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God Who Is There

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ISBN-10: 0830819479

ISBN-13: 9780830819478

Edition: 30th 1982

Authors: Francis A. Schaeffer, James W. Sire

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For over thirty years The God Who Is There has been the landmark book that changed the way the church sees the world. In Francis Schaeffer's remarkable analysis, we learn where the clashing ideas about God, science, history and art came from and where they are going.Now this completely retypeset edition includes a new introduction by James W. Sire that places Schaeffer's seminal work in the context of the intellectual turbulence of the early twenty-first century. More than ever, The God Who Is There demonstrates how historic Christianity can fearlessly confront the competing philosophies of the world.The God who has always been there continues to provide the anchor of truth and the power of…    
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Book details

List price: $18.00
Edition: 30th
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 9/16/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 226
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

James W. Sire (PhD, University of Missouri), formerly a senior editor at InterVarsity Press, is an active speaker and writer. He has taught English, philosophy, theology, and short courses at many universities and seminaries. He continues to be a frequent guest lecturer in the United States and Europe. His InterVarsity Press books and Bible studies include The Universe Next Door (a worldviews textbook), Scripture Twisting, Discipleship of the Mind, Chris Chrisman Goes to College, Why Should Anyone Believe Anything at All?, Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling, Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept, Learning to Pray Through the Psalms, Why Good Arguments Often…    

Acknowledgements
Foreword by James W. Sire
The Intellectual & Cultural Climate of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
The Gulf Is Fixed
The First Step in the Line of Despair: Philosophy
The Second Step: Art
The Third & Fourth Steps: Music & the General Culture
The Unifying Factor in the Steps of Despair
The Relationship of the New Theology to the Intellectual Climate
The Fifth Step: Theology
Modern Mysticism: Despair Beyond Despair
Modern Mysticism in Action: Art & Language
Modern Mysticism in Action: Music & Literature
The Next Phase of Modern Theology
How Historic Christianity Differs from the New Theology
Personality or a Devilish Din
Verifiable Facts & Knowing
The Dilemma of Man
God's Answer to Man's Dilemma
How Do We Know It Is True?
Speaking Historic Christianity into the Twentieth-Century Climate
Finding the Point of Tension
From the Point of Tension to the Gospel
Applying the Gospel
Pre-evangelism Is No Soft Option
Commending the Christian Faith to Our Generation
The Importance of Truth
Personal & Corporate Living into the Twentieth-Century Climate
Demonstrating the Character of God
The Legal, but Not Only the Legal
The Question of Apologetics
The Problem of Middle-Class Church in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century
The Practice of Truth
Glossary
Notes
Index