Into the Wardrobe

I assume you're talking about specifically Christian apologists? Or even more specific?

Yep... sorry for being vague... Christian Apologists... I have now grown the reader to include Augustine and Anselm as well...

Two other excellent apologists whom I have both read and had the privalige to meet and hear in person are Ravi Zacharias and Josh McDowel. Also, check out , which I found useful in my study of the subject back when I was in highschool.[/url]

Francis Schaeffer. Deffinately Francis Schaeffer, although I confess that, as I am just now getting into his books, I may not be able to suggest which of his books would be the best to include. I think the three essentials (which I have read) would be The God Who is There, Escape From Reason, and He is There and He is Not Silent. They are available seperately or in one volume entitled Trilogy.

Don't forget Peter Kreeft:

I've been studying apologetics for many years now - it's the main Christian topic in which I've been interested.

I would like to suggest that you include Reformed apologetics in your study. The best introductory book is Apologetics to the Glory of God by John Frame.

Frame was a student of Cornelius Van Til, who also taught Frances Schaeffer. I wouldn't recommend Van Til as a starter as he gets very complex - he writes for those with some knowledge of philosophy and theology. If you get through AGG and like it, Frame has the best book on Van Til and that would serve as a good introduction to Van Til and presuppositional apologetics. If you survive that one, you might try Bahnsen's book on Van Til, which has a lot more detail than Frame but I believe is also too uncritical of the flaws in Van Til. But he quotes extensively from Van Til's work and has some good commentary with it so you would get a lot of exposure to Van Til's writing.