List of Christian apologetic works

This is a list of Christian apologetic works.

Antiquity

Apologia prima (English: First Apology) (c. 150-155) by Justin Martyr^[1]
Apologia secunda (English: Second Apology) (c. 150-57) by Justin Martyr^[2]
Πρὸς Διόγνητον Ἐπιστολή (English: Epistle to Diognetus) (c. late 2nd century), author unknown^[2]
The Apology to Autolycus (c. 169–83) by Theophilus of Antioch ^[3]
Octavius (before 250, likely contemporary with Tertullian's Apology) by Marcus Minucius Felix ^[4]
Apologeticus (or Apologeticum) (c. 197) by Tertullian
De Carne Christi (English: On the Body of Christ) (c. 206) by Tertullian
Contra Celsum (English: Against Celsus) (c. 248) by Origen of Alexandria ^[5]
De viris illustribus (English: On Illustrious Men) (c.392-3) by Jerome
Apologia contra Rufinum (English: Apology Against Rufinus) (402) by Jerome

Pre-Modern

Summa contra Gentiles (1265–74) by Saint Thomas Aquinas^[6]^[7]
De Arte Cabbalistica (English: On the Art of Kabbalah) (1517) by Johann Reuchlin
Pensées (1669) by Blaise Pascal^[8]
Alciphron (or The Minute Philosopher) (1732) by George Berkeley
Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul. in a Letter to Gilbert West, Esq (1747) by George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Observations on the History and Evidences of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (1747) by Gilbert West
Génie du christianisme (1802) (English: The Genius of Christianity) by François-René de Chateaubriand
Testimony of the Evangelists, Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice (1846) by Simon Greenleaf
Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1864) by John Henry Newman

20th century

Heretics (1905) by G. K. Chesterton
Orthodoxy (1908) by G. K. Chesterton
Who Moved the Stone? (1930) by Albert Henry Ross
The Everlasting Man (1925) by G. K. Chesterton
The Problem of Pain (1940) by C. S. Lewis
The Case for Christianity (1942) by C. S. Lewis
Miracles (book) (1947) by C. S. Lewis
Mere Christianity (1952) by C. S. Lewis
La Phénomène Humain (English: The Phenomenon of Man) (1959) by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ^[9]
The Existence of God (1979, new edition 2004) by Richard Swinburne
Campus Gods on Trial (1964) by Chad Walsh
Eternity in Their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World (1984) by Don Richardson
The Way the World Is: Christian Perspective of a Scientist (1983) by John Polkinghorne
Reasonable Faith (1994) by William Lane Craig
Is There a God? (1996) by Richard Swinburne
The Signature of God (1997) by Grant Jeffery
Beside Still Waters (1998) by Gregg Easterbrook
The Case for Christ (1998) by Lee Strobel
Science and Theology (1998) by John Polkinghorne
The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict (1999) by Josh McDowell
What Did Jesus Mean? (1999) by Ron Rhodes

21st century

A Scientific Theology (2001) by Alister McGrath
Faith, Science and Understanding (2001) by John Polkinghorne
The Resurrection of God Incarnate (2003) by Richard Swinburne
The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World (2004) by Alister McGrath
Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life (2005) by Alister McGrath
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (2006) by Francis Collins
Exploring Reality (2006) by John Polkinghorne
God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (2007) by John Lennox^[10]
Was Jesus God? (2008) by Richard Swinburne
The Reason for God: Belief in Age of Skepticism (2008) by Timothy Keller
What's So Great About Christianity (2008) by Dinesh D'Souza
Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies (2009) by David Bentley Hart
Questions of Truth (2009) by John Polkinghorne
More Than A Carpenter (2009) by Josh McDowell
Life After Death: The Evidence (2009) by Dinesh D'Souza
God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science (2009) by James Hannam ISBN 978-1848310704
The Dawkins Delusion? Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine (2010) by Alister McGrath
The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach (2010) by Michael R. Licona ISBN 978-0-8308-2719-0.
The Rage Against God (subtitle in US editions: How Atheism Led Me to Faith) (2010) by Peter Hitchens
Exposing Myths About Christianity: A Guide to Answering 145 Viral Lies and Legends (2012) by Jeffrey Russell ISBN 978-0830834662
OrganicJesus: Finding Your Way to an Unprocessed, Gmo-free Christianity (2016) by Scott Douglas ISBN 978-0825443923

References

↑ Avery Cardinal Dulles, A History of Apologetics, Ignatius Press, 2nd ed., 2005, ISBN 0-89870-933-4, pp. 31–42.
1 2 Dulles, p. 31-42 ff.
↑ Theophilus of Antioch
↑ Minucius Felix (Documentia Catholica Omnia)
↑ Herzog, Johann Jakob; Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (December 1908). "Celsus". In Samual Macauley Jackson. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. II. New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls Company. pp. 466.
↑ Dulles, p. 120 ff.
↑ L. Russ Bush, Classical Readings in Christian Apologetics, A.D. 100-1800, Parts 100-1800, Zondervan, 1983, ISBN 0-310-45641-X, p. 275 ff.
↑ Douglas Groothuis, Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, InterVarsity Press, 2011, ISBN 0-8308-3935-6, pp. 25–31.
↑ Dulles, p. 297 ff.
↑ Colin Tudge (8 December 2007). "The art of the soluble". The Guardian. Well - has science buried God? Of course not. John Lennox answers his own question decisively. No one who understands what science really is and is not could suppose that such interment was ever on the cards. No one who understands what religion really is, beneath its sometimes ugly face, could suppose that it would be good to bury it.

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[1] Avery Cardinal Dulles, A History of Apologetics, Ignatius Press, 2nd ed., 2005, ISBN 0-89870-933-4, pp. 31–42.

[p._31-42_ff-2] 1 2 Dulles, p. 31-42 ff.

[3] Theophilus of Antioch

[4] Minucius Felix (Documentia Catholica Omnia)

[5] Herzog, Johann Jakob; Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (December 1908). "Celsus". In Samual Macauley Jackson. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. II. New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls Company. pp. 466.

[6] Dulles, p. 120 ff.

[7] L. Russ Bush, Classical Readings in Christian Apologetics, A.D. 100-1800, Parts 100-1800, Zondervan, 1983, ISBN 0-310-45641-X, p. 275 ff.

[GroothuisCA-8] Douglas Groothuis, Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, InterVarsity Press, 2011, ISBN 0-8308-3935-6, pp. 25–31.

[9] Dulles, p. 297 ff.

[10] Colin Tudge (8 December 2007). "The art of the soluble". The Guardian. Well - has science buried God? Of course not. John Lennox answers his own question decisively. No one who understands what science really is and is not could suppose that such interment was ever on the cards. No one who understands what religion really is, beneath its sometimes ugly face, could suppose that it would be good to bury it.