Handbook of Christian Apologetics

Year 1994
Type Book
Genre apologetics
Tradition Catholic
Original language English

For For students, teachers and Christians who want the arguments for the faith summarized and organized for reference; not for readers wanting a narrative to read straight through.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher: 4 of 5 important
Difficulty: 3 of 5 demanding

A reference handbook, written with Ronald Tacelli, of the arguments for Christian belief and answers to the objections.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 5 of 5
Scriptural 3 of 5
Experiential 0 of 5
Sociological 1 of 5
Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Written with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, his colleague at Boston College, and published by InterVarsity Press in 1994 (reissued 2025). The handbook sets out, topic by topic, the arguments for the main Christian beliefs and answers the main objections: faith and reason, the existence of God (including twenty arguments), the problem of evil, miracles, the divinity and resurrection of Christ, life after death, hell, salvation and the Bible. It is one of the most widely used apologetics reference books, also issued in a pocket edition and in an expanded Catholic edition.

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