Groothuis, Douglas R.,  1957- <br/><br/>
Christian apologetics :  a comprehensive case for biblical faith / 
Douglas Groothuis. 
 - Downers Grove, IL :  IVP Academic,  c2011. 
 - 752 p. ;  hbk ;  24cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Part 1 :  	Apologetic preliminaries. <br/>Introduction : hope, despair and knowing reality ; The Biblical basis for apologetics ; Apologetic method : evaluating worldviews ; The Christian worldview ; Distortions of the Christian worldview, or, The God I don't believe in ; Truth defined and defended ; Why truth matters most : searching for truth in postmodern times ; Faith, risk and rationality : the prudential incentives to Christian faith -- Part 2 : The case for Christian theism. <br/><br/>In defense of theistic arguments ; The ontological argument ; The cosmological arguments : a cause for the cosmos ; The design argument : cosmic fine-tuning ; Origins, design and Darwinism ; Evidence for intelligent design ; The moral argument for God ; The argument from religious experience ; The uniqueness of humanity : consciousness and cognition ; Deposed royalty : Pascal's anthropological argument ; Jesus of Nazareth : how historians can know him and why it matters / by Craig L. Blomberg ; The claims, credentials and achievements of Jesus Christ ; Defending the Incarnation ; The Resurrection of Jesus -- Part 3 :Objections to Christian theism. <br/>Religious pluralism : many religions, one truth ; Apologetics and the challenge of Islam ; The problem of evil : dead ends and the Christian answer ; Conclusion : take it to the streets. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780830839353 (casebound : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011013645 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Apologetics.<br/>God (Christianity)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>239/GRO