The interaction of Christianity with peace and justice movements and with the ecological movement might be considered an area where fruitful apologetic interaction may take place. In this article I have attempted to derive some apologetical principles from an examination of a representative second-century text. I suggest that an analogous apologetic ministry is not only possible but vital in our own day, and that this ministry can best be engaged in by appealing to those scientific and philosophical ideas which command the contemporary world-view. Michael Fuller is Associate Rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh. Notes and references 1.
Most dioceses have their own local groups to undertake similar projects themselves.