Randal Rauser

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Randal’s apologetics debate book

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The Swedish Atheist, The Scuba Diver, and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails

Randal Rauser talks the Swedish Atheist on Drew Marshall

“Meet Randal Rauser, a Christian, and Sheridan, an atheist. Over the course of one caffeinated afternoon, they explore a range of honest questions and real objections to Christian faith.

  • Do people hold to a particular religion just because of an accident of geography?

  • Is believing in Jesus as arbitrary as believing in Zeus?

  • Why would God order the slaughter of infants or send people to hell?

“Their extended conversation unfolds with all the rabbit trails, personal baggage and distractions that inevitably come in real-world encounters. Rauser provides substantive argument-based apologetics but also highlights the importance of apologetics as a narrative journey.

“This imaginative narrative is a model of the rigorous pursuit of truth in conversation. Apologetics is not just about winning arguments; it is a transformative apprenticeship where eternity touches down in everyday life. It’s about the discovery of truth through winding, weaving, honest, aimless, pointless and completely purposeful conversations between people who desperately want to know the way really things are.” (Excerpts from the InterVarsity Press Catalogue)

Check out this blurb:

“Rauser’s dialogue brings the best tools of philosophical thinking within the reach of thoughtful believers and skeptics alike. His representative in the conversation knows when to stick to his guns, and when to admit to uncertainty and fallibility. His atheist counterpart is no straw man–he knows his Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens. Rauser has the philosophical chops to cut through a lot of rhetorical nonsense, but he also has the intellectual honesty to face up to the genuine difficulties confronting his faith. This enjoyable book is a model of candid, winsome, thought-provoking apologetics.” 

(Dean Zimmerman, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University )

You can read about The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails in the InterVarsity Press Winter Catalogue here.

You can order the book here.