Contextual Apologetics\Chapter Seven: Cross-cultural Persuasion\Chapter Eight: Reaching the Reasons of the HeartBibliography

Editorial Reviews

[The author's] study exposes the weakness of subject-object dualism and universalist foundationalism in modern epistemology, debunks the modern quest for human autonomy and individualism, and espouses a strong biblical anthropology that human beings are made in the image of God and are part of a wider human community and culture.
Religious Studies Review

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