02114cam a22002778a 4500 16715393 AU-EpEBC 20130611102908.0 110331s2011 ilu b 001 0 eng 2011013645 9780830839353 (casebound : alk. paper) DLC DLC NEMB 239/GRO EW Groothuis, Douglas R., 1957- Christian apologetics : a comprehensive case for biblical faith / Douglas Groothuis. Downers Grove, IL : IVP Academic, c2011. 752 p. ; hbk ; 24cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Part 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 -- Part 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 -- Part 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. Apologetics. God (Christianity) ddc 11182 11182 0 0 ddc 0 0 18 MAIN MAIN OPEN 2013-06-11 The Book Depository 33.10 2 1 239/GRO 13750 2020-06-29 00:00:00 2019-02-07 1 65.00 2013-06-11 AM