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Christian Apologetics
apology
apology [Gr.,=defense], literary work that defends, justifies, or clarifies an author's ideas or point of view. Unlike the ordinary use of the word, the literary use neither implies that wrong has been done nor expresses regret. The most famous ancient example, Plato's Apology (3d cent. BC), presents Socrates' defense of himself at his trial before the Athenian government. Sir Philip Sidney's Apologie for Poetrie and Defense of Poesie (both: 1580), which examine the art of poetry and its condition in England, apparently were written to justify the poets' craft after it had been attacked by critics. A third famous example, Cardinal Newman's spiritual autobiography Apologia pro Vita sua (1864), was written to clarify the Cardinal's views after they had been misrepresented in an essay by Charles Kingsley.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2013, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
The Possibility of Resurrection and Other Essays in Christian Apologetic
Peter Van Inwagen. Westview Press, 1998
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Peter Van Inwagen. Westview Press, 1998
Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians
Mark J. Edwards; Martin Goodman; Simon Price; Christopher Rowland. Oxford University Press, 1999
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Mark J. Edwards; Martin Goodman; Simon Price; Christopher Rowland. Oxford University Press, 1999
On Original Sin ; And, a Disputation with the Jew, Leo, concerning the Advent of Christ, the Son of God: Two Theological Treatises
Irven M. Resnick; Odo of Tournai. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994
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Irven M. Resnick; Odo of Tournai. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994