The Handbook of Christian Apologetics
Being a refutation of the disgraceful HANDBOOK
OF CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS, Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tacelli, Monarch, East Sussex, 1994.
This book was written by two Roman Catholics but was written in such a
way that it could be used to defend the beliefs that Catholics and Protestant
and Orthodox hold in common. It was
written as a handbook the Churches could use to close up anybody who protested
against the deceptions of Christianity.
Peter Kreeft is professor of philosophy at Boston College
and writes regularly to defend Roman Catholicism in Catholic journals. He was interviewed by Lee Strobel and in
doing so made a contribution to Strobel’s The Case for Faith. Ronald Tacelli SJ, is a Jesuit Roman Catholic
priest and is associate professor of philosophy at Boston College. The significance of the book is both in its
wide distribution and popularity and also in its being the best introduction
into the subject of Christian apologetics ever attempted. However the book is easily refuted and is
full of tricks and is scandalous for rehashing arguments for the religion that
have been buried years ago. In this, it
reflects the desperation of those who attempt to make the faith believable
today.
REVIEW OF HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 3, 20
ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
CHAPTER 4, THE
NATURE OF GOD
CHAPTER 5, FOUR
PROBLEMS OF COSMOLOGY
CHAPTER 6, THE
PROBLEM OF EVIL
AN ESSAY REFUTING
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER 7, THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST
CHAPTER 8, THE RESURRECTION
CHAPTER 9, THE BIBLE MYTH OR HISTORY
CHAPTER 10, LIFE AFTER DEATH
CHAPTER 11, HEAVEN
CHAPTER 12, HELL
CHAPTER 13,
SALVATION
CHAPTER 14, CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER RELIGIONS
CONCLUSION
ROMAN CATHOLIC LIES
WHAT I BELIEVE –
EXAMINING A PHILOSOPHER’S VIEWS
THE DAWKINS DELUSION
- REFUTED