{"id":73,"date":"2009-01-24T01:34:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T01:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/01\/christian-apologetics.html"},"modified":"2009-01-24T01:34:44","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T01:34:44","slug":"christian-apologetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/01\/christian-apologetics.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Apologetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I&#8217;m on the subject of apologetics (see <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/01\/translation-and-apologetics.html\">my prior post<\/a>), here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scriptoriumdaily.com\/2008\/12\/22\/the-god-question\">a link to a post summarizing a recent book of <em>Christian <\/em>apologetics<\/a>, J. P. Moreland&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0736924884\/davesmormonin-20\">The God Question: An Invitation to a Life of Meaning<\/a>. The book is an attempt to respond to anti-Christian arguments of the New Atheists and is directed to what might be termed the open-minded non-believer. Since most of the criticism directed at Christianity comes from secularists, Christian apologetics takes on a &#8220;faith versus science&#8221; theme &#8212; it&#8217;s more of a clash of worldviews than a religious debate. In contrast, most of the criticism directed at Mormonism comes from fellow Christians, so most Mormon apologetics defends the reasonableness of Mormon beliefs from biblical and religious attack&nbsp;&#8212; it&#8217;s more a clash of denominations than a philosophical debate.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t read the Moreland book yet. My favorite in the broad genre of Christian apologetics is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0674023706\/davesmormonin-20\">God&#8217;s Universe<\/a>, by Harvard astronomer Owen Gingerich. I wrote up short comments on the book <a href=\"http:\/\/mormoninquiry.typepad.com\/mormon_inquiry\/2007\/03\/gods_universe.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I&#8217;m on the subject of apologetics (see my prior post), here&#8217;s a link to a post summarizing a recent book of Christian apologetics, J. P. Moreland&#8217;s The God Question: An Invitation to a Life of Meaning. 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