Handbook of Christian Apologetics

Reasonable, concise, witty and wise, Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli have written an informative and valuable guidebook for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason.Topics include:



- faith and reason

- the existence of God

- God's nature

- how we know God

- creation and evolution

- providence and free will

- miracles

- the problem of evil

- the Bible's historical reliability

- the divinity of Christ

- the resurrection

- life after death

- heaven and hell

- salvation

- Christianity and other religions

- objective truth

Whether you are asking the questions yourself or want to respond to others who are, here is the resource you have been waiting for.



Ronald K. Tacelli, S.J., is associate professor of philosphy at Boston College and has published articles in the Public Affairs Quarterly and Downside Review.



Peter Kreeft (PhD, Fordham University) is professor of philosophy at Boston College, where he has taught since 1965. A popular lecturer, he has also taught at many other colleges, seminaries, and educational institutions in the eastern United States. Kreeft has written more than fifty books, including The Best Things in Life, The Journey, and Handbook of Christian Apologetics (with Ronald Tacelli).

Part I: Introduction


1. The Nature, Power Limitation of Apologetics


2. Faith and Reason
Part II: God


3. Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God


4. The Nature of God
Part III: God Nature


5. Four Problems of Cosmology


6. The Problem of Evil
Part IV: God Grace


7. The Divinity of Christ


8. The Resurrection


9. The Bible: Myth or History?
Part V: God Glory


10. Life After Death


11. Heaven


12. Hell


13. Salvation
Part VI: Conclusions


14. Christianity Other Religions


15. Objective Truth


16. The Bottom Line


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