Metzger, Paul Louis

Connecting Christ : how to discuss Jesus in a world of diverse paths / Paul Louis Metzger. - Nashville : Thomas Nelson, [2012] - 328 p.; 23 cm.

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

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Witness hearing (Christianity)
Apologetics
Christianity and other religions

BV 4520 / .M48 2012