Kenneth  D.Boa & Robert M.  Bowman Jr. Faith Has Its Reasons,

Kenneth  D.Boa & Robert M.  Bowman Jr. Faith Has Its Reasons, USA: Paternoster, 2005.

ISBN-13:978-1-932805-34-5

Pages-658.

Paperback

In this present challenging world Christians have been facing the difficult to How to relate the Christian worldview to a non-Christian world. Twenty centuries of experience have not simplified this task, as new challenges have arisen in every century and new methods and approaches to defending the Christian faith have been formulated in response. In this book Kenneth  D.Boa (is engaged in a ministry of relational evangelism and discipleship, teaching, writing, and speaking. He holds a B.S. From Case Institute of Technology, a Th.M.  From Dallas Theological Seminary, a Ph.D. from New York University, and a D.Phil. From the University of Oxford in England. He also is the president of Reflections Ministries and Trinity House Publishers) and Robert M.  Bowman Jr. ( is the president of the Centre for Biblical Apologetic). Has brought  some of the important figures Apologetics.

This  book contains six parts and twenty-three chapters. In the first part of this book define Apologetics, its related terms, and functions. The authors provide a defining Apologetics that stands head and shoulders over most, due to their clear style and thorough treatment. The authors then offer a brief history of Apologetics that covers the New Testament, Early Church Fathers, Augustine, Aquinas, Anselm, and the Reformation, closing with a discussion of modern Apologetics. In the chapter three, as they explain four main types of apologetic systems: Classical, Evidentialist, Reformed, and Fideist Apologetics. In part two They deals with the Classical Apologetics it emphasizes the presentation of Christianity as rational as logically coherent and supportable by sound arguments and offers what is its advocates consider proofs of various for the existence of God as a first step in defending the truth claims of the Christian faith. Here the authors examining the roots of classical Apologetics and consider briefly the thought of modern classical Apologist. Continually they bring how this principle is related to various crucial areas of human knowledge that have an important bearing on the truth claims of Christianity. In sixth chapter they speak about the existence of the God, the evidence for Jesus Christ and the inspiration of the Bible are sufficient to show that Christianity is true. In the conclusion of the part two they summarize Classical Apologetics model for the Apologetics, illustrate its use in practical Apologetics encounters, and then consider its major strength and weaknesses. In part three the authors examine the roots of evidentialist Apologetics and consider briefly the thought of five modern evidentialists. And give special attention to the apologetic system of the influential contemporary evidentialist John Warwick Montgomery. In part four they emphasizing conservative Calvinistic or Reformed circles, the approach emphasizes the presentation of Christianity as revealed as based on the authoritative revelation of God in Scripture and in Jesus Christ. It’s most common forms find absolute and certain proof of Christianity in the absolute and certain Character of the knowledge that God has and that he has revealed to humanity.  They begin by examining in some depth the apologetic thought of John Calvin himself. Following that they discuss the Modern roots of Reformed apologetics, and then consider the thought of four twentieth- Century Reformed apologists. In part five the authors examine the roots of fideist Apologetics and consider briefly  the thought of five influential fideist Apologists.  Fideism or the emphasis on a faith commitment. The reasons of the heart will bring you to a personal encounter with God in Jesus Christ. Martin Luther, Blaise Pascal, Karl Barth are proponents. They  have argued that the insights of fideism can be incorporated into apologetics. It is clear, though, that a full-bodied apologetic will have to draw from one or more of the other approaches as well. In Part Six: Integrative Approaches to Apologetics, the authors explore a number of apologists who incorporate elements from each of the different approaches. They “integrate” elements from the different methodologies: “Typically, these apologists integrate two or more approaches by expanding one approach to absorb elements (usually not the whole) of the others.

This book is a good attempt Kenneth Boa and Robert Bowman have assembled a wealth of information about what Christians believe and how to present that faith to an unbelieving world. The book is very helpful in identifying the various kinds of appeals, arguments, and defenses of the faith that can be mounted. We are also reminded that people differ in what will appeal to them, and they differ at various points in their lives. Each section includes a sample dialog exhibiting how the practitioner of that apologetic style would interact with a nonbeliever.
However, the book's greatest virtue is its ability to locate the importance of Apologetics in the life of the church as well as in the personal faith of the individual believer. I recommend this book to all of the Christian ministers, especially to the Christian Apologetics.

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