Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

pt. 1 A Relational-Incarnational Approach

What is relational-incarnational apologetics

What are we making an apology for anyways

Who's the stumbling block-- you and me or Jesus

Why should we apologize

How is Christ's Church God's Apologetic

pt. II An Engagement of diverse traditions

The Jewish Question (Judaism)

Whack jobs (Islam)

The Jesus box (hinduism)

The Dewdrop world (Buddhism)

Will the real Jesus please stand up-- and sit down (unitarian universalism)

The burning bosom (Mormonism)

All in (Nietzschean atheism)

Avatar (neo-paganism)

pt. III An Engagement of hot topics

All roads lead to Wall Street

Dead metaphors and living hell

The Missing link

Homosexuality, holy matrimony, and hospitality

Beyond Ned Flanders and the fascists

pt. IV. Responses from diverse traditions

Response to "The Jewish Question" by Adam Gregerman

Response to "Whack Jobs" by Richard Reno

Response to "The Jesus Box" by Prema Raghunath

Response to "The Dewdrop World" by Kyogen Carlson

Response to "Will the Real Jesus please stand up--and sit down" by Marilyn Sewell

Response to "The Burning bosom" by Robert L. Miller

Responses to "All in" by Thomas W. Clark and Austin Dacey

Response to "Avatar" by Gus diZeraga

Afterword: An apology for prayer