Later chapters include such topics as science, women (discussed later), and slavery. My favourite chapter (two) is about Christianity’s global diversity, as opposed to it merely being a western religion. Jews (at least those who follow modern Judaism, and atheists and agnostics, for that matter) believe that Jesus died and remained dead.Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead.She has a good handle on distinguishing between some of the major religions when it comes to Jesus’ death (p. 2 There is certainly no controversy in the first few chapters, which cover an irreligious world, morality, and Christianity’s claim to being the only true faith. “This chapter may be the most controversial yet”, McLaughlin quips in chapter nine, on homosexuality.

It is those about the acceptance of evolution, big bang cosmogony, and the age of the earth. According to the bio on her webpage, she has “one husband, three kids, and enough close friends to sustain her … heart!” 1 There is no surprise about which parts of the book involve disagreements, controversy even. Wright, Steven Pinker, John Lennox, and many more.

McLaughlin served for years as content editor for The Veritas Forum, which features such names as N.T. Together with Denis Alexander, Dennis Venema, and John Walton (among others) she is listed on the BioLogos Advisory Council. She is a regular contributor to Tim Keller’s The Gospel Coalition. Rebecca McLaughlin has a PhD in Renaissance Literature from Cambridge and a theology degree from Oak Hill College (London). It targets an audience of unbelievers who have tough challenges, and new believers of the Christian faith who are looking for answers to such confronting questions. In spite of the cryptic title of the book, the subject of this review is a 238-page apologetic for the Christian faith. Review of Confronting Christianity: 12 hard questions for the world’s largest religion by Rebecca McLaughlin

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