Bøker av Norman Geisler

What is the origin of the Bible? To what extent is it inspired? Does inspiration preclude the possibility of error? These and other questions about the Bible are considered in the author's presentation of both the Bible's statements about itself and the thoughts of various theologians throughout the history of the church. Dr. Geisler presents this material with a minimum of editorial comment, encouraging the reader to decide for himself. Chapter titles are:- The Bible's View of the Bible- The Early Fathers' View of the Bible- The Medieval Fathers' View of the Bible- The Reformers' View of the Bible- The Orthodox View of the Bible- The Liberal View of the Bible- A Fundamentalist View of the Bible- The Neoorthodox View of the Bible- The Liberal-Evangelical View of the Bible- The Neoevangelical View of the Bible

An academically respectable description and evaluation of secular humanism is available at last.The diversity within humanism receives full recognition in this book, as does the fact that not everything about humanism is bad from a Christian point of view. Indeed, the author continues, there are many emphases within humanism that are compatible with Christian beliefs, a thesis to which he devotes an entire chapter.Part 1 summarizes in turn eight prominent forms of humanism: Huxley''s evolutionism, Skinner''s behaviorism, Sartre''s existentialism, Dewey''s pragmatism, Marxism, Rand''s egocentrism, Lamont''s culturalism, and the coalitional form present in the humanist declaration and manifestoes. Emerging from these chapters are both the differences between humanists and the consensus that binds them together. It is this humanistic consensus, writes the author, that most radically conflicts with Christian beliefs and that is the number one problem in the United States today.After the chapter on the helpful emphases of secular humanism, part 2 details this movement''s comparative inferiority, internal inconsistencies, religious inadequacies, and philosophical insufficiencies. The final chapter demonstrates that, while Christianity is consistent with the central principles of science, philosophy, epistemology, and ethics, humanism is not. There is no rational justification, the author concludes, for being a humanist.Dr. Norman Geisler is author or coauthor of some fifty books and hundreds of articles. He has taught at the university and graduate level for nearly forty years and has spoken or debated in all fifty states and in twenty-five countries. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Loyola University and now serves as Chancellor of Veritas Evangelical Seminary, in Murrieta, CA.

Those looking for a compendium of the major world views, written from a Christian perspective, need look no further. Comprehensive and readable, well organized and up to date, 'Worlds Apart' stands alone. After introducing the meaning and function of a world view, the authors explore the seven major world views of our day -- theism, atheism, pantheism, pantheism, deism, finite godism, and polytheism. They delineate the varieties within each view, analyze the beliefs of its major representatives, and outline and evaluate its basic tenets. The authors present the seven world views in such a way that one can compare and contrast these views. It is our hope, they write, that [readers] will carefully consider all the options and then decide, even if it means discarding the world view [they] now have. In this revised edition the authors have updated the text and bibliography, rewritten several sections, and included suggested readings for each world view. Like the original edition, published in 1984, this volume contains a glossary of terms and an index of subjects and names.