Gary Habermas is an American Christian apologist, theologian, and philosopher of religion. Christian Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense (apologetics) of Christianity. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Philosophy of religion is the rational study of the meaning and justification of fundamental religious claims, particularly about the nature and existence of God (or gods, or the divine). ...

Dr. Habermas is Distinguished Professor of Apologetics and Philosophy and chairman of the department of philosophy and theology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 1985, Dr. Gary Habermas and Antony Flew debated the question of Jesus' resurrection as a literal and historical/physical event, before a crowd of three thousand people. Five philosophers and five professional debate judges judged the debate. Of the philosophers, four voted that Habermas won, and the other was undecided. Of the debate judges, three voted for Habermas while two voted for Flew.[1] Dr. Habermas is the co-author (with Antony Flew) of the debate, Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate (Harper & Row). Liberty University is a Christian liberal arts university in Lynchburg, Virginia. ... The Allied Arts Building in downtown Lynchburg, completed in 1931. ... Professor Antony Garrard Newton Flew (born February 11, 1923) is a British philosopher, known as a supporter of libertarianism and supporter of atheism. ...

Habermas holds a Ph.D. (1976) from Michigan State University in the area of History and Philosophy of Religion, and an M.A. (1973) from the University of Detroit in Philosophical Theology. Michigan State University (MSU) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan. ... University of Detroit Mercy (4001 W. McNichols Rd. ...

Dr. Habermas is a prolific author, lecturer, and debater on the topic of the Resurrection of Jesus. His work defending the resurrection is often cited in the area of Christian apologetics. He has also specialized in cataloging and communicating trends among scholars in the field of historical Jesus and New Testament studies. According to the New Testament, Jesus was both human and God, so he had the power to lay his life down and to take it up again; thus after Jesus died, he came back to life. ... Christian Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense (apologetics) of Christianity. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth; for other uses, see Jesus (disambiguation). ... See New Covenant for the concept translated as New Testament in the KJV. The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, and, in recent times, also New Covenant, is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus. ...

Dr. Habermas has authored twenty-one books on religious and philosophical subjects. He continues to do research, publish popular and academic papers, give debates, and he frequently appears on television.

In 2004, Habermas conducted an interview with Antony Flew published in Biola University's Philosophia Christi journal, in which Flew reversed his long-standing espousal of atheism by endorsing theism [2]. This interview has been the source of much controversy, centering on claims made in the interview's preface regarding the scope and nature of Flew's beliefs and his subsequent contradictory statements endorsing atheism [3]. Professor Antony Garrard Newton Flew (born February 11, 1923) is a British philosopher, known as a supporter of libertarianism and supporter of atheism. ... Biola University is a private Christian university, located in the city of La Mirada in Los Angeles County, California with a satellite campus in Vista. ... For the band, see Atheist (band). ... Theism is the belief in one or more gods or goddesses. ...

Books authored include:

• Resurrected? : An Atheist and Theist Dialogue, 2005
• Habermas, Gary R., Moreland, J.P. Beyond Death: Exploring the Evidence for Immortality, 2004
• The Risen Jesus & Future Hope, 2003
• The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ (College Press: Joplin, MI 1996).
• Habermas, Gary, Licona, Gary The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Kregel, 1994
• Ancient Evidence for the Life of Jesus: Historical Records of His Death and Resurrection
• Dealing With Doubt
• The Thomas Factor: Using Your Doubts to Draw Closer to God
• Gary R. Habermas and Antony G. N. Flew, Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate, ed. Terry L. Miethe (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987; Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2003).

External links

• Dr. Gary Habermas — biographical information
• Why I Believe The New Testament Is Historically Reliable by Dr. Gary Habermas
• Overview of Dr. Habermas's analysis of 1 Corinthians 15:3-8
• Explaining Away Jesus’ Resurrection: Hallucination, The Recent Revival of theories By Gary R. Habermas
• Book Review: Gary Habermas and Mike Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus