For the neophyte Christian student of philosophy

A few have asked me for some recommendations of Christian philosophy books.

First, let me say something on the difference between Christian philosophy and apologetics . While all apologetic books have some Christian philosophy, it’s not the case that all Christian philosophy books have to be apologetic in nature. The point of apologetics is to explicitly defend the Christian faith. So things like arguments for the existence of God, or why the resurrection of Christ is historical, etc. Christian philosophy generally, as I see it, is philosophical analysis of Christian issues by Christians.