Jamison Library serves students, faculty, and alumni of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. The library offers several specialized print collections and through our membership in the Digital Theological Library (DTL2), over one million eBooks related to biblical studies, apologetics, theology, Christian history, and the practice of Christian ministry. Contact our professional staff via Email:
Director:
Robert J. Mayer, DMin, MLIS bmayer@ses.edu
Assistant Librarian:
Joel Paulus, PhD jpaulus@ses.edu
Assistant Librarian:
Matthew Wasielewski, MA, MLS mwasielewski@ses.edu
Apologetics is the branch of Christian theology that involves the intellectual defense of the Christian faith and articulates reasons for believing the core teaching of Christianity. Evangelical apologetics focuses on Holy Scripture as its source of authority and is framed by the Trinitarian theology of the Nicene/Constantinople Creed (AD325; AD381). This makes evangelical approaches to apologetics different from other branches of Christianity like Roman Catholicism where apologetics is done with two sources of authority: Church Tradition and Scripture.
Evangelical apologetics can take different forms including evidential, presuppositional, and experiential. Southern Evangelical Seminary practices a distinct form of evidential apologetics that uses the philosophical theology of Thomas Aquinas to argue that Holy Scripture is inerrant truth and reliable in all of its teaching. See the separate libguides for philosophy, Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and Norman Geisler for specialized resources in these research areas.
This research guide offers links to books, dictionaries and encyclopedias, journals, and websites related to the study of apologetics. The library staff regularly updates this guide with new resources in the study of apologetics.
