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Apologetics and the Christian Imagination

An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith

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Apologetics and the Christian Imagination

By: Holly Ordway
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Apologetics, the defense of the faith, shows why our Christian faith is true, but it's much more than that. Apologetics isn't just the province of scholars and saints but of ordinary men and women: parents, teachers, lay ministry leaders, pastors, and everyone who wants to develop a stronger faith and understand why we believe what we believe, to know our Lord better, and love him more fully.

In Apologetics and the Christian Imagination, Holly Ordway shows how an imaginative approach - in cooperation with rational arguments - is extremely valuable in helping people come to faith in Christ.

Making a case for the role of imagination in apologetics, this book proposes ways to create meaning for Christian language in a culture that no longer understands words like "sin" or "salvation", suggests how to discern and address the manipulation of language, and shows how metaphor and narrative work in powerful ways to communicate the truth. It applies these concepts to specific, key apologetics issues, including suffering, doubt, and longing for meaning and beauty.

Apologetics and the Christian Imagination shows how Christians can harness the power of the imagination to share the Faith in meaningful, effective ways.

©2017 Emmaus Road Publishing (P)2019 Emmaus Road Publishing Christianity Spirituality

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A good supplement to rational apologetics

Ordway's narration is excellent. This book argues that one should have a holistic approach to apologetics. Yes, the Christian faith is true, but it is also important how one makes the case (not just the logos, but the ethos and the pathos). Having an awareness of the faculty of imagination to appeal for the faith is important. Maybe it does deserve five stars, but I feel that such a book by nature supplements standard apologetics books, and so in a way, it feels something is missing in just listening to this alone. In a way, I feel it could be shorter. That being said I appreciated her insights.

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