As objective truth has come under suspicion in theological study during recent years, scholars and students have also begun to take less seriously the task of persuading others to believe. Apologetics has been neglected, misunderstood and misrepresented. Unwilling to accept this new status quo, editors William Dembski and Jay Wesley Richards, along with their team of expert contributors, firmly hold that apologetics once again deserves our attention.The editors and contributing scholars, all one-time students at Princeton Theological Seminary, squarely meet some of the most vexing issues in contemporary theological studies
pervasive contextualism
the question of error in Scripture
feminist challenges to our concept of God
the nature and coherence of the incarnation
the presumption of universalism
incursions of science into theology
Taking up in turn foundations, Scripture, Christology, theology and science, the essays comprising
Unapologetic Apologetics
expose the tenets of naturalism and other philosophical systems that too often permeate theological studies without remark, let alone critique or debate. Dembski, Richards and their contributors expertly administer their cure for false ideas—not quarantine but inoculation.Contributors include Michael D. Bush, Raymond D. Cannata, Gary W. Deddo, William A. Dembski, Matthew Frawley, Phillip E. Johnson, James Parker III and Leslie Zeigler.For seminarians and anyone pursuing theological study,
will become a trusted guide to the philosophical and cultural forces at work in religious education today.