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Part of Apologetics: 1. Apologetics in General 2. Immanence Apologetics Immanence apologetics is the name given to certain considerations, developed in particular by M. Blondel and L. Laberthonnière, on the philosophical preparation for faith. It is an effort to bring about the subjective dispositions for the assent of faith by showing the value and relevance of the Christian revelation as the fulfilment of a fundamental “natural desire” of man. So far from being a particular historical form of apologetic…

Immanentism is the name given to the doctrine or attitude which excludes transcendence, that is, the reference to “the other” in any form whatever, on the grounds that this other is to be found equivalently in the subject itself. Immanentism, therefore, substitutes a false concept of “inwardness” or of commitment to the world, to eliminate the authentic religious attitude, which is the adoring recognition of God as the “wholly other”, and the thankful acceptance of the surprises of his grace throughout history. 1. The forms of immanentism. The normal distinction is between episte…