This volume seeks to provide a contextualized overview of early Christian texts that fit the qualifications of an apology, while noting the difficulties in defining the categories of both "apology" and 'apologist" and aiming to honor both the continuities and discontinuities that lie between the various authors across the centuries.
D. H. Williams is Professor of Patristics and Historical Theology in the Departments of Religion and Classics, Baylor University. Ph.D. 1991 University of Toronto; Th.M. 1985 Princeton Theological Seminary. Williams specializes in early Christian literature and theology, ancient Roman religions, the history of doctrine; the fourth century Trinitarian controversies and ancient Christianity in China.