Table of Contents

• • Series Preface   vi
  • Acknowledgments   viii
  • Introduction   1
  • 1 Faulty Secular Foundations Enthroning the Individual   8
  • 2 Faulty Secular Systems with External Reference: Altruism to Natural Order   23
  • 3 Faulty Secular Systems with External Reference: Reason to Virtue   37
  • 4 Faulty or Inadequate Religious Systems   49
  • 5 The Irreducible Complexity and Splendor of the Christian Ethic   60
  • 6 Immoral Ethicists: Ideologues, Social Scientists, and Activists   78
  • 7 Immoral Ethicists: Philosophers, Theologians, and Artists   93
  • 8 The Moral Authority of Christian Teachers: Biblical Characters   105
  • 9 The Moral Authority of Christian Teachers: Church History   116
  • 10 The Fruit of False Systems: Islam   132
  • 11 The Fruit of False Systems: Animism, Eastern Thought, and Irreligion   145
  • 12 The Cultural Fruit of Christianity: Confession, Correction, and Commendation   161
  • 13 The Cultural Fruit of Christianity: Celebration   180
  • 14 Irresponsible or Infelicitous Argument: The Church   200
  • 15 Irresponsible or Infelicitous Argument: The Culture (Ad Hominem to Mackerels in Moonlight)   213
  • 16 Irresponsible or Infelicitous Argument: The Culture ("Moral Equivalence" to Wishful Thinking)   229
  • 17 Virtuous Apologetics: Logic and Substance   245
  • 18 Virtuous Apologetics: Manners and Character   260
  • Name Index   276
  • Subject Index   281