Christianity for the Tough Minded
Christianity for the Tough Minded
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Christianity for the Tough Minded

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This is a collection of 24 essays that provide wide-ranging evidence for the intellectual respectability of the Christian faith, along with critiques of many authors and philosophers.

CONTENTS

Part One: Philosophy and Scientific Method
IS MAN HIS OWN GOD? John Warwick Montgomery
A CRITIQUE OF BERTRAND RUSSELL’S RELIGIOUS POSITION Arnold D. Weigel
RELIGION WITHOUT REVELATION? A Critique of Julian Huxley’s Evolutionary Humanism Esther Lo
SCIENCE AND CHRISTIANITY: TOWARD PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE James R. Moore

Part Two: Ethics and Society
WHAT ABOUT SITUATION ETHICS? Joseph Blasczyk
GOD OF WAR Ronald A. Iwasko
THE BLACK SIDE OF CHRISTIANITY Ronald Behm
FROM THE GREAT REFUSAL TO THE GREAT AFFIRMATION: A Christian Comment on Herbert Marcuse Gregory Best

Part Three: Religion and Truth
THE INADEQUACIES OF THE STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALIST APPROACH TO RELIGION Bruce Bonecutter
SOME WEAKNESSES IN FUNDAMENTAL BUDDHISM James R. Moore ERIC HOFFER AND THE TRUE BELIEVER Mel Loucks

Part Four: Psychology and Religious Experience
EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN FAITH Clark Eugene Barshinger
MAN APART FROM GOD: Martin Luther as a Case Study Douglas W. Frank THE PROBLEM OF PLEASURE Loren Wilkinson
LSD AND RELIGIOUS TRUTH Robert A. Sabath

Part Five: Literature and World-View

About the Author

John Warwick Montgomery is the author of more than sixty books in six languages. He holds eleven earned degrees, including a master of philosophy in law from the University of Essex, England, a PhD from the University of Chicago, a doctorate in protestant theology from the University of Strasbourg, France, and a higher doctorate in law (LLD) from the University of Cardiff, Wales. He is a Lutheran clergyman and an English barrister. He has been admitted to practice as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of the United States and is a practicing avocation, Barreau de Paris, France. Dr. Montgomery is Professor Emeritus of Law and Humanities, University of Bedfordshire, England, and additionally serves as Professor-at-Large for 1517. 

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