Three Types of Religious Philosophy

Many Christians are eager to defend their faith against the attacks of unbelievers, but they are confused about how best to do so. Their confusion is not relieved by the numerous books being published on apologetics, for most professional apologists are also quite confused. They do have larger vocabularies, however, and they can thereby disguise their confusion as learning But what is a Christian to do?

All Christians are obliged to defend the faith The problem is that a weak defense can actually be more damaging to Christianity than none at all, for the clear-thinking unbeliever will be quick to spot a fallacy in the Christian's argument, and then proceed to argue-equally fallaciously, of course that since a particular argument offered in defense of Christianity is invalid, Christianity is untrue. This sort of argument is entirely too prevalent and too persuasive

In Three Types of Religious Philosophy Gordon Clark carefully and clearly examines rationalism, empiricism, and dogmatism-and for good measure includes a chapter on modern philosophy and theology irrationalism A philosopher for sixty years, Clark's knowledge of the Bible and philosophy and his devotion to Christianity are unmatched in this century In this little book the serious Christian will find the answer to his question "How should Christianity be defended?"