The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics: Surveying the Evidence for the Truth of Christianity

by Ed Hindson

Book Overview

The perfect combination of scholarship and accessible presentation for Christians who desire to know how to better understand and defend their faith.

Bestselling authors Ed Hindson and Ergun Caner have brought together a who's who of apologetic experts--including Lee Strobel, Norm Geisler, Josh McDowell, and John Ankerberg--to produce a resource that's both easy to understand and comprehensive in scope.

Every entry provides a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736920846
• ISBN13: 9780736920841
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Compelling Comprehensive Apologetic Resource

This offering provides a wide-ranging new resource as a valuable tool for the mature pastor or for those with little background in apologetics. Some of the church's most gifted minds contribute to this laudable and persuasive volume. This includes bestselling author Josh McDowell, philosopher Norman Geisler, Baptist Seminary Academician Albert Mohler, David Noebel, Resurrection expert Gary Habermas, Dillon Burroughs, popular TV apologist John Ankerberg, and more. 150-plus entries make this a compelling source of some of the finest evidentialist scholarship available. History, cultic groups, Church Fathers, epistemology, ethics (including modern genetic topics), Messianic prophecy, philosophy, atheism, and many other contemporary apologetic issues are discussed and the Christian position vividly defended. The two drawbacks I found: 1. Considering that it is an encyclopedia, most of the subjects are not dealt with in depth (the great majority of the subjects are analyzed with painstaking precision, but space limits the length available. Additional books are suggested for further study on various topics). 2. Since the majority of the entries overlook epistemic issues, the reader is left with a highly probable apologetic. I prefer certainty that is found in undermining the non-believer's epistemic rights and privileges that are involved in pondering, discussing, examining, and debating all evidence, ideas, and asserted perspectives. Those (both evidentialists and presuppositionalists) who place this comprehensive work on their bookshelf will appeal to it frequently. Notwithstanding my apologetic bias, I heartily recommend this hardback. The Necessary Existence of God: The Proof of Christianity Through Presuppositional Apologetics

No reason to doubt!

There is no reason to doubt anything God has said and if you ever feel this nasty sensation coming on and connot ignore it get you hands on this book to hlep your weak faith. I will be using this among other sources in my Sunday School class.

Fast Facts and Answers on a Plethora of Subjects

This is one of the better introductory works that deals with apologetical issues. Contextually, each contribution is stacked and packed with useful information and facts. The content in each article is tight with few wasted words. The subject matter is organized alphabetically from abortion to Zoroastrianism. This volume contains over 175 articles, each no more than three pages in length, by such notable Christian leaders as: John Ankerberg, Norman Geisler, Randall Price, Gary Habermas and others. This reference book deals successfully with social questions (abortion, suicide and homosexually), world religions (Islam, Buddhism), doctrinal issues (Trinity, the soul, exclusiveity of salvation), philosophical problems (evil, the existence of God) to name a few. Articles dealing with the subject of UFO's, cults and the occult, church fathers, doctrinal errors and Christian philosophers are also included. I found this volume to be a useful user friendly reference work which surveys many of the important questions asked today. This book would be an excellent place to start with in order to grasp and understand the basic facts and issues of each subject. A select bibliography is listed after each article for further research and study.