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The God Who Is There is a Christian apologetic work written by American philosopher and Christian theologian Francis A. Schaeffer, Downers Grove, IL:InterVarsity Press, first published in 1968. It is Book One in Volume One of The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer A Christian Worldview. Westchester, IL:Crossway Books, 1982. This is the first book of Francis Schaeffer's "Trilogy." It was written before Escape from Reason but released after that second book was written and published.
Overview
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Table of Contents
Section I: The Intellectual and Cultural Climate of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Chapter 1. The Gulf is Fixed
- Before the Chasm
- Presuppositional Apologetics Would Have Stopped the Decay
- The Line of Despair
- Unity and Disunity in Rationalism
- Tendency Towards a Uniform Culture
Chapter 2. The First Step in the Line of Despair: Philosophy
- Hegel, the Doorway
- Kierkegaard, the First Man Below
- The Existentialism of Jaspers, Sartre and Heidegger
- The Antiphilosophy of the Anglo-Saxon World
- The Use of Drugs
- What Does and Does Not Happen in These Experiences
Chapter 3. The Second Step: Art
- Van Gogh and Gauguin
- Cezanne and Picasso
- Mondrian
- Dada, Marcel Duchamp, the Happenings and the Environments
Chapter 4. The Third and Fourth Steps: Music and the General Culture
- Musique Concrète
- Henry Miller
- Philosophic Homosexuality
- John Osborne
- Dylan Thomas
- Modern Cinema, the Mass Media and the Beatles
Chapter 5. The Unifying Factor in the Steps of Despair
- Romanticism Is Dead: Christianity’s Opportunity If Antithesis Is Maintained
Section II: The Relationship of the New Theology to the Intellectual Climate
Chapter 1. The Fifth Step: Theology
- Departure from Biblical Christianity
Chapter 2. Modern Mysticism: Despair Beyond Despair
- Theology and Semantic Mysticism
- The Use of Words and Symbols
- The Origins of Semantic Mysticism — Leonardo da Vinci
- Nature and Grace
Chapter 3. Modern Mysticism in Action: Art and Language
- The Tension of Being Man
- Mysticism in Art — Paul Klee and Salvador Dali
- Mysticism in Language — Heidegger
Chapter 4. Modern Mysticism in Action: Music and Literature
- Mysticism in Music — Leonard Bernstein and John Cage
- Mysticism in Literature — Henry Miller
Chapter 5. The Next Phase of Modern Theology
- God Is Dead — Or Almost So!
- A Quest by the Upper-Story Men
- Today’s Opportunity For The New Theology
Section III: How Historic Christianity Differs From the New Theology
Chapter 1. Personality or a Devilish Din
- The Logical End of Denying Personality
Chapter 2. Verifiable Facts and Knowing
- Personality as Such Cannot Imply Limitedness
- Divine and Human Communication
- Love Is More Than A Word
Chapter 3. The Dilemma of Man
- The Scandal of the Cross
- Historic Christianity and Man’s Dilemma
Chapter 4. God’s Answer to Man’s Dilemma
- There Need Be no Either-Or in ‘’La Peste’’
Chapter 5. How Do We Know It Is True?
- The Nature of Proof
- True Rationality But Not Only Rationality
Section IV: Speaking Historic Christianity Into the Twentieth-Century Climate
Chapter 1. Finding the Point of Tension
- Communicating to One of My Kind
- Logical Conclusions
- Torn by Two Consistencies
- The Tensions Are Felt in Differing Strengths
Chapter 2. From the Point of Tension to the Gospel
- Why There Is a Place for Conversation
- Giving and Taking Blows
- Taking the Roof Off
Chapter 3. Applying the Gospel
- How Dare We Do It?
- Faith in the Biblical Sense
Section V: Pre-Evangelism Is No Soft Option
Chapter 1. Commending the Christian Faith to Our Generation
- Defense of the Faith
- Communication of the Faith
Chapter 2. The Importance of Truth
- Truth Stands Before Conversion
- Truth and Spirituality
- The God Behind Truth
Section VI: Personal and Corporate Living Into the Twentieth-Century Climate
Chapter 1. Demonstrating the Character of God
- Salvation Does Not End With the Individual
- The Visible Quality
- Realism in Exhibition
- Personality Is Central
Chapter 2. The Legal, But Not Only the Legal
- Human People in Our Culture
Appendixes
- A. The Question of Apologetics
- B. The Problem of the Middle-Class Church in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century
- C. The Practice of Truth
Glossary
References
- Richard H. Bube. (Review) Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation. Vol 21, June 1969, pp. 54-55
- Martin H. Cressey. (Review) The Churchman, Vol 83, Spring 1969, pp. 55-56.
- David L. Dye. (Review) Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, Vol 21, June 1969, pp. 55-56
- Harold J. Franz. (Review) Westminster Theological Journal, Vol 32, November 1969, pp. 114-116.
- Arthur F. Holmes. (Review) His, Vol 29, February 1969, p. 26.
- Alan F. Johnson. (Review) Moody Monthly, Vol 69, June 1969, pp. 96-98.
- John F. Johnson. (Review) The Springfielder, Vol 33, Spring 1969, pp. 55-56.
- P. Lakey. (Review) Gordon Review, Vol 11, Summer 1969, p. 241-245
- Clark H. Pinnock. (Review) Christianity Today, Vol 13, January 3, 1969, p. 24.
- V. C. Pogue. (Review) The Expository Times, Vol 80, February 1969, pp. 143-44.
- John S. Reist, Jr. (Review) Foundations, Vol 12, April-June 1969, pp. 183-86
- John A. Witmer. (Review) Bibliotheca Sacra, Vol 126, July-September 1969, pp. 253-54.
External links
- Todd Kappelman, "The Need to Read Francis Schaeffer" An overview of Schaeffer's Trilogy from Probe Ministries. Retrieved 25 September 2006.
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