Paul Copan
An Apologetics Index research resource

[Paul Copan] is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL) and author of ''True for You, But Not for Me'' (Bethany House) and ''That's Just Your Interpretation'' (Baker, forthcoming). He is editor of Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? (Baker), a book about the debate between evangelical and Jesus Seminar scholars. Paul is co-editor (with Ronald Tacelli) of Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment? (InterVarsity Press, Fall 2000). He has co-edited (with Craig Evans) Who Was Jesus? A Jewish-Christian Dialogue (Westminster John Knox Press). He is also co-editor (with Paul K. Moser) of The Rationality of Theism (Routledge.) He has written the booklet Is Everything Really Relative?: Examining the Assumptions of Relativism and the Culture of Truth Decay, which is part of the RZIM Critical Questions, of which Paul is general editor.

In our relativistic society, Christians more than ever are bombarded by tough questions about their faith. Author Paul Copan has observed that many of these questions emerge as ''anti-truth claims'' that are part of today's skeptical mind-set. Christians defending their faith often hear slogans and questions such as: - It's all relative - Everything is one with the Divine; all else is illusion - The Gospels contradict each other - Why would a good God create hell?

This book provides incisive answers to slogans related to truth and reality; theism, pantheism/Eastern religion, and naturalism; and doctrinal issues such as the incarnation and truth of Scripture. Each of the twenty-two chapters provides succinct answers and summary points for countering the arguments. Copan's book is accessible for all Christians who want to defend the plausibility of Christianity in the marketplace of ideas. It also includes helpful summary sections, additional resources, and additional documentation in the endnotes for review and discussion.