How should one proclaim of the gospel of Jesus Christ in a secular age?
For many Christians, the traditional approach of apologetics has grown stale. In light of the current secular climate, as described by Charles Taylor and others, rhetorical strategies that previously served the church and apologists well are no longer effective.
Justin Bailey seeks to address this dilemma by infusing apologetics with an appeal to the imagination, the aesthetic, and the affective. Demonstrating that this is possible, he engages with two examples of those who have done apologetics through the imagination: George Mac Donald and Marilynne Robinson. By beginning with the imaginative and the aesthetic dimensions of faith before expounding proofs, Bailey argues, hearers of the good news will find both their hearts and their minds engaged.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Searching for Stronger Spells
Part One: Apologetics and the Imagination
1. Eclipsing Enchantment: Charles Taylor and Our Imaginative Crisis
2. Feeling the Way In: Schleiermacher and the Apologetics of Authenticity
3. Reaching Out: Getting a Grip on the Imagination
Part Two: Models for Reimagining Apologetics
4. Waking Things Up: George Mac Donald’s Reimagined Apologetic
5. Revealing a Wider World: Marilynne Robinson’s Reimagined Apologetic
6. Baptizing Imaginations: Learning from Mac Donald and Robinson
Conclusion: Sowing in Hope
Bibliography
Author Index
Scripture Index
Sobre o autor
Justin Ariel Bailey (Ph D, Fuller Theological Seminary) is assistant professor of theology at Dordt University. He works at the intersection of theology, culture, and ministry, and his written work has appeared in the online journal In All Things as well as Christian Scholars Review and the International Journal of Public Theology. He is an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church, and he has served as a pastor in Filipino-American, Korean-American, and Caucasian-American settings.
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