TOPIC INDEXChristian Apologetics (11)

  1. Christianity? What Young Adults Are Saying To Me

    book
    09/01/15
    7 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Nonetheless, if we wish to treat apologetics as a practical endeavor for concrete engagement with people who ask about Christianity, it seems best to start with the questions young people are actually asking.

  2. What's Wrong With Apologetics: Pluralistic Courtesy (Part 9)

    book
    05/19/15
    11 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Religious scholars of various allegiances have challenged this idea that all religions are saying the same thing.

  3. What's Wrong With Apologetics: Lack Of Nerve (Part 8)

    book
    05/12/15
    8 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Asking whether one's beliefs are the right ones is terrifying.

  4. What's Wrong With Apologetics: Sectarian Xenophobia (Part 7)

    book
    04/16/15
    11 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Why do many Christians dislike apologetics? Because difference makes sectarians and xenophobic people gag.

  5. What's Wrong with Apologetics: St. George to the Rescue (Part 6)

    book
    04/02/15
    11 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Instead of answering this question theoretically, perhaps it will be easier to illustrate the problem of understanding God through our human speculation by considering the legend of St. George and the Dragon.

  6. What's Wrong with Apologetics: Embarrassment (Part 5)

    book
    01/29/15
    14 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Today, however, it seems that apologetics tends to be a performance rather than an authentic dialog, an exercise in being clever rather than being compelling, and a source of self-satisfaction rather than an invitation to risky but respectful engagement.

  7. What's Wrong with Apologetics: Anti-Intellectualism (Part 4)

    book
    09/16/14
    12 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Anti-intellectualism goes straight out the window when a topic truly matters to us. I can’t recall how many times I’ve noticed the same folks who disdain academic jargon start using bigger, more technical words than I in one of three circumstances.

  8. What's Wrong with Apologetics: Barthian Compromise (Part 3)

    book
    08/14/14
    20 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Barth's ideas resulted in a movement known as neo-orthodoxy, sometimes called dialectical theology, theology of crisis, or simply Barthianism.

  9. What's Wrong with Apologetics? False Humility (Part 2)

    book
    07/09/14
    21 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    In an American evangelical landscape that emphasizes the importance of an individual’s personal decision to follow Jesus—as if that were the basis for God’s grace towards a man or woman—Lutherans and Reformed Christians insist that justification before God is based solely on Jesus’ work, two millennia ago.

  10. What's Wrong with Apologetics (Part 1)

    book
    05/19/14
    7 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    Apologetics (providing evidence for one’s faith) is a bad word in some circles. In others, apologetics is an entirely negative enterprise: that is, it only tangles up opponents and exposes their intellectual incoherence while refusing to provide positive reasons to believe in Christianity.

  11. How to Think: Vicious Cycles

    book
    03/26/14
    10 mins
    By Jeff Mallinson
    A clever skeptic named James Huber created a clever skit called “Kissing Hank’s Butt”. That’s the version he created for use in G-rated contexts. His main site uses more mature language. Many Christians will find it offensive.