02042cam a22002418a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007602000430009304000190013608200120015510000340016724500910020126000470029230000270033950400530036650504470041950506620086650502320152865000170176065000230177716715393AU-EpEBC20130611102908.0110331s2011    ilu      b    001 0 eng    a  2011013645  a9780830839353 (casebound : alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdNEMB00a239/GRO1 aGroothuis, Douglas R.,d1957-10aChristian apologetics :ba comprehensive case for biblical faith /cDouglas Groothuis.  aDowners Grove, IL :bIVP Academic,cc2011.  a752 p. ;bhbk ;c24cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.  aPart 1 :  	Apologetic preliminaries. 
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 --  aPart 2 : The case for Christian theism. 

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 --  aPart 3 :Objections to Christian theism. 
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. 0aApologetics. 0aGod (Christianity)