Obstacles and Strategic Opportunities for Apologetics in Academia

In post-Christian Europe, we face a two-fold challenge of intellectual and emotional deception. The first creates a false alternative between a “scientific” worldview and the Christian faith, and the second creates a false alternative between a “progressive” mindset opposed to an apparently suppressive, fearful, and outdated Christianity. The challenge is to understand and overcome a misleading mindset as well as corresponding emotional obstacles. This talk will give some examples and seek to encourage discussion.