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Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, apología, 'speaking in defense') is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called ...
Moral apologetics states that real moral obligation is a fact. Catholic apologist Peter Kreeft said, "We are really, truly, objectively obligated to do good and avoid evil." [49] In moral apologetics, the arguments for man's sinfulness and man's need for
Alister Edgar McGrath FRSA (/ m ə ˈ ɡ r æ θ /; born 1953) is an Irish theologian, Anglican priest, [9] [10] intellectual historian, scientist, [11] Christian apologist, and public intellectual.
Hamartiology – The study of sin; Christology – The study of Christ; Ecclesiology – The study of the church; Eschatology – The study of the end times; Pneumatology – The study of the Holy Spirit; Soteriology – The study of salvation; Theological anthropology – The study of the nature of humanity; Theology proper – The study of ...
The earliest English use of apologia followed from the Greek sense "a speech in defense". Writing in the Renaissance period, Thomas More wrote his Apologye of Syr Thomas More, Knyght, made by him Anno 1533 after he had geuen over the office of Lord Chancellour of Englande.
Michael R. "Mike" Licona (born 1961) [1] is an American New Testament scholar, author, and Christian apologist. He is Professor of New Testament Studies at Houston Christian University, Extraordinary Associate Professor of Theology at North-West University and the director of Risen Jesus, Inc. Licona specializes in the resurrection of Jesus, and in the literary analysis of the Gospels as Greco ...
David Wood (born April 7, 1976) [4] [5] is an American evangelical apologist, philosopher [6] [7] and YouTube personality, who is the head of the Acts 17 Apologetics ministry, [8] which he co-founded with Nabeel Qureshi. [9]
N. T. Wright lists four such needs: “the longing for justice, the quest for spirituality, the hunger for relationships, and the delight in beauty.” [2] Clifford Williams lists thirteen: “We need cosmic security. We need to know that we will live beyond the grave in a state that is free from the defects of this life, a state that is full ...