Odiahi, Joseph-Bernard Ehigiator (2023) Augustine's Two Cities Doctrine: It's Apologetical Role in the City of God and Relevance to Contemporary Christian Apologetics. PhD thesis, St. Patrick's Pontifical University Maynooth.

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Abstract

Christian apologetics has had to respond to pressing issues confronting the church at various eras. In recent decades the church has experienced a decline in the number of those who still believe in God or practice the Christian faith. There does not seem to be a “need” for God. The “purpose,” of theistic belief, if we may speak thusly, has faded away in a secularized society that has become seemingly self-sufficient. One reason for this might be that the world has witnessed an unprecedented acceleration in the growth of technology and development in the sciences. Amidst the present situation today, where secularism is visibly present, it behoves the church to find a way of credibly presenting the truths of Christianity. There is need for a robust Christian apologetics.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Keywords:	Augustine; Two Cities Doctrine; Apologetical Role; City of God; Relevance; Contemporary Christian Apologetics;
Academic Unit:	St Patrick's College, Maynooth > Faculty of Theology
Item ID:	17856
Depositing User:	IR eTheses
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2023 10:27
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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