Has science eliminated God? Richard Dawkins' claim is that science has made belief in God unnecessary, and atheism a rational conclusion. This article evaluates five of his claims and shows that his arguments cannot stand ground.
Is faith irrational and is science the only explanation of reality? To answer this question one must understand the limits of science, which this article explains.
In talking about religious pluralism one must learn to distinguish between pluralism as a fact of life and as ideology. This article considers how Christians should view the claims of pluralism?
This article evaluates the claims of Ludwig Feuerbach and Sigmund Freud, who both claimed that God is a reflection of human desires.
Is it true that calling Jesus both God and man is logically contradictory? What will we lose if Jesus is not divine? This article looks at the divinity of Jesus and his incarnation. It shows why both the humanity of Christ and the divinity of Christ are essential to Christianity.
The church in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries is confronted with religious pluralism. McGrath points out the attack made against the doctrines of the incarnation and the Trinity. He argues that the specific identity of God is central to the formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity. The article argues the question whether it is possible to remain faithful to the Christian faith and engage positively with the challenge of pluralism.
Churches are faced with the reality of pluralism. While the basic phenomenon is not new, the intellectual response to it is: the suggestion that plurality of beliefs is theoretically justified. The first casualty of the pluralist agenda is truth. McGrath's approach is to articulate some of the central presuppositions and methods of a pluralist ideology and intellectual pluralism.
Is it possible that Jesus Christ can function as moral example for Christians? In what sense is Jesus Christ normative for Christian ethics? The imitation of Christ is discussed against its Enlightenment background.
McGrath argues in this essay that a recovery of Christian doctrine is essential for a recovery of Christian ethics. Christian doctrine defines what is distinctive in Christian ethics.
In this article McGrath argues for the importance of apologetics in contemporary mission to a post-modern world. He also raises concerns about the weakness of much modern evangelical apologetics. Making use of the apostles’ speeches in Acts he highlights the importance of knowing our audience before showing the importance of theology in apologetics.
This is a review of the work The Fundamentals, which is a collection of essays defending the basic ideas of the Christian faith.
