Christian Apologetics in The Modern World

1 credits · Divinity School

In this seminar, we will explore the argumentative strategies and specific claims developed by Christian apologists, starting in the Reformation and extending through the present. Writers to be studied will include Luther, Calvin, Bellarmine, and Pascal, Butler, Schleiermacher, Chateaubriand, Newman, and Kierkegaard, C. S. Lewis, D. B. Hart, and Alvin Plantinga. The aim will be to identify and evaluate various argumentative strategies in the history of modern apologetics.