Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue

AvBenno van den Toren

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

This is a call for a new understanding of apologetics, moving away from appeals to trans-cultural rationality, arguing for a new form of cross-cultural dialogue. Christian apologetics is in crisis. Old concepts do no longer hold and post-modern development pose new questions. Benno van den Toren 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. Some significant steps have been made toward the development of such a new apologetic practice. The aim of this book is to provide theological and philosophical basis for a new paradigm for Christian apologetic dialogue with our post-modern and multi-cultural world and to work out its practical relevance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-27
Mått:156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:432 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567169167

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

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.

Recensioner i media

[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.

Innehållsförteckning

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 Apologetics; Chapter Five: Surprised by Reality; Chapter Six: Contextual Apologetics; Chapter Seven: Cross-cultural Persuasion; Chapter Eight: Reaching the Reasons of the Heart; Bibliography.