# List of Christian apologetic works

This is a list of Christian apologetic works.

## Antiquity

* Apologia prima (English: First Apology) (c. 150-155) by Justin Martyr
* Apologia secunda (English: Second Apology) (c. 150-57) by Justin Martyr
* Πρὸς Διόγνητον Ἐπιστολή (English: Epistle to Diognetus) (c. late 2nd century), author unknown
* The Apology to Autolycus (c. 169–83) by Theophilus of Antioch
* Octavius (before 250, likely contemporary with Tertullian's Apology) by Marcus Minucius Felix
* Apologeticus (or Apologeticum) (c. 197) by Tertullian
* De Carne Christi (English: On the Body of Christ) (c. 206) by Tertullian
* Contra Celsum (English: Against Celsus) (c. 248) by Origen of Alexandria
* De viris illustribus (English: On Illustrious Men) (c.392-3) by Jerome
* Apology Against Rufinus (402) by Jerome
* On the Consolation of Philosophy (524) by Boethius

## Medieval

* Scholion by Theodore Bar Konai (8th century, Church of the East)
* The Book of Proof and the Book of Questions and Answers by Ammar al-Basri (9th century, Church of the East)
* On the Proof of the Christian Religion and other works by Abu Raita al-Takriti (9th century, Syriac Orthodox)
* The Healer, by Gerasimos, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Symeon (?13th century)
* Summa contra Gentiles (1265–74) by Saint Thomas Aquinas

## Early modern

* The Imitation of Christ (De Imitatione Christi) (c. 1418–1427) Thomas à Kempis
* De Arte Cabalistica (English: On the Art of Kabbalah) (1517) by Johann Reuchlin
* Pensées (1669) by Blaise Pascal
* Alciphron (or The Minute Philosopher) (1732) by George Berkeley
* The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) by John Bunyan
* Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul. in a Letter to Gilbert West, Esq (1747) by George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
* Observations on the History and Evidences of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (1747) by Gilbert West
* The Evidences of the Christian Religion by Joseph Addison
* The Evidence of the Christian Religion Briefly and Plainly Stated (1786) by James Beattie
* A View of the evidences of Christianity in three parts (1794) by William Paley
* Génie du christianisme (1802) (English: The Genius of Christianity) by François-René de Chateaubriand
* Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity (1802) by William Paley
* Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas H. Horne
* Testimony of the Evangelists, Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice (1846) by Simon Greenleaf
* Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1864) by John Henry Newman
* Christian Evidences (1837) by Richard Whately
* The Evidences of the Christian Religion (1832) by Archibald Alexander

## 20th century

* Heretics (1905) by G. K. Chesterton
* Why is Christianity True? Christian Evidences (1905) by Edgar Young Mullins
* Orthodoxy (1908) by G. K. Chesterton
* The Facts of Faith (1910) by Charles Edward Smith
* Who Moved the Stone? (1930) by Albert Henry Ross
* The Everlasting Man (1925) by G. K. Chesterton
* The Problem of Pain (1940) by C. S. Lewis
* The Case for Christianity (1942) by C. S. Lewis
* Miracles (book) (1947) by C. S. Lewis
* Mere Christianity (1952) by C. S. Lewis
* Protestant Christian Evidences (1953) by Bernard Ramm
* La Phénomène Humain (English: The Phenomenon of Man) (1959) by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
* Defense of the Faith (1955) by Cornelius Van Til
* Faith That Makes Sense (1960) by J. Edwin Orr
* 100 Questions About God (1966) by J. Edwin Orr
* Jesus: The Man That Lives (1975) by Malcolm Muggeridge
* The Existence of God (1979, new edition 2004) by Richard Swinburne
* Campus Gods on Trial (1964) by Chad Walsh
* Why I Believe (1980) by D J Kennedy
* Eternity in Their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World (1984) by Don Richardson
* The Way the World Is: Christian Perspective of a Scientist (1983) by John Polkinghorne
* What If Jesus Had Never Been Born (1994) by D J Kennedy
* Reasonable Faith (1994) by William Lane Craig
* Is There a God? (1996) by Richard Swinburne
* The Signature of God (1997) by Grant Jeffery
* Beside Still Waters (1998) by Gregg Easterbrook
* The Case for Christ (1998) by Lee Strobel
* What If the Bible Had Never Been Written? (1998) by D J Kennedy
* Science and Theology (1998) by John Polkinghorne
* The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict (1999) by Josh McDowell
* What Did Jesus Mean? (1999) by Ron Rhodes

## 21st century

* A Scientific Theology (2001) by Alister McGrath
* Faith, Science and Understanding (2001) by John Polkinghorne
* The Resurrection of God Incarnate (2003) by Richard Swinburne
* The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 3) (2003) by N. T. Wright
* The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World (2004) by Alister McGrath
* Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life (2005) by Alister McGrath
* Skeptics Answered (2005) by D J Kennedy
* Why the Ten Commandments Matter (2005) by D J Kennedy
* The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (2006) by Francis Collins
* Exploring Reality (2006) by John Polkinghorne
* God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (2007) by John Lennox
* Was Jesus God? (2008) by Richard Swinburne
* The Reason for God: Belief in Age of Skepticism (2008) by Timothy Keller
* What's So Great About Christianity (2008) by Dinesh D'Souza
* Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies (2009) by David Bentley Hart
* Questions of Truth (2009) by John Polkinghorne
* More Than A Carpenter (2009) by Josh McDowell
* Life After Death: The Evidence (2009) by Dinesh D'Souza
* God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science (2009) by James Hannam ISBN 978-1848310704
* The Dawkins Delusion? Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine (2010) by Alister McGrath
* The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach (2010) by Michael R. Licona ISBN 978-0-8308-2719-0.
* The Rage Against God (subtitle in US editions: How Atheism Led Me to Faith) (2010) by Peter Hitchens
* Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case For Biblical Faith (2011) by Douglas Groothuis
* Who Is Jesus?: Linking the Historical Jesus with the Christ of Faith (2012) by Darrell L. Bock
* Exposing Myths About Christianity: A Guide to Answering 145 Viral Lies and Legends (2012) by Jeffrey Russell ISBN 978-0830834662
* OrganicJesus: Finding Your Way to an Unprocessed, Gmo-free Christianity (2016) by Scott Douglas ISBN 978-0825443923
* Urban Apologetics (2021) by Eric Mason

## Biblical apologetics

* Lines of Defence of the Biblical Revelation (1901) by David Samuel Margoliouth
* A Scientific Investigation of the Old Testament (1926) by Robert Dick Wilson
* Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties (1982) by Gleason Archer Jr.
* The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (1987) by Craig Blomberg
* The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: The Challenge to Evangelical Christian Beliefs (2016) by Craig Blomberg