The Need for Apologetics
Apologetics is the discipline that deals with a rational defence of Christian faith. It comes from the Greek word apologia which means to…
Does Astronomy Reveal Joshua’s Long Day?
A popular story gives a salutary warning of the need to check our sources carefully and be careful in the arguments we use.
Learning from an Apostle: Christianity in the Marketplace of Ideas
'How to do apologetics' - a lesson from St Paul.
Paul at Athens
An extract from Peter May's book The Search for God: and the Path to Persuasion.
John Hick's Apologetic for Agnosticism
Religious pluralism has gained a foothold both as a mainstream academic position and in popular culture. John Hick must be understood as a…
New Atheism, New Apologetics
How Christian apologetics has used science in its response to the claims of the New Atheists. Boyle Lecture 2014.
The Apologetic Task
This talk addresses the challenges faced by the UK Church, such as Secularism and Islam, arguing for the necessity of effective apologetics.
Six Enemies of Apologetic Engagement
What are the barriers that prevent people engaging with apologetics today? How can we make people aware of its potential to present the…
Communicating the Gospel
The first talk in this series asks why Christians often find it so difficult to talk about their faith and suggests that there are two key…