Christian Apologetics as Cross Cultural Dialogue

Christian apologetics is in crisis. Old concepts do no longer hold and post-modern development pose new questions. This title argues for an apologetic witness that is an exercise in cross-cultural dialogue intended at persuading our conversation partners of the relevance of a life centred on the reality revealed in Jesus Christ. This is a call for a new understanding of apologetics, moving away from appeals to tran-cultural rationality, arguing for a new form of cross-cultural dialogue. Christian apologetics is in crisis. Old concepts do no longer hold and post-modern development pose new questions. Benno van den Toren argues for an apologetic witness that is an exercise in cross-cultural dialogue aimed at persuading our conversation partners of the relevance of a life centred on the reality revealed in Jesus Christ. Some significant steps have been made toward the development of such a new apologetic practice. The aim of this book is to provide theological and philosophical basis for a new paradigm for Christian apologetic dialogue with our post-modern and multi-cultural world and to work out its practical relevance.