Christianity for the Tough Minded

This is a collection of 24 essays that provide wide-ranging evidence for the intellectual respectability of the Christian faith, along with critiques of many authors and philosophers.

CONTENTS

Part One: Philosophy and Scientific Method

IS MAN HIS OWN GOD? John Warwick Montgomery

A CRITIQUE OF BERTRAND RUSSELL'S RELIGIOUS POSITION Arnold D. Weigel

RELIGION WITHOUT REVELATION? A Critique of Julian Huxley's Evolutionary Humanism Esther Lo

SCIENCE AND CHRISTIANITY: TOWARD PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE James R. Moore

Part Two: Ethics and Society

WHAT ABOUT SITUATION ETHICS? Joseph Blasczyk

GOD OF WAR Ronald A. Iwasko

THE BLACK SIDE OF CHRISTIANITY Ronald Behm

FROM THE GREAT REFUSAL TO THE GREAT AFFIRMATION: A Christian Comment on Herbert Marcuse Gregory Best

Part Three: Religion and Truth

THE INADEQUACIES OF THE STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALIST APPROACH TO RELIGION Bruce Bonecutter

SOME WEAKNESSES IN FUNDAMENTAL BUDDHISM James R. Moore

ERIC HOFFER AND THE TRUE BELIEVER Mel Loucks

Part Four: Psychology and Religious Experience

EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN FAITH Clark Eugene Barshinger

MAN APART FROM GOD: Martin Luther as a Case Study Douglas W. Frank

THE PROBLEM OF PLEASURE Loren Wilkinson

LSD AND RELIGIOUS TRUTH Robert A. Sabath

Part Five: Literature and World-View