Thursday, January 12, 2012

If you want to know which Apologetics books to buy, these were the best sells in 2011


Best Selling Apologetics Books of 2011

In reviewing some statistics from last year's Amazonaffiliate links, a top-10 post came  together. The best-selling book of 2011 by far was Doug Groothuis' excellent book Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith. It is also the focus of Ap315's first Read Along project, so that could play a part in its popularity (at least through this site). Others on the list are perennial best-sellers (see #2), and others are especially suitable for group study (see #3). Koukl's Tactics, of course, is essential reading (#4). So here's the list of the top-selling books through Apologetics 315 in 2011, based upon those purchased through Ap315's affiliate links:
  1. Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith by Douglas Groothuis
  2. Know Why You Believe by Paul Little
  3. On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision by William Lane Craig
  4. Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl
  5. The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog by James Sire
  6. When Skeptics Ask: A Handbook on Christian Evidences by Norman Geisler
  7. Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science by John Lennox
  8. Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics by William Lane Craig
  9. Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God by Paul Copan
  10. Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts by Craig S. Keener

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