WORKS OF 18TH CENTURY APOLOGISTS: Resources for Study

Below are links to the works of 18th Century apologists, which are FREE!....

Most of the questions and allegations brought against Christianity today were already answered soundly by these brilliant and godly men. 

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*Clicking on the apologist's name will take you to the search results at the University of Pennsylvania's "Online Book" search.

APOLOGISTS OF THE ERA

• Joseph Butler (1692-1752). The Analogy of Religion is recommended reading by Dr. Timothy McGrew and there is a brief summary of the book and links to find it online at the Library of Historical Apologetics.
• William Paley (1743-1805). A View of The Evidences of Christianity is "mandatory" reading by Dr. Timothy McGrew and there is a brief summary of the book and links to find it online at the Library of Historical Apologetics.
• George Campbell (1719-1796). A Dissertation on Miracles is recommended reading by Dr. Timothy McGrew and there is a brief summary of the book and links to find it online at the Library of Historical Apologetics.
• Nathaniel Lardner (1684-1768). An introduction and links to Credibility of the Gospel History is available at the Library of Historical Apologetics. Dr. McGrew calls this massive work "the apologetic masterpiece of the 18th Century."
• William Adams (1706-1789). An introduction and links to An Essay on Mr. Hume's Essay on Miracles is available at the Library of Historical Apologetics.
• Thomas Sherlock (1678-1761). An introduction and links to The Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus is available at the Library of Historical Apologetics.
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Find his Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, The Freedom of Man and the Problem of Evil (1710) FREE at title link and also here.
• Digital Public Library of America has 75 ebooks in the category "Apologetics--History--18th Century."
• Resources for 18th Century Philosophers (Hume, Locke, Voltaire, Berkeley, Bentham, Spinoza, etc.)

GENERAL
ONLINE RESOURCES
*Works of Dead Apologists: Resources for Study
*The Library of Historical Apologetics: An excellent resource by Dr. Timothy McGrew.
*"A Course of Readings in Apologetics": Dr. Timothy McGrew's recommended readings include many books from this period.
*"Juridical Apologists 1600-2000 AD: A Bio-Bibliographical Essay" by Philip Johnson
*Dead Apologists Society: An evangelical Facebook group for discussing the works of past apologists. I encourage you to join.
*Top 10 *FREE* Classic Apologetics Books in ebook and audio
*Brief profiles of apologists from the past at Apologetics315

BOOKS
*A History of Apologetics by Avery Cardinal Dulles. You can find a 3-part review of this book here.
*Christian Apologetics Past and Present (Volume 1, To 1500 AD): A Primary Source Reader, edited by William Edgar and K. Scott Oliphint
*Christian Apologetics Past and Present (Volume 2, From 1500 AD): A Primary Source Reader, edited by William Edgar and K. Scott Oliphint

*Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources, edited by Khaldoun A. Sweis and Chad V. Meister

*I have plans to greatly expand this page, so keep coming back.