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Passionate Conviction: Modern Discourses on Christian Apologetics by [Paul Copan, William Lane Craig, J. P. Moreland, N. T. Wright, Norman Geisler, Lee Strobel, Gary Habermas, Charles L Quarles, L. Russ Bush, Francis J. Beckwith, Greg Koukl]

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Passionate Conviction: Modern Discourses on Christian Apologetics Kindle Edition

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Is your heart on fire for God?

Passionate Conviction brings together the most popular and heart-stirring presentations in defense of Christianity from the annual fall conference on apologetics held in association with the Evangelical Philosophical Society, the C. S. Lewis Institute, and the Christian Apologetics program at Biola University.

Applicable to pastors, serious-minded lay people, and university and high school students, these twenty essays are grouped into six dynamic categories: (1) Why Apologetics? (2) God (3) Jesus (4) Comparative Religions (5) Postmodernism and Relativism (6) Practical Application. Among the greatly respected contributors are J. P. Moreland (“Has the American Church Lost Her Mind?), N. T. Wright (“The Resurrection of Jesus as an Event of History”), Francis J. Beckwith (“Is Morality Relative?”), Sean McDowell (“Apologetics for a New Generation”), and Gary Habermas (“Dealing with Doubt”).

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Paul Copan is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University.

William Lane Craig is research professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. His Ph.D. in Philosophy is from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ B&H Academic (October 1, 2007)
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Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Paul Copan
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Paul Copan (Ph.D., philosophy, Marquette University) is Professor and Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He helped established the M.A. Philosophy of Religion program at PBA. He is a professor in this program along with noted philosophers Paul Gould and Brandon Rickabaugh: https://pbaschoolofministry.com/mastersphilosophyreligion/
He is author or editor of about 40 books, and he has contributed chapters to around 40 edited books as well. He is author of "True for You, But Not for Me" (Bethany House), "That's Just Your Interpretation," "How Do You Know You're Not Wrong?", When God Goes to Starbucks: A Guide to Everyday Apologetics (all with Baker), A Little Book for New Philosophers (IVP Academic) and Loving Wisdom: A Guide to Philosophy and Christian Faith (Eerdmans). These are all books that seek to introduce important Christian themes from a philosophical perspective and to make available accessible answers to the toughest questions asked of Christians.
He has co-authored and coedited various books with the noted Christian philosopher William Lane Craig as well as philosophy of religion volumes, including the philosophy of religion, The Rationality of Theism (Routledge), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (Routledge), and Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues (Blackwell).
For six years, he was president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, and he was a visiting scholar at Oxford University (2017). In light of his well-received book *Is God a Moral Monster* (2011), the author is working on a successor volume, *Is God a Vindictive Bully?* (Baker Academic 2022).
His website is www.paulcopan.com.
His official Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/PaulCopanOfficial
See and subscribe to the bi-weekly Worldview Bulletin (Paul is one of five Christian philosophers who contribute to this--along with notable guest contributors): https://worldviewbulletin.substack.com/.
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R. Scott Smith
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R. Scott Smith is Professor of Ethics and Christian Apologetics at Biola University in California. He specializes in the ontology of knowledge, with interests in ethics, constructivism, nominalism, naturalism, and postmodernism. He is also the secretary-treasurer of the Evangelical Philosophical Society.
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Daniel L. Marler

A Little Dry And, Yet, Pretty Good? Yep.

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2008

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Passionate Conviction is a collection of essays gathered from several Christian apologetics conferences which were held by the Evangelical Philosophical Society, "the largest society of Christian philosophers in the world". Counting the president of the society, their membership is now up to three.

That's a joke. Relax. Actually, there are a significant number of Christian philosophers.

The book is divided into six parts with each part containing at least two essays:

Part 1, Why Apologetics?
Part 2, God (which includes arguments for His existence)
Part 3, Jesus
Part 4, Comparative Religions
Part 5, Postmodernism and Relativism
Part 6, Practical Application

It is a good and helpful book, although, it is typical of books on apologetics in that the writing can be a little dry. In fact, if you will quickly fan the pages of the book you will actually get a little poof of dust. (I know, the jokes are getting worse as we go along, but I'm amusing myself, slightly.)

My favorite chapters were:

In Intellectual Neutral, by William Lane Craig. Craig argues for the importance of deep thinking and study--in other words, "the intellectual life"--to the life of faith. He quotes J. Gresham Machen, "The church is perishing to-day through the lack of thinking, not through an excess of it."

Living Smart, by J.P. Moreland. This deals with "integration" which has to do with unifying areas of our lives that involve diversity and yet, are part of the whole of who we are and what we believe as followers of Christ.

Christ in the New Age, by L. Russ Bush. It's interesting how many really old ideas have become part of what is now considered to be "New Age" thinking. It's also interesting to see how effectively New Age thinking has penetrated and influenced American culture; including the Christian church.

Reflections on McLaren and the Emerging Church, by R. Scott Smith. I found this chapter interesting because I find the "Emerging Church" movement to be interesting. I'm somewhat fascinated by what "catches on" and captures the thinking of a group of people. By the way, for a very helpful book on the subject of the Emerging Church, check out "Why We're Not Emergent", DeYoung and Kluck.

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aopmike

Good with a gem of greatness

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2013

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This was a pretty good book. Though Craig, Moreland, Habermas, and Beckwith are all personal heroes of the faith, I thought the best chapter was Hazen's. It was more than practical, clear, and concise in it's approach to "Why Christianity." I've reread it several times since I first bought the book.
These scholars are all excellent and express their support for Christianity well. They know well the problems faced.

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Matt Davis

A lot of help!

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2017

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This book is great if you are looking for intellectual arguments about why a Christian believes what they believe.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016

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Absolutely great book. A must have.

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Rodrigues'

Great articles by great scholars.

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2014

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Great articles by great scholars.

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Richard Adams

Great overview of start to finish apologetics

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2013

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A lot of great essays by a variety of authors distinguished in their field. A great place to start your apologetics study and then springboard into a particular area where God draws you

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Philip M.

A very good book on a variety of pertinent religious questions

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014

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A very good book on a variety of pertinent religious questions. I especially liked chapter 10 "Christianity in a World of Religions" by Craig Hazen.

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Jeremy

It's a little to scholarly

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2013

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It's a little to scholarly, and dry, but I do reccomend reading it if you want to know more about Christian apologetics.

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Ben

Great essays

Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2013

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This compilation of apologetic topics is a must read for anyone who is interested in defending the historical Christian Faith. It's also a good primer for those not yet familiar with the brilliant work done by some of the sharpest and intellectual minds of our day.

What I really liked about this book was the exposure to more active apologists' writings on various topics. It definitely increased my reading list. Another thing I liked about the book is that the essays are packed with lots information without it being overbearing on the reader.

I would recommend this book to serious followers of Christ. And hopefully we can ignited each other and eventually there will be "a million one dollar apologists" to evangelize our world for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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DaveLon

Excellent read, solid ideas.

Reviewed in Canada on July 2, 2017

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The various chapters are well written, though provoking and challenging. They provide good examples of how to think and proceed in various situations and prompt continued though.

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