8d Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies

Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies

In the previous two sections of this chapter we have explored some themes relating to two classic questions of Christian apologetics and identified some components of answers to two important anxieties about faith. But apologetics is as much an art as it is a science. It’s not
just about knowing arguments; it’s about how you use them. There’s a helpful analogy here with a medical practitioner: she will have a deep knowledge of the theory of medicine, including both what can go wrong with the human body and what can be done to sort things out. But this science of medicine has limited use unless you can get your patient to tell you what the problem really is…