Reason for the Hope Within

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Book Reviews of Reason for the Hope Within

Book Review: A Thought Provoking Collection of Articles
Summary: 5 Stars

"Reason for the Hope Within" is not mainly trying to give reasons for the Christian faith. Instead, it appears to me, to be concerned primarily with the reasonableness of Christian beliefs. It is a defense, from a philosophical point of view, for the viability of Christianity as a worldview.

Several articles address head-on the strongest arguments against the Christian faith. The result often leaves Christianity, like the tree pictured on the cover, battered and barely standing - even going in slightly different directions than you might have guessed - but never-the-less standing.

Other articles address, not attacks from the outside, but questions Christians should ask themselves as they seek to build up a rigorous faith.

And still others attempt to make unbelievers "uncomfortable" with their position. These articles address just how far Christians can expect arguments for their believe to take them when addressing unbelievers.

Some of the many topics covered include:
-The problem of evil (and suffering)
-Are faith and reason opposed
-The conflict between divine providence and human freedom
-Plausibility of Jesus being fully God and fully man or of God being three and yet one.
-What is meant by the physical resurrection of each person's body
-What is the nature of hell and is it justifiable
-Does science undermine Christian faith
-What are miracles, can they happen, could they convince one to accept Christianity
-Biblical ethics
-And Biblical inerrancy

Along the way it also (more briefly) addresses the belief systems of Hindus, Atheists, Pluralists, and ethical relativists.

For the number of topics covered, there is a surprising amount of substance to each article (a few, however, did leave me wanting to have further discussion with its author). Though it was not light reading, I enjoyed this book very much.

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