Deus Misereatur

Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition Foreword by John Milbank Andrew Davison (editor) Baker Academic 6030 East Fulton Road Ada, MI 49301 http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com ISBN-978-0-8010-3981-2; $25.00; 2012. Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber for Deus Misereatur (3/13) Approaching Apologetics (4 stars out of 5) After having completed reading a rather tedious book written by some over-the-top Atheists, I was quite delighted to receive a copy of “Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition”. In this 198 page paperback edited by Andrew Davison, he and his co-writers have pulled their heads, and keyboards, together to produce a useful little resource. The book begins with an intriguing foreword by theologian John Milbank, who defines the apologetic endeavor as part of the ongoing contestation between Christ and Caesar; simultaneously defending the faith and defending “a true politics of civic virtue” (xxii). It then

{Feel free to use and employ wherever you can. And if you like it, share it. MWP} Lord, you are a merciful and jealous God. Convert your (and our) enemies, and draw to you those that are going astray…; but restrain the malicious persecutors of your Church and the willful corruptors of your truth. Bring their counsels to naught, and show that you are the Lord. Build your Church (here at this location, in Edmond and OKC, and in all places), and make her a city upon a hill for the salvation of many, through Jesus Christ {adapted from Reading the Psalms with Luther, p. 225}. Lord, hear our prayer. More specifically, we call upon you, our God and Father, to strengthen your luxurious and generous mercies in the congregations of the Southern Baptist Convention, LC-MS, PCA, OPC, Ev. Free Church, ACNA; as well as Sherwood Shores Chapel in Gordonville TX. Enrich their communion with you, direct their decisions and actions in the way of faithfulness, and fill up that which they lack. Lor