Robert M. Bowman Jr.

Robert M. Bowman Jr.(born August 10, 1957) is an AmericanEvangelicalChristiantheologianspecializing in the study ofapologetics.

Biography

Bowman received theM.A.inBiblical StudiesandTheologyfromFuller Theological Seminaryin 1981, diddoctoral studiesinChristian ApologeticsatWestminster Theological Seminary,and earned his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies in 2015 at theSouth African Theological Seminary.^[1]^[2]From 2006 to 2008 he was manager of Apologetics and Interfaith Evangelism for theNorth American Mission Board(based inAlpharetta, Georgia), an agency of theSouthern Baptist Convention.^[3]From 2008 to 2018 he served as the executive director of theInstitute for Religious Research,an independent, evangelical nonprofit organization (formerly located inGrand Rapids,now based inCedar Springs, Michigan). In 2022 he rejoined the staff and became the organization's president.^[4]

Writings

Bowman is the author of over sixty articles and of fifteen books. Five of those books he co-authored with Kenneth D. Boa, anOxford-trained scholar; two of these books (An Unchanging Faith in a Changing WorldandFaith Has Its Reasons) won theGold Medallion Book Award.^[5]Four of his earliest books were theological critiques of the teachings ofJehovah's Witnesses.

Jesus' Resurrection and Joseph's Visions: Examining the Foundations of Christianity and Mormonism(2020;ISBN 978-1-947929-11-1)
Faith Thinkers: 30 Christian Apologists You Should Know(2019;ISBN 978-1-947929-08-1)
What Mormons Believe(2012;ISBN 978-0-8308-3770-0)
Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ(2007, with J. Ed Komoszewski;ISBN 978-0825429835)
Sense and Nonsense about Heaven and Hell(2007, with Kenneth D. Boa;ISBN 978-0310254287)
Sense and Nonsense about Angels and Demons(2007, with Kenneth D. Boa;ISBN 978-0310254294)
Faith Has Its Reasons: Integrative Approaches to Defending Christian Faith(2001, 2006, with Kenneth D. Boa;ISBN 978-1932805345)
20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists(2002, with Kenneth D. Boa;ISBN 978-1589193062)
The Word-Faith Controversy: Understanding the Health and Wealth Gospel(2000;ISBN 978-0801063442)
An Unchanging Faith in a Changing World(1998, with Kenneth D. Boa;ISBN 978-0785273523)
Jehovah's Witnesses(1995;ISBN 978-0310704119)
Orthodoxy and Heresy: A Biblical Guide to Doctrinal Discernment(1992;ISBN 978-0801010248)
Understanding Jehovah's Witnesses: Why They Read the Bible the Way They Do(1991;ISBN 978-0801009952)
Why You Should Believe in the Trinity: An Answer to Jehovah's Witnesses(1989;ISBN 978-0801009815)
Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and the Gospel of John(1989;ISBN 978-0801009556)

References

^"About Rob Bowman".Archived from the original on October 23, 2008.Retrieved2007-10-20.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link),Center for Biblical Apologetics.
^"Institute for Religious Research - Who we are".Institute for Religious Research. 13 May 2011.Retrieved15 April2015.
^"Group/Interfaith Evangelism Team at NAMB".namb.net.North American Mission Board. Archived fromthe originalon July 3, 2008.
^"Institute for Religious Research - Who we are".Institute for Religious Research. 1 December 2023.Retrieved1 December2023.
^Curtis, Carolyn (December 1998)."Unchanging Faith in a Changing World".onmission.North American Mission Board. Archived fromthe originalon May 30, 2010.

External links

[bio1-1] "About Rob Bowman".Archived from the original on October 23, 2008.Retrieved2007-10-20.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link),Center for Biblical Apologetics.

[2] "Institute for Religious Research - Who we are".Institute for Religious Research. 13 May 2011.Retrieved15 April2015.

[bio3-3] "Group/Interfaith Evangelism Team at NAMB".namb.net.North American Mission Board. Archived fromthe originalon July 3, 2008.

[4] "Institute for Religious Research - Who we are".Institute for Religious Research. 1 December 2023.Retrieved1 December2023.

[writings1-5] Curtis, Carolyn (December 1998)."Unchanging Faith in a Changing World".onmission.North American Mission Board. Archived fromthe originalon May 30, 2010.

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