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How do historians treat sources, build arguments, and evaluate explanatory claims? How is that different from apologetics? A discussion of Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ.
Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan 1998).
Thanks to Carnegie Band for use of their song "Come Home."
I wish you would make it clear that it is American apologetics! I know Americans tend to think that there isn't a world outside America, but the English apologetic tradition is very different. G.K Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L Sayers, Charles Williams, G. E. M. Anscombe are all English apologeticists but very much unlike American writers in their arguments and basic philosophies. I know Lewis has been "grabbed" by Americans, but that's done like Lee Strobel with the Bible, in a "pick and mix" approach.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point. You're right, that's a worthy distinction.
DeleteEnjoyed this. A few years ago, I was reconsidering the faith. Would I still be convinced by the same arguments I had been, decades ago, So, I started with McDowell, then Strobel. Neither were compelling. At this time Strobel produced a documentary with the same name. Back then I couldn't have seperated ppl like Metzger from the man on the street, but still found his arguments awful. Question, would you guys have him on the podcast to defend himself and answer questions?
ReplyDeleteSure! ...but I don't think he'd have any interest. His written reply to us didn't reflect any interest in engaging with the substance of our criticisms.
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