Apologetics
Subtitle: or, Christianity defensively stated
By: By Alexander Balmain Bruce
Series: The International theological library. [III]; International theological library -- III.
Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons
Published: 1892
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780790533148
Subjects: Apologetics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: I. Historical Sketch; title: The Apologetics Elements in the New Testament; title: The Attack of Celsus and the Reply of Origen; title: Free thought in the Eighteen Century; title: Free Thought in the Present Time; title: II. The function and methods of apologetic; title: Apology and Apologetic; title: The idea of Apologetic variously conceived; title: Place of Apologetic in a theological curriculum; title: Author's idea of the function of Apologetic-Chalmers, Baumstark, Delitzsch, Ebrard; title: Methods of this work; title: Book I; title: Theories of the Universe, Christian and anti-Christians; title: I. The Christian Facts; title: Christ's love to the sinful the fundamental fact; title: Christ's works of healing; title: Christ's idea of God and of man; title: Jesus an exceptional Person; title: Jesus the Christ; title: Christ's doctrine of the kingdom; title: Christ's conflict with Pharisaism; title: Christ's doctrine of sin; title: II. The Christian Theory of the Universe; title: Extracted from the Christian facts; title: God an Ethical Personality; title: Man's importance as God's son; title: The Christian view of moral evil; title: Sin a reality; title: Does not originate with God; title: Not a necessity; title: Bible account of the Fall; title: Moral and physical evil how related; title: God the Creator of the world; title: God the Sustainer of the world; title: The Christian Hope for the world; title: III. The Pantheistic Theory; title: Spinoza's view of the universe; title: Hegel's; title: Criticism of Pantheism; title: Its fascinations; title: Pantheistic view of Personality of God; title: Of the creation of the world; title: Moral aspects of Pantheism; title: Religious aspect; title: IV. The Materialistic Theory; title: Materialism and modern science; title: The Materialistic theory explained; title: Its relation to the problem of the origin of life; title: And to that of the origin of conscious life; title: Cautious type of Materialism; title: Materialism on its ethical side; title: Its attempt to find an objective basis of morality; title: The religious aspects of Materialism; title: Criticism of Materialism; title: Christian attitude towards the problems of the origin of life and the existence of the soul; title: Darwinism in morals; title: Worship of the universe; title: Worship of ideals; title: V. The Deistic Theory; title: Deism contrasted with Pantheism and Materialism; title: Four characteristics of Deism; title: Deistic optimism extravagant; title: Butler's Analogy of Religion; title: Modern pessimism: Mill and Schopenhauer; title: Kant's view of moral evil; title: Silence of the Old Testament on future life; title: Attitude of the apologist toward criticism; title: Begin our study with Prophets; title: Our plan; title: II. The Religion of the Prophets; title: The prophets of eighth and seventh centuries Monotheists; title: Jehovah supreme over the nations; title: Creator and sustainer of the world; title: Righteous governor over all (Amos); title: Election of Israel confirms this idea of God; title: The Holy one of Israel (Isaiah); title: Inviolability of Zion (Isaiah); title: Denied by Jeremiah; title: Individualism and Universalism; title: Whence came the religion of the prophets; title: III. The prophetic idea of Israel's vocation and History; title: Prophets viewed Israel as an elect people; title: Elect for a purpose; title: Israel the bearer to the world of the true religion; title: Prophetic references to the Israel's past history; title: Verify the election of Israel; title: Abraham's call; title: Geographical position of Israel; title: Principle of election creates an apologetic problem with reference to heathen world; title: Modern views of ethnic religions; title: Are these views reconcilable with the election of Israel?; title: The true idea of that election and the interference from it; title: God's care was for the interests of the true religion not for a pet people; title: IV. Each stage in Israel's religion connected with a providential crisis; title: The Decalogue the great Mosaic monument; title: Proofs of Mosaicity of Decalogue; title: Original form of Decalogue; title: Compared with Egyptian ritual of the dead; title: Mosaism and Judaism contrasted; title: Relation of Moses to Levitical ritual; title: The Jehovah of the Decalogue and the Baal of Pagan Semitic religions contrasted; title: Mosaism and the state after death; title: V. Prophetism; title: Sketch of history from Moses to 800 b.c.; title: The Jehovah of Elijah (image-worship); title: The prophets reaffirmers of Mosaism with new emphasis: resemblances and contrasts; title: The prophets moral critics of their time; title: Their passion for righteousness; title: Their faith in an objective moral order; title: Placed morality above ritual; title: Prophetic moral ideal healthy; title: Trials of their faith; title: Apologetic value of Hebrew prophecy; title: Prophetic oracles compared with utterances of Pagan sages; title: VI. Prophetic Optimism; title: Combination of passion for righteousness with a hopeful spirit rare; title: The source of prophetic optimism; title: Sprang out of faith in election of Israel; title: Ultimately out of prophetic idea of God (grace); title: The expression of prophetic hope; title: Various types of the ideal future (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Prophet of the exile); title: The value of prophetic optimism; title: The ideal royal man; title: The kingdom of the good; title: The suffering servant of God; title: These three ideals met in Jesus; title: VII. Judaism; title: From Prophetism to Judaism a great descent; title: Could God have any hand in Judaism?; title: It had a good, beneficent side; title: Literary activity of the exiles; title: Religious value of the Levitical code; title: Evil latent in Jerusalem; title: Remained for a time an undeveloped germ; title: The Psalter a proof of this; title: How critical views of the late origin of the law affect New Testament verdicts; title: Two legal experiments; title: VIII. The Night of Legalism; title: This period deprived of the light of prophecy; title: The scribes; title: Their work; title: Persian influence; title: Sectarian division (Pharisees and Sadducees); title: Greek influence, Maccabean revolt; title: The book of Daniel; title: Apocalyptic literature; title: The Diaspora; title: The Septuagint; title: Philo and Hellenism; title: IX. The Old Testament Literature; title: Revelation and the Bible not synonyms; title: Utility of a Bible; title: Whence Arising; title: Perfection and infallibility; title: Minimum requirements of the Bible's function; title: Religious value of the Old Testament, how affected by criticism; title: Canon of Old Testament; title: Reflections suggested by history of Canon; title: The history involved in deep obscurity; title: Historical details respecting Old Testament Canon; title: Test of Canonicity; title: X. The Light of the World; title: Christ the supreme authority in religion; title: Christ and other masters; title: Christ and reason; title: Christ and the Church; title: Christ and the Scriptures; title: The sphere of Christ's authority; title: Christianity the absolute religion; title: Book III. The Christian Origin; title: I. Jesus; title: Jesus welcome for his own sake; title: Desire to know the historical Jesus; title: The way of Jesus with inquirers; title: Fear of eternal loss hinders thoroughness in religion; title: Can Jesus really be known?; title: Presumptive evidence that it is possible; title: Jesus introduced a new type of goodness; title: His goodness contrasted with that of the scribes; title: Present tendency to make Christianity independent of history, various forms of; title: Criticism of; title: Intuition, Dogma, Idea; title: II. Jesus as the other Christ; title: Importance of the affirmation; title: Did Jesus claim to be the Christ; title: Outfit for the Christ; title: Raur's view of the relation of Jesus to the Messianic idea; title: Jesus not an opportunist Messiah; title: His Messianic idea transformed; title: Messianic consciousness inconsistent with humility (Martineau); title: Criticism of this position; title: Two helpful lines of thought; title: Jesus he that should come; title: III. Jesus as Founder of the Kingdom of God; title: The Kingdom the burden of Christ's preaching; title: Jesus had to create both the kingdom and the true idea of it; title: Christ's idea of the kingdom; title: Spirituality and universality; title: A kingdom of grace; title: Means and methods of founding the kingdom; title: The miraculous element; title: Relation of the primitive gospel; title: Relation to Christ's character and formation; title: Permanent significance of; title: Choice of the twelve, its significance; title: Jesus did more by his death than by his life; title: Christ's teaching concerning his death; title: The gospel narratives of the passion