Seminars

OX-13 ~ “Christian Apologetics in the Spirit of C. S. Lewis” with John Mark Reynolds

Christian apologetics is the art and science of persuasively explaining and defending the truth-claims of the Christian worldview.  C. S. Lewis modeled a holistic approach to apologetics, combining logic and reasoning with grace, winsomeness, and imagination – pointing to God as the ultimate Answer to humanity’s deepest needs, questions, longings, and aspirations.  This seminar follows Lewis’s vision and example, providing training not only in the science of apologetics (reasoning, arguments, facts, evidence), but also its art (imagination and skills in communication, persuasion, and Socratic questioning).  Special attention is given to current apologetic issues and objections (such as the “New Atheism” of Dawkins, Hitchens, and Harris), and to “moral apologetics” in response to contemporary moral objections to Christian belief.

John Mark Reynolds is the Founder and Director of the Torrey Honors Institute and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Biola University, has been a contributing writer for such journals as the New Oxford Review and Touchstone, and is the author of several books, including Maker of Heaven and Earth: Three Views on the Creation and Evolution Debate (co-authored with J.P. Moreland) and Towards a Unified Platonic Human Psychology. Reynolds lectures frequently on ancient philosophy, philosophy of science, home-schooling and cultural trends, appears regularly on radio talk shows, and actively blogs on cultural issues.  He has presented seminars on classical education in several different countries and throughout the United States. He also teaches in Biola University's Apologetics Program.

 

 

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