POCKET

DICTIONARY of

APOLOGETICS

& PHILOSOPHY

OF RELIGION

C. Stephen Evans

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ISBN 0-8308-1465-5

UK ISBN 0-85111-263-3

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Evans, C. Stephen.

Pocket dictionary of apologetics & philosophy of religion/C. Stephen Evans.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-8308-1465-5 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Religion—Philosophy—Dictionaries. 2. Apologetics—Dictionaries. I. Title: Pocket

dictionary of apologetics and philosophy of religion. II. Title.

BL51. E863 2002

210’.3—dc 21

2001051597

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Preface

It is an interesting time for a Christian to work in the philosophy of religion. When I went to graduate school in 1969, the number of Christians in philosophy was small and their influence smaller. I have been privileged to live through a period in which God has called a number of people to work in this vineyard. One evidence of this is the fact that the Society of Christian Philosophers currently has over twelve hundred members on its rolls. Philosophy of religion and apologetics seem to be ...