Creative Writing and Language in Defence of Christian Faith Insights from William Craig’s Reasonable Faith

Abstract

Creative writing and language are viable means of defending the Christian Faith as well as other religions. The viability and the place of these mechanisms in Christian apologetics are yet to gain scholastic attention and appraisal. This paper is an attempt to that end. Data are gathered from observation, William Craig’s Reasonable Faith, and textual internet and library materials. Qualitative method, text-content analysis and objective approach are employed. The analysis proves that language and creative writing are obviously used positively, technically and defensively to historicise, propagate, project, promote, defend and sustain the Christian Faith. Besides, they are used in the same ways to expose ills perverted by many Christians, which proves them to be exhibiting unreasonable faith rather than exemplary reasonable faith that they ought to practice. The study concludes that Craig offers valuable insights to understanding and practising reasonable faith and the courage to defend one’s faith, as an apologetic believer. It recommends that believers of all faiths should be reasonable in the practice of their respective faith, so as to avoid hatching out religious ills that threaten society. Also, individuals should engage in sustained positive use of language and creative writing in defence of their faith, as they are non-violent mechanisms for defending and practising one’s faith in truth and honesty.