Product Description

"Be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you," wrote the apostle Peter.That is what apologetics is all about. Here is a concise, informative guide for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason. Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli have condensed their popular Handbook of Christian Apologetics, summarizing the foremost arguments for major Christian teachings and offering compelling responses to the most common arguments put forward against Christianity. In this book you'll find answers to questions about

• faith and reason
• the existence of God
• creation and evolution
• predestination and free will
• miracles
• the problem of evil
• Christ and the resurrection
• the reliability of the Bible
• life after death
• heaven and hell
• salvation and other religions
• objective truth

The Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics is the place to begin for people with questions about Christianity.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #295329 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 142 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780830827022
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Small but Welcome Addition to Apologetics Bookshelves
Since its publication ten years ago, Kreeft and Tacelli's hefty Handbook of Christian Apologetics has been the last word for Catholics in dealing with the apathy, subjectivity, or occasionally outright hostility of the modern secular world. But it's very completeness (over 400 large pages) made it intimidating.

Now at last comes this pocket-sized abridgement, by the original authors.

Today all too many Catholic apologetics books assume you're discussing the faith with evangelicals who are well-versed in Scripture. But the reality is that the non-religious (ranging from vaguely spiritual new-agers to uninformed agnostics to functional atheists) are at least as common in our society as "Bible Christians".

This is a perfect intro for Christians that need to respond with logic to objections and concerns about fundamental beliefs (God, moral law, miracles, the problem of pain, Jesus Christ). It's also great for those who want to see how classic Catholic reasoning "stacks up" to the modern world.

Excellent Resource
This is an abridged version of Handbook for Christian Apologetics written by the same authors. This `scaled down' version is a great little reference book, and is easily digestible, and hopefully it will draw you in enough to read the larger more complete work. This book is also one in a series, either sold separately or in a boxed set, that includes the following titles: Pocket Dictionary of North American Denominations, Pocket Dictionary for the Biblical Study of Hebrew, Pocket History of Theology, Pocket Dictionary of New Religious Movements.

This volume has 15 short, concise chapters written to answer the following questions:

1. Apologetics
2. Faith & Reason
3. Arguments for the Existence of God
4. The Nature of God
5. Creation and Evolution
6. Miracles
7. The Problem of Evil
8. The Divinity of Christ
9. The Resurrection
10. The Bible: Myth or History?
11. Life After Death
12. Heaven and Hell
13. Salvation
14. Christianity and Other Religions
15. Objective Truth

And it has a concluding page called `The Bottom Line'. Each of these chapters is full of information to help you know your faith deeper if you are a Christian, or to help you understand the claims of Christianity if you are not.

This is a great resource, either for writing essays, for research, or for personal growth. It will give you all the basics of the Christian faith in one compact little book. Check it out. Like all of Kreeft's other works I have reviewed, I would have to highly recommend this book.

Short, sweet, but not obscure
This is a great addition to the Christian Apologists arsenal. The basic arguments are laid out, shortly, sweetly, and comprehensibly. Covers the traditional areas of Christian Apologetics in a traditional way. Great read at a great price.