Contending With Christianity's Critics: Answering New Atheists & Other Objectors

Paul Copan

Apologetics
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Contending With Christianity's Critics: Answering New Atheists & Other Objectors — Paul Copan, with William Lane Craig.

Chapters 116
  1. CONTENTS ≈ 2 min
  2. PREFACE ≈ 3 min
  3. DAWKINS'S DELUSION ≈ 10 min
  4. _____________________ ≈ 2 min
  5. The Copernican Principle ≈ 2 min
  6. The Problem: Apparent Design ≈ 2 min
  7. The Strong Anthropic Principle (SAP) ≈ 3 min
  8. The Gambler's Fallacy Versus Russian Roulette ≈ 5 min
  9. Six Problems Facing the Multiverse ≈ 31 min
  10. _____________________ ≈ 14 min
  11. Naturalism and the New Atheism ≈ 4 min
  12. Defining the Debate: The Great Divide ≈ 4 min
  13. The Marks of the Mental ≈ 2 min
  14. Minimal Materialism ≈ 3 min
  15. The Epistemological Commitments of Philosophical Naturalists ≈ 6 min
  16. The Irreducibility of Propositional Content ≈ 16 min
  17. Propositional Attitudes and the Supervenience Strategy ≈ 12 min
  18. God of the Gaps ≈ 7 min
  19. Conclusion ≈ 1 min
  20. _____________________ ≈ 3 min
  21. Math, Physics, and Babies ≈ 6 min
  22. Human Hardwiring and Morality ≈ 6 min
  23. Human Hardwiring and Religion ≈ 7 min
  24. Is Religion an Artifact of the Brain? ≈ 10 min
  25. _____________________ ≈ 2 min
  26. THE MORAL POVERTY OF EVOLUTIONARY NATURALISM ≈ 1 min
  27. A Darwinian Genealogy of Morals ≈ 8 min
  28. Evolutionary Naturalism and Moral Knowledge ≈ 4 min
  29. Darwinism and Normativity ≈ 12 min
  30. A Naturalist Rejoinder ≈ 12 min
  31. A Theistic Alternative ≈ 3 min
  32. Conclusion ≈ 1 min
  33. _____________________ ≈ 7 min
  34. DAWKINS'S BEST ARGUMENT AGAINST GOD'S EXISTENCE 1 ≈ 2 min
  35. Preliminary Observations ≈ 6 min
  36. Dawkins's Argument ≈ 6 min
  37. A Response to Dawkins's Argument ≈ 17 min
  38. Sizing Up My Response to Dawkins's Argument ≈ 3 min
  39. _____________________ ≈ 5 min
  40. CRITERIA FOR THE GOSPELS' AUTHENTICITY ≈ 5 min
  41. Positive Criteria for Authenticity ≈ 25 min
  42. Negative Criteria for Authenticity ≈ 7 min
  43. Conclusion ≈ 4 min
  44. _____________________ ≈ 10 min
  45. Daniel 7 ≈ 2 min
  46. The Son of Man ≈ 8 min
  47. The Son of God ≈ 13 min
  48. Concluding Remarks ≈ 3 min
  49. THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS TIME LINE ≈ 2 min
  50. AD 60–100: The Composition of the Gospels ≈ 3 min
  51. AD 50–62: Dating the “Authentic” Pauline Epistles ≈ 7 min
  52. AD 34–36: Paul's First Trip to Jerusalem ≈ 8 min
  53. AD 45–50: Paul's Later Trip to Jerusalem ≈ 6 min
  54. AD 30–35: Back to the Date of the Actual Events ≈ 5 min
  55. Conclusion: Bringing It All Together ≈ 2 min
  56. _____________________ ≈ 7 min
  57. HOW SCHOLARS FABRICATE JESUS ≈ 4 min
  58. The Gospel of Thomas ≈ 18 min
  59. The Akhmîm Gospel Fragment (the Gospel of Peter?) ≈ 9 min
  60. Papyrus Egerton 2 ≈ 9 min
  61. The Secret Gospel of Mark ≈ 8 min
  62. Concluding Remarks ≈ 3 min
  63. _____________________ ≈ 24 min
  64. Introduction: The Radical Fringe Has Gone Mainstream ≈ 8 min
  65. Misleading Statistics ≈ 3 min
  66. The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture ≈ 33 min
  67. Conclusion ≈ 2 min
  68. _____________________ ≈ 18 min
  69. The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith ≈ 3 min
  70. Peter's Declaration of Jesus' Identity as a Test-case ≈ 4 min
  71. The Christ of History ≈ 22 min
  72. Jesus' Self-Understanding ≈ 8 min
  73. _____________________ ≈ 7 min
  74. THE COHERENCE OF THEISM ≈ 6 min
  75. A Coherent Method for Recognizing Coherent Concepts ≈ 4 min
  76. Necessary Existence ≈ 6 min
  77. Incorporeality ≈ 11 min
  78. Essential Goodness ≈ 4 min
  79. Omnipotence ≈ 9 min
  80. Omniscience ≈ 9 min
  81. Eternity ≈ 6 min
  82. The Flexibility of Theism and the Importance of Experience ≈ 5 min
  83. _____________________ ≈ 2 min
  84. Paul Copan ≈ 5 min
  85. Three Dangers to Avoid ≈ 4 min
  86. The Divine Family ≈ 4 min
  87. Toward a Clearer Understanding of the Trinity ≈ 16 min
  88. The Philosophical and Practical Relevance of the Trinity ≈ 6 min
  89. _____________________ ≈ 2 min
  90. DID GOD BECOME AJEW? ADEFENSE OF THE INCARNATION ≈ 4 min
  91. The Scriptures on Jesus' Humanity and Divinity ≈ 9 min
  92. The Incarnation: Three Important Distinctions ≈ 11 min
  93. If Jesus Was God, How Could He Be Tempted? ≈ 8 min
  94. Final Considerations ≈ 7 min
  95. _____________________ ≈ 5 min
  96. Introduction ≈ 7 min
  97. The Nature of Penal Substitution ≈ 5 min
  98. The Moral Plausibility of Penal Substitution ≈ 15 min
  99. The Actuality of Penal Substitution ≈ 15 min
  100. Conclusion ≈ 2 min
  101. _____________________ ≈ 10 min
  102. HELL: GETTING WHAT'S GOOD MY OWN WAY ≈ 9 min
  103. Hell and the Good ≈ 4 min
  104. Hell and Free Will ≈ 3 min
  105. Hell and the Purpose of Life ≈ 3 min
  106. Hell, the Self, and Happiness ≈ 6 min
  107. Choices and Life Plans ≈ 16 min
  108. Life Plans and Ultimate Destinations ≈ 6 min
  109. _____________________ ≈ 3 min
  110. Introduction ≈ 3 min
  111. Open Theism and Divine Omniscience ≈ 8 min
  112. What Do the Scriptures Teach? ≈ 14 min
  113. What About the Tradition? ≈ 5 min
  114. Four (Bad) Philosophical Arguments for Open Theism ≈ 20 min
  115. _____________________ ≈ 5 min
  116. CONTRIBUTORS ≈ 4 min
AuthorPaul Copan
LanguageEnglish
EraContemporary
CategoriesApologetics
Length116 chapters · ≈ 14 h 16 min read
FormatsWeb Book · EPUB

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