{"product_id":"good-arguments-making-your-case-in-writing-and-public-speaking-paperback","title":"Good Arguments: Making Your Case in Writing and Public Speaking - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard A. Jr. Holland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin K. Forrest\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis brief introduction to making effective arguments helps readers to understand the basics of sound reasoning and to learn how to use it to persuade others. Practical, inexpensive, and easy-to-read, the book enables students in a wide variety of courses to improve the clarity of their writing and public speaking. It equips readers to formulate firmly grounded, clearly articulated, and logically arranged arguments, avoid fallacious thinking, and discover how to reason well. This supplemental text is especially suitable for use in Christian colleges and seminaries and includes classroom discussion questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost textbooks on argumentation cover too much or too little, aiming either too high or too low. \u003ci\u003eGood Arguments\u003c\/i\u003e is just right. Clear, compact, and complete, it's just the text I've been looking for. I know it will serve my writing students well.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKaren Swallow Prior\u003c\/b\u003e, Liberty University; author of \u003ci\u003eFierce Convictions--The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More: Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"While written for a broad readership, this engaging book gives preachers solid guidance on how to mount arguments in our sermons that are interesting, fair, and convincing. Though the art of oral argument has a noble history in Christian preaching, we haven't heard much on that subject lately. Holland and Forrest correct that, and those of us who preach will benefit from their efforts.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eWill Willimon\u003c\/b\u003e, Duke Divinity School; United Methodist bishop, retired \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This extremely approachable yet detailed primer presents instructions for lucid and humble argumentation in speech and writing. \u003ci\u003eGood Arguments\u003c\/i\u003e provides ample illustrations--some jovial and some provocative--that improved my ability to think clearly and to persuade, even when I found myself disagreeing with some of the examples. Believers are asked to provide a reason for the hope that resides within them, and this text will support that good work.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eAmy Peeler\u003c\/b\u003e, Wheaton College \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Roman teacher of rhetoric Quintilian depicts the consummate orator as a good person speaking well. Holland and Forrest provide the basics for speaking well, supplying both cerebration and celebration in their depiction of Christians arguing for a positive verdict in their witness of the gospel. In an arena where truth is often dumbed down, this volume takes the reader higher up!\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRobert Smith Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We live in a day when too few people--including Christians--can tell the difference between assertions and evidence, opinion and fact, logical fallacies and helpful analogies. Here is a great, accessible primer on logic and healthy argumentation that can point Christians toward more faithful reasoning and speaking.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKelly M. Kapic\u003c\/b\u003e, Covenant College \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Improving one's critical thinking and persuasive argumentation skills is well worth the time and effort. This volume is effectively designed to refine both abilities. I therefore confidently recommend a careful perusal as a worthy investment.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePaul Hartog\u003c\/b\u003e, Faith Baptist Theological Seminary\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard A. Holland Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is assistant professor of philosophy at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin K. Forrest \u003c\/b\u003e(EdD, Liberty University) is associate dean of the College of General Studies and professor of Christian education at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52740021944627,"sku":"9780801097799","price":36.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MnVPOEtkUTg4SXFMaURWS1pUL3dzQT09.webp?v=1764061713","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/good-arguments-making-your-case-in-writing-and-public-speaking-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}