About Rebecca
Rebecca McLaughlin holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance Literature from Cambridge University and a degree in theological and pastoral studies from Oak Hill Theological College in London. She is the author of “Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion” (Crossway, 2019)—named Book of the Year 2020 by Christianity Today—”10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) About Christianity” (Crossway, 2021), “The Secular Creed: Engaging 5 Contemporary Claims (TGC, 2021), and “Is Christmas Unbelievable? 4 Questions Everyone Should Ask About the World’s Most Famous Story” (TGBC, 2021).
Rebecca grew up in London and she met her husband, Bryan, when they were both in grad school at Cambridge. Bryan comes from Oklahoma and they now live in Cambridge Massachusetts, with their three children.
You can follow Rebecca on Twitter @RebeccMcLaugh and Instagram @rebecc_mclaugh or on her website: www.rebeccamclaughlin.org
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Rebecca is the latest author I have discovered during 2023. She deals with those tough questions that lots of Christians try to avoid and deals with them with outstanding clarity and compassion.
Books by Rebecca McLaughlin
The Secular Creed
“In this house we believe that: Black Lives Matter, Love Is Love, Gay Rights Are Civil Rights, Women’s Rights Are Human Rights, Transgender Women Are Women”.
You may have seen signs with some of these messages in your neighbourhood. They offer us an all-or-nothing package deal—in short, a secular creed.
In this provocative book, Rebecca McLaughlin helps us disentangle the beliefs Christians gladly affirm from those they cannot embrace, and invites us to talk with our neighbours about the things that matter most. Far from opposing love across difference, McLaughlin argues, Christianity is the original source and firmest foundation for true diversity, equality, and life-transforming love.
Buy on Amazon at The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims eBook : McLaughlin, Rebecca: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Confronting Christianity
12 hard questions for the world’s largest religion was published by Crossway, April 2019, and named “2020 Book of the Year” by Christianity Today, and apologetics and evangelism book of the year by The Gospel Coalition.
Religion’s decline in the modern world turns out to be a myth. Christianity is the most widespread global belief system, and promises to remain so. But for many educated westerners, biblical Christianity is a dangerous idea – challenging some of our deepest beliefs.
Channelling state-of-the-art research, personal stories, and careful biblical excavation, Confronting Christianity explores 12 questions that keep many of us from considering faith in Christ. Look more closely, McLaughlin argues, and the reality of suffering, the complexity of sexuality, the desire for diversity, the success of science, and other seeming roadblocks to faith become signposts. Jesus becomes not a relic from the ancient world, but our modern world’s best hope.
In addition to Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion (Crossway, 2019), Rebecca has three books coming out in 2021! 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) About Christianity (Crossway, 2021), The Secular Creed: Engaging 5 Contemporary Claims (TGC, 2021) and Is Christmas Unbelievable? 4 Questions Everyone Should Ask About the World’s Most Famous Story (TGBC, 2021). Find out more about each of these below!
Buy on Amazon at Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion eBook : McLaughlin, Rebecca: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store