Confronting Christianity : 12 hard questions for the world's largest religion

Confronting Christianity 12 hard questions for the world's largest religion

Rebecca McLaughlin, 1980-

Book - 2019

"Christianity is the most widespread global belief system, and promises to remain so well into the future. But for many educated westerners, biblical Christianity is a dangerous idea--challenging some of their deepest beliefs... Confronting Christianity explores 12 questions that keep many of us from considering faith in Christ. Look more closely, McLaughlin argues, and the reality of suffering, the complexity of sexuality, the desire for diversity, the success of science, and other seeming roadblocks to faith become signposts. Jesus becomes not a relic from the ancient world, but our modern world's best hope."--Dust jacket flap.

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Subjects
Bible > Theology.
Apologetics.
Published
Wheaton : Crossway 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Rebecca McLaughlin, 1980- (author)
Physical Description
238 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781433564239
  • Introduction
  • 1. Aren't We Better Off without Religion?
  • 2. Doesn't Christianity Crush Diversity?
  • 3. How Can You Say There's Only One True Faith?
  • 4. Doesn't Religion Hinder Morality?
  • 5. Doesn't Religion Cause Violence?
  • 6. How Can You Take the Bible Literally?
  • 7. Hasn't Science Disproved Christianity?
  • 8. Doesn't Christianity Denigrate Women?
  • 9. Isn't Christianity Homophobic?
  • 10. Doesn't the Bible Condone Slavery?
  • 11. How Could a Loving God Allow So Much Suffering?
  • 12. How Could a Loving God Send People to Hell?
  • Acknowledgments
  • General Index
  • Scripture Index
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

McLaughlin's smart debut provides readers with a dozen reasons why Christianity is a viable worldview that can coexist alongside science, atheism, and other world religions. The author, a writer for the Gospel Coalition, leans toward an academic approach to apologetics, but her vivid historical overviews and wide variety of references (including Bertrand Russell, Black Panther, British TV show Doctor Who, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn) provide the tone of a lively comparative religions class. Through chapters based on 12 questions, McLaughlin documents the Christian Church's role in violence, slavery, and discrimination throughout history, emphasizing that the Gospel can't be held accountable for what those who profess to follow the Gospel do in its name. Respectfully presenting opposing sides of often volatile debates, McLaughlin delves into divisive topics, such as abortion, the basis of morality, and how a loving God can allow suffering. In a chapter titled "Isn't Christianity Homophobic?," McLaughlin candidly illustrates how "attraction" and "action" differ, as evidenced by her own successful heterosexual marriage, in spite of her lifelong struggle with same-sex attraction (which she argues is allowed within Christianity and, therefore, the faith should not be considered homophobic). Though aimed primarily at skeptics, this should appeal to any Christian who desires a better handle on the foundations of their own faith. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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