A apologética encarnacional como meio de defesa da fé cristã na contemporaneidade

Abstract

Amidst the current developments concerning Postmodernity, which demand a maximum commitment to religious tolerance, respect for others, and freedom of belief, this research was conducted through theoretical and bibliographical analyses to develop a new way of defending the Christian faith. The primary objective is to carry out apologetics without promoting chasms between human beings, but rather bridges. To this end, historical, philosophical, anthropological, and social observations were conducted to understand the Postmodern imaginary with the aim of constructing an apologetics capable of breaking with the traditional rationalist bias and the current sentimentalist path. The challenge of this current work was to present a new proposal in connection with contemporary times, but without abandoning the ultimate beliefs and commitments regarding the elementary doctrines of Christianity. Thus, incarnational apologetics emerges focused on the public and daily acts that are manifested in Christian existence. Thus, this research provides an applicational methodology, cultural understanding, a dialogue between the Bible, Philosophy, and Culture, and sapiential, practical, and volitional tools for a defense of the Christocentric faith. Furthermore, the work also relies on a biblical-theological foundation capable of bringing doctrinal substantiation to the thesis. It is understood that the act of apologetics is no less effective when dissociated from the need some have to demonize or dehumanize others. Incarnational apologetics, above all, is a defense of God's love for human beings through habits and practices that serve as a faithful witness to God within the world.