Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Christian apologetics is in crisis. Old concepts do no longer hold and post-modern development pose new questions. Benno van den Toren argues for an apologetic witness that is an exercise in cross-cultural dialogue aimed at persuading our conversation partners of the relevance of a life centred on the reality revealed in Jesus Christ. Some significant steps have been made toward the development of such a new apologetic practice. The aim of this book is to provide theological and philosophical basis for a new paradigm for Christian apologetic dialogue with our post-modern and multi-cultural world and to work out its practical relevance.

Preface\Chapter One: Two Converging Challenges for Christian Apologetic Witness\Chapter Two: Postmodern Criticism of Modern Western Apologetics\Chapter Three: Theological Appreciation of Modern Western Apologetics\Chapter Four: Christian Anthropology for understanding Apologetics\Chapter Five: Surprised by Reality\Chapter Six: Contextual Apologetics\Chapter Seven: Cross-cultural Persuasion\Chapter Eight: Reaching the Reasons of the Heart\Bibliography