To Everyone an Answer

A Case for the Christian Worldview

In a society fascinated by spirituality but committed to religious pluralism, the Christian worldview faces sophisticated and aggressive opposition. A prior commitment to diversity, with its requisite openness and relativistic outlook, has meant for skeptics, critics and even many Christians that whatever Christianity is, it cannot be exclusively true or salvific. What is needed in this syncretistic era is an authoritative, comprehensive Christian response. Point by point, argument by argument, the Christian faith must be effectively presented and defended. To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview offers such a response. Editors Francis J. Beckwith, William Lane... alles anzeigen expand_more

In a society fascinated by spirituality but committed to religious pluralism, the Christian worldview faces sophisticated and aggressive opposition. A prior commitment to diversity, with its requisite openness and relativistic outlook, has meant for skeptics, critics and even many Christians that whatever Christianity is, it cannot be exclusively true or salvific. What is needed in this syncretistic era is an authoritative, comprehensive Christian response. Point by point, argument by argument, the Christian faith must be effectively presented and defended. To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview offers such a response. Editors Francis J. Beckwith, William Lane Craig and J. P. Moreland have gathered together in this book essays covering all major aspects of apologetics, including:



- faith and reason

- arguments for God?s existence

- the case for Jesus

- the problem of evil

- postmodernism

- religious pluralism and Christian exclusivismPreeminent in their respective fields, the contributors to this volume offer a solid case for the Christian worldview and a coherent defense of the Christian faith.



William Lane Craig (PhD, University of Birmingham, England; DTheol, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) is professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and at Houston Baptist University. In 2016 he was named by The Best Schools as one of the 50 most influential living philosophers. Craig has authored or edited over forty books, including The Kalam Cosmological Argument; Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom; God, Time, and Eternity; and God and Abstract Objects, as well as over 150 articles in professional publications of philosophy and theology, including The Journal of Philosophy, New Testament Studies, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy, and British Journal for Philosophy of Science.



Francis J. Beckwith (PhD, Fordham University) is professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he is also a fellow and faculty associate in the Institute for Studies of Religion. He was the 2008-2009 Mary Ann Remick Senior Visiting Fellow in the Notre Dame Center for Ethics Culture and was a 2002-2003 Madison Research Fellow in Politics at Princeton University, where he has served since 2003 as a member of the James Madison Society. Beckwith is the author of numerous books such as Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic; Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice; Law, Darwinism Public Education: The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent Design and Do the Right Thing: Readings in Applied Ethics and Social Philosophy. His articles have been published in a number of academic journals across a variety of disciplines, including Harvard Journal of Law Public Policy, International Philosophical Quarterly, Public Affairs Quarterly, Social Theory Practice, American Journal of Jurisprudence, Journal of Medical Ethics, San Diego Law Review, Nevada Law Journal, Journal of Social Philosophy, Philosophia Christi and Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics Public Policy. Beckwith has been a speaker for numerous Christian ministries (both Protestant and Catholic) throughout his career, including Summit Ministries and the Catholic Apologetics Academy, where he has served on their faculties since 1996 and 2013 respectively. He and his wife, Frankie, live in Woodway, Texas.



J. P. Moreland (PhD, University of Southern California) is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in La Mirada, California. He is the author, coauthor, or contributor to over ninety-five books, including Does God Exist?, Universals, The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, Consciousness and the Existence of God, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, In Search of a Confident Faith, Love Your God With All Your Mind, The God Question, and Debating Christian Theism. In his distinguished career, Moreland has co-planted three churches, spoken and debated on over 175 college campuses around the country, and served with Campus Crusade for Christ for ten years. The founder and director of Eidos Christian Center, he also previously served as a bioethicist for PersonaCare Nursing Homes, Inc. headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Moreland?s ideas have been covered by both popular religious and non-religious outlets, including the New Scientist, Christianity Today, PBS's "Closer to Truth," and WORLD magazine. In 2016 Moreland was selected by The Best Schools as one of the "50 most influential living philosophers."



Foreword - Josh McDowell


Introduction - Francis J. Beckwith
Part 1: Faith, Reason and the Necessity of Apologetics - Introduction by William Lane Craig


1. Knowing Christianity Is True: The Relationship Between Faith and Reason - Thomas A. Howe and Richard G. Howe


2. Defending the Defense of Faith - Craig J. Hazen


3. Applying Apologetics to Everyday Life - Gregory P. Koukl
Part 2: God's Existence - Introduction by Francis J. Beckwith


4. The Kalam Cosmological Argument - R. Douglas Geivett


5. An Information-Theoretic Design Argument - William A. Dembski


6. A Thomistic Cosmological Argument - W. David Beck


7. A Moral Argument - Paul Copan


8. The Ontological Argument - William Lane Craig
Part 3: Christ and Miracles - Introduction by William Lane Craig


9. The Christology of Jesus Revisited - Ben Witherington III


10. Miracles - Winfried Corduan


11. The Case for Christ's Resurrection - Gary R. Habermas
Part 4: Philosophical and Cultural Challenges to Christian Faith - Introduction by J. P. Moreland


12. The Problem of Evil - Ronald H. Nash


13. Physicalism, Naturalism and the Nature of Human Persons - J. P. Moreland


14. Facing the Challenge of Postmodernism - Douglas Groothuis


15. Legislating Morality - Michael Bauman


16. Darwin, Design and the Public Schools - Francis J. Beckwith
Part 5: Religious Challenges to Christian Faith - Introduction by Francis J. Beckwith


17. Religious Pluralism and Christian Exclusivism - David K. Clark


18. Eastern Thought - Ravi Zacharias


19. Mormonism - Carl Mosser and Paul Owen


20. Islam - Abdul Saleeb


Conclusion - J. P. Moreland


About Norman L. Geisler


About the Contributors


Index of Names


Index of Subjects


Scripture Index





To Everyone an Answer is intentionally an accessible and readable book. Its thorough name, subject, and Scripture indexes are helpful study aids. Clergy and students will likely benefit most from this book. Doubtless, informed laity, and of course, curious non-Christians will find it informative as well.



"Written specifically for students, it intends to supply them with the background and materials to defend their faith in a culturally and religiously plural world . . . Thorough overview of all the most important issues."



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