Contributors

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  C.S. Lewis Institute

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C.S. Lewis Institute
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C.S. Lewis Institute, in the legacy of C.S. Lewis, works to develop wholehearted disciples of Jesus Christ who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in personal and public life. Founded in 1976 by Dr. James Houston and James R. Hiskey, the Institute provides leading teachers who address important issues of the day from the perspective of Biblical orthodoxy, while also providing discipleship for individuals in small groups.
 
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  Andy Bannister

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Andy Bannister
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Andy Bannister is an author, speaker, and broadcaster. He is currently the Director of the Solas Center for Public Christianity, an evangelism and training ministry, as well as the Adjunct Research Fellow at Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at Melbourne School of Theology. He holds a PhD in Islamic Studies and has taught extensively at universities across the world on both Islam and Philosophy. Andy speaks regularly on Christianity to audiences of all faiths across Europe, Canada, the US, and further afield. He is an author of several books including: The Atheist Who Didn't Exist, Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? and most recently, How to Talk About Jesus Without Looking Like an Idiot.
 
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  Gary Habermas

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Gary Habermas
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Gary Habermas is a Distinguished Research Professor of Apologetics and Philosophy at Liberty University. He earned his PhD from Michigan State University and has dedicated his professional life to the examination of the relevant historical, philosophical, and theological issues surrounding the death and resurrection of Jesus. Dr. Habermas has contributed more than 60 chapters or articles to additional books, and over 100 articles and reviews in journals and other publications. His most recent books are On the Resurrection, Volume 1: Evidences and On the Resurrection, Volume 2: Refutations. He has served as a visiting or adjunct professor at about 15 different graduate schools and seminaries in the United States and abroad.
 
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  Benjamin C.F. Shaw

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Benjamin C.F. Shaw
Professor and Author
Benjamin C.F. Shaw received his Ph.D. in Theology and M.A. in Religious Studies from Liberty University in Virginia. He also serves as adjunct professor of theology at Liberty University and as an affiliate faculty member of Colorado Christian University and is president of Core Apologetics, a ministry dedicated to helping churches, organizations, and individuals equip disciples. He has published various book chapters, journal articles, and reviews including an article titled The Resurrection of Jesus Christ as Christianity’s Centerpiece with Dr. Gary Habermas for the C.S. Lewis Institute’s Knowing & Doing quarterly publication. Benjamin’s most recent book is Trustworthy: Thirteen Arguments for the Reliability of the New Testament (IVP).
 
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  Aseka Taabu

  CSLI City Director, Nairobi
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Aseka Taabu
CSLI City Director, Nairobi
Aseka Taabu is the City Director for CSLI Nairobi and an itinerant minister and speaker involved in apologetics and discipleship events in high schools, universities and churches across Kenya. His passion for the lost has seen him start discipleship groups aimed at equipping believers for works of service both in the church and corporate sphere.

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  Rev. Canon Dr. Kwasi Amoafo

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Rev. Canon Dr. Kwasi Amoafo
Author and SpeakerRev. Canon Dr. Kwasi Amoafo is an ordained Canon of the Anglican Church of Kenya, an ordained minister of Kenya Assemblies of God, and a church planter. He is a lecturer in the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. Theology programs of Global University, USA, and St. Paul’s University, Nairobi, Kenya. He is the author of Stand Up for the Gospel and the founder of Returning to the Gospel Ministry.  
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  Maryam Rostampour-Keller

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Maryam Rostampour-Keller
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Maryam Rostampour-Keller was born into a Muslim family in Iran. After becoming a Christian in her teens, she studied theology in Turkey. Her story of how Maryam and her friend, Marziyeh Amirizadehis, were imprisoned for their faith and sentenced to death in Iran is told in the book, Captive in Iran: A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph Amid the Horror of Tehran’s Brutal Evin Prison. Maryam has a B.S. and M.S. in International Affairs from Georgia Institute of Technology.
 
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  Matthew Mullins

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Matthew Mullins
Professor
Matthew Mullins is Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. He earned his PHD from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has authored articles, essays and his latest book, Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures (2021). Dr. Mullins teaches classes in literature, literary theory, and writing. His research focuses primarily on American literature and culture and on hermeneutics.
 
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  Joseph Loconte

  Associate Professor
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Joseph Loconte
Associate Professor
Joseph Loconte, Associate Professor, Ph.D., is Senior Fellow in Christianity and Culture at The King’s College and the Director of the Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. From 2009 to 2020. Mr. Loconte has a master’s degree from Wheaton College and earned his PhD in history at King’s College London, University of London. He is the author of several books, including: the New York Times bestseller A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918. He is currently at work on a documentary film based on his book A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War.