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Apologetics : A Justification of Christian Belief
Like any other discipline, apologetics lacks a uniform definition. The standard that’s largely been adopted is “the defense of the faith,” but overlapping definitions abound. Apologetics has been defined as “that branch of Christian theology which seeks to provide a rational justification for the truth claims of the Christian faith,” “developing one’s authentic self so as to present one’s faith as helpfully as possible to one’s neighbor,” the demonstration “that Christianity is reasonable and thus (a) to assure Christians that their faith is not idiotic and (b) to clear away the obstacles and objections that keep nonbelievers from considering the arguments and evidence for the truth of Christianity,” “the discipline that deals with a rational defense of Christian faith,” “the task of defending and commending the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ in a Christlike, context-sensitive and audience-specific manner,” and finally “the business of engaging the worldviews of the day intelligently and thus bearing witness to Christ with credibility.
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