HOW TO DEFEND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: ADVICE FROM AN ATHEIST

Book ID/图书代码： 12580016B88604

English Summary/英文概要： The Christian faith has been vigorously defended with a variety of philosophical, historical, and theological arguments, but many of the arguments used in an earlier age no longer resonate in today’s educated West. Where has apologetics gone wrong? What is the best response to the growing challenge presented by scientific discovery and naturalistic thought? Unlike every work on Christian apologetics that has come before, How to Defend the Christian Faith is the first one written by an atheist for Christians. As a former Christian defender who is now a leading atheist thinker, John Loftus answers these questions and more. He tells would-be apologists how to train properly, where to study, what to study, what issues they should concern themselves with, and how poorly the professors who currently train them practice their craft. In the process, he shows readers why Christian apologists have failed to reach the intelligent nonbeliever. For those Christian apologists who think this book will provide a secret formula to convert the nonbelieving masses, be warned: as an exposé of the present state of Christian aplogetics, it can just as easily be used by atheists to refute apologetic arguments. Thus, this book presents both an opportunity and a challenge to Christians: they must either change how apologetics is done, or quit doing apologetics altogether.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 基督教信仰一直被各种哲学、历史和神学的论点大力守护着，但许多论据是用在较早的年代的，无法再与今天的教育西方产生共鸣。护教学哪里错了吗？对于科学发现和自然主义思想所呈现的不断增长的挑战，什么是最佳反应？不同于以往基督教护教学的作品，《如何守护基督教信仰》是第一部由无神论者为基督教徒写的书。作为一个前基督教守卫者，现在是一位优秀的无神论思想家，约翰•洛夫回答了这些问题和更多。他告诉那些潜在辩护者如何适当的训练，在哪里学习，学什么，他们应该关心什么问题，以及目前培养他们实践技艺的教授有多拙劣。在这个过程中，他告诉读者为什么基督教护教论者未能达到聪明的无信仰者的高度。对于那些认为这本书将提供转变无信仰群众的秘密公式的基督教辩护者，警告：本书作为基督教守护者目前状态的披露，它也很容易被无神论者用来反驳守护者的论点。因此，这本书基督徒提供机遇的同时也提出了挑战：他们必须改变护教的做法，或全部放弃护教。（LNL）

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About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•W•洛夫是一位优秀的无神论作家和思想家。他曾是福音派牧师和基督教护卫者，他曾在密歇根、伊利诺斯和印第安娜担任牧师，并在一些基督教和世俗学校任教。他是《我为什么成为一个无神论者：一位前传教士拒绝基督教》、《宗教信仰的外部考验：如何知道哪一个宗教是真实的》的作者，以及《基督教错觉：为什么信仰失败》，《基督教的终结》和《基督教不再伟大：信仰为什么失败》的编辑。可以在debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com找到他的博客。他生活在印第安娜州的韦恩堡市。

John W. Loftus is a leading atheist writer and thinker. A former evangelical minister and Christian apologist, he had ministries in Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, and taught at several Christian and secular colleges. He is the author of Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity and The Outsider Test for Faith: How to Know Which Religion Is True and editor of The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, The End of Christianity, and Christianity Is Not Great: How Faith Fails. His popular blog can be found at debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com. He lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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