Faith Has Its Reasons Integrative Approaches to Defending the Christian Faith

Kenneth Boa is an author, speaker and the president of Reflections Ministries. He is the author of over fifty books including Conformed to His Image, 20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists, Face to Face and Faith Has Its Reasons. He is a contributing editor to the Open Bible, the Promise Keepers Men's Study Bible and the Leadership Bible, and is the consulting editor of the Zondervan NASB Study Bible. Boa earned a BS from Case Institute of Technology, a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, a PhD from New York University and a DPhil from the University of Oxford. Boa teaches a weekly Bible and Faith study at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he resides with his wife. Robert M. Bowman Jr. (M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary; Ph.D. candidate, South African Theological Seminary) is the director of research for the Institute for Religious Research. His books include Jehovah?s Witnesses, The Word-Faith Controversy, Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ (with J. Ed Komoszewski), and Faith Has Its Reasons (with Kenneth D. Boa). Bowman taught apologetics and biblical studies at Luther Rice Seminary for five years.

Preface Part One: What Is Apologetics? 1 Defining Apologetics 2 A Brief History of Apologetics 3 Issues and Methods In Apologetics Part Two: Classical Apologetics: It Stands To Reason 4 Apologists Who Emphasize Reason 5 Classical Apologetics: A Reasonable Faith 6 The Rationality of the Christian Worldview 7 Apologetics and the Limits of Reason Part Three: Evidentialist Apologetics: Just the Facts 8 Apologists Who Emphasize Fact 9 Evidentialist Apologetics: Faith Founded On Fact 10 Presenting Evidence That Demands A Verdict 11 Apologetics and the Interpretation of Fact Part Four: Reformed Apologetics: God Said It 12 Apologists Who Emphasize Revelation 13 Reformed Apologetics: Christianity in Conflict 14 Taking Every Thought Captive 15 Apologetics and the Authority of Revelation Part Five: Fideist Apologetics: By Faith Alone 16 Apologists Who Emphasize Faith 17 Fideist Apologetics: Reasons of the Heart 18 Calling People to Encounter God In Jesus Christ 19 Apologetics and the Subjectivity of Faith Part Six: Integrative Approaches to Apologetics 20 Apologists Who Favor Integration 21 Contending For the Faith: Apologetics and Human Knowledge 22 Reasons for Hope: Integrating Diverse Arguments in Apologetics 23 Speaking the Truth in Love: Perspectives on Apologetics Afterword Appendix: Categorizing Apologetic Methods Bibliography Notes List of Tables and Charts Name Index Subject Index Scripture Index