Apologetics
and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith, by
Holly Ordway – May 31, 2017 (206 pages) Hardcover
Holly
Ordway, I find, is growing to be one of my increasingly favorite Christian scholars. The book just arrived today, so I have nothing to say about it just
yet, but I expect an interesting read. Here is what Amazon has to say:
“Apologetics,
the defense of the Faith, shows why our Christian faith is true—but it's
much more than that. Apologetics isn't just the province of
scholars and saints, but of ordinary men and women: parents, teachers, lay
ministry leaders, pastors, and everyone who wants to develop a
stronger faith, to understand why we believe what we believe, to know Our Lord
better, and love him more fully.
“In Apologetics
and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith,
Holly Ordway shows how an imaginative approach—in cooperation with rational
arguments—is extremely valuable in helping people come to faith in Christ.
Making a case for the role of imagination in apologetics, this book proposes
ways to create meaning for Christian language in a culture that no longer
understands words like 'sin' or 'salvation,' suggests how to discern and
address the manipulation of language, and shows how metaphor and narrative work
in powerful ways to communicate the truth. It applies these concepts to specific,
key apologetics issues, including suffering, doubt, and longing for meaning and
beauty.
“Apologetics
and the Christian Imagination shows how Christians can harness the
power of the imagination to share the Faith in meaningful, effective ways.” –
Amazon.
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