Description
Throughout history, there have always been outstanding and eloquent defenders of the Christian faith. Today, however, as we face the challenges posed by the new atheism, there is a growing need for a fresh and flexible approach to apologetics. Alister E. McGrath presents methods that engage not only the mind, but also the heart and the imagination.
Rather than attempting to cover everything there is to know about the art and discipline of apologetics, McGrath argues that there are many effective ways to share the Christian faith – through explanations, arguments, stories, and images. Each of us must develop our own apologetic toolkit and learn to identify the points of connection that resonate with our audience.
His accessible, logically structured, and practical guide helps readers do exactly that, showing how the apologist can communicate the Good News with wisdom, elegance, and effectiveness.
About the Author
Alister E. McGrath is a Northern Irish theologian and former President of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics.
During his academic career, he taught historical theology at the University of Oxford before serving as Professor of Theology at King’s College London from 2008 to 2014. He returned to Oxford in 2014, where he researched and taught on the relationship between the natural sciences and religion until his retirement in 2022.
A former atheist, McGrath has long been interested in communicating and defending the Christian faith effectively and authentically within secular culture. He has played a significant role in developing Christian responses to the “New Atheism” associated with figures such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.
His best-known works on apologetics include The Dawkins Delusion? (2007) and Why God Won’t Go Away (2011), and he has also published widely used textbooks on Christian theology.
