Named the 2020 Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year by Christianity Today

Christianity is the most widespread global belief system, and promises to remain so well into the future. But for many educated westerners, biblical Christianity is a dangerous ideachallenging some of their deepest beliefs.

Channeling state-of-the-art research, personal stories, and careful biblical study, Confronting Christianity explores 12 questions that keep many of us from considering faith in Christ. Look more closely, McLaughlin argues, and the reality of suffering, the complexity of sexuality, the desire for diversity, the success of science, and other seeming roadblocks to faith become signposts. Jesus becomes not a relic from the ancient world, but our modern worlds best hope.

• Considers how research from a range of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, and science, lines up with claims in the Bible
• Includes personal stories from the author and the experiences of Christian professors from a range of backgrounds and disciplines
• Explores how the Bible offers compelling answers about important topics such as morality, violence, biblical authority, science, gender, marriage, sexuality, slavery, suffering, and hell

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781433564239