Jesus Among Secular Gods: The Countercultural Claims of Christ

by Ravi Zacharias, Vince Vitale

Overview

Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale defend the absolute claims of Christ against modern belief in the "secular gods" of atheism, scientism, relativism, and more.

The rise of these secular gods presents the most serious challenge to the absolute claims of Christ since the founding of Christianity itself. The Christian worldview has not only been devalued and dismissed by modern culture, but its believers are openly ridiculed as irrelevant. In Jesus Among Secular Gods, Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale challenge the popular "isms" of the day, skillfully pointing out the fallacies in their claims and presenting compelling evidence for revealed absolute truth as found in Jesus. This book is fresh, insightful, and important, and faces head on today's most urgent challenges to Christian faith. It will help seekers to explore the claims of Christ and will provide Christians with the knowledge to articulate why they believe that Jesus stands tall above all other gods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455569144
Publisher:	FaithWords
Publication date:	01/03/2017
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	806,687
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ravi Zacharias is the Founder and President of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices in Canada, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Austria, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey. Zacharias and his wife, Margie, have three grown children. He is the author of many books, including Can Man Live Without God and Why Jesus?

Dr. Vince Vitale is Director of the Zacharias Institute. He was educated at Princeton University and the University of Oxford, and later taught philosophy of religion as a faculty member at both universities. During his undergraduate studies at Princeton, Dr. Vitale took an unexpected journey that led him to God. Later, while at Oxford, he developed a new response the problem of evil. This response -- termed the Non-Identity Defense -- is discussed in his and Ravi Zacharias's previous book, Why Suffering? He is married to Jo, who also works for RZIM.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Altars Against God Ravi Zacharias 1

Chapter 2 Atheism Ravi Zacharias 31

Chapter 3 Scientism Vince Vitale 63

Chapter 4 Pluralism Vince Vitale 93

Chapter 5 Humanism Ravi Zacharias 137

Chapter 6 Relativism Ravi Zacharias 161

Chapter 7 Hedonism Vince Vitale 183

Chapter 8 Love the Truth Vince Vitale 205

Acknowledgments 236

Notes 238

Editorial Reviews

01/30/2017
In this engrossing and enlightening work, Zacharias and Vitale deliver a spirited defense of the Christian faith in the face of what they view as adamant opposition from every quarter. Taking on famous skeptics such as Richard Dawkins, the authors present rational and convincing arguments for faith in a world filled with doubt. Looking at such ideologies as atheism, hedonism, humanism, and relativism, they deftly and honestly define each of these viewpoints and then show how divinity can pierce the veil of questioning and deliver a certain answer that satisfies the quest for a rational, believable faith. The necessity for divine intervention is summed up nicely when Vitale affirms that “only a God who reveals Himself can save us from arrogance about the most important questions of life.” Absent this revelation, the authors insist, seekers must depend on their own abilities to sort through the confusions of life; only God can bring clarity. This is a wonderful collection of essays, worthy of wide readership. Agent: Robert Wolgemuth, Wolgemuth & Associates. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale take a big topic—"The Secular"—and break it into digestable parts. They provide analysis and critique of the various "isms" of our culture in ways that are respectful, readable, and compelling. Though it is based on great learning and extensive research, every chapter is nonetheless highly accessible. It will serve many audiences very well.
—Tim Keller, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City

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