Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths: Building Bridges to Faith Through Apologetics

by Alister E. McGrath

Book Overview

Intellectuals Don't Need God is for people who are not convinced by the arguments of classical, rationalistic apologetics, for people who feel that Christianity must have a broader appeal that to reason alone if it is to be persuasive to non-Christians. Alister McGrath shows convincingly that reason is only one of many possible points of contact between the non-Christian and the gospel. In today's world, nonrational concerns -- such as a sense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310590914
• ISBN13: 9780310590910
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

An excellent resource

I have always told my students that aside from the Bible, every Christian should read Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. In fact, I have made it mandatory. Now, I have added to my required list...this fine work by Dr. McGrath. Like Mere Christianity, this work challenges you and educates you in many of the false ideas in world religion, philosophy, etc. It gives you meat instead of the watered down theology we so frequently see being mass produced today in "Christian education". This book was written by a thinking Christian for thinking Christians; however, it can be easily read and appreciated by non-believers as well. I highly recommend this book because it is so good.

Contend for the Faith without being contentious

Here McGrath provides the churh with a resource for entering the arena of idea exchange without coming off as elitist or contentious.This is not an academic approach, i.e. with all the arguments displayed and chronicled and sorted, but rather a practical, useful tool for even the layperson who wants to dialogue with the various other worldviews.I've used this book with Adult Bible Studies with great success. Many springboarded from this into more profound and exhaustive apologetics study with the likes of Craig, Geisler, etc.

Great For Applying Apologetics to Witnessing

This book is an excellent example for Christians to learn how to use apologetics not to win arguments, but to win people for Christ. It gives an excellent base of information to use regarding atheism, modernism, postmodernism, religious pluralism, the new age, marxism and many worldviews/philosophies. The great thing is not just that he gives arguments and examples of how other worldviews are lacking, but he also shows how to use these arguments to share Christianity in a loving way. The key is not just to slam someone in an argument, but to show them the truth of Christ. This book is clearly an excellent example of how Christians can learn to show God's truth with respect and love.

The most thorough apologetics text available.

McGrath's thoroughness makes this the single best apologetics text available today for classroom and personal use. He not only addresses specific issues, he also teaches the reader how to do apologetics by covering apologetic theory: theological basis; points of contact; the nature of faith and commitment; etc. Also, while he addresses philosophical issues, he writes as a theologian and so goes beyond arguments for God's existence and historical evidences to defend doctrinal beliefs as well. He brings in more of the human element.

Great book for Christian Apologetics

In this book, McGrath wrote and gave comments about different modern world views, Modernism, Post Modernism, Pluralism etc. It will give Christians with a lot of information, background and how to understand those different world views.