Ravi Zacharias
Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias, best known as Ravi Zacharias (Chenai, born 1946), is an evangelical Christian apologist, evangelist and philosopher who was born in India, emigrated to Canada in his twenties, and is currently living in the USA. He is the author of many Christian books, including the bestsellers "Can Man Live Without God?", "Light in the Shadow of Jihad" and "The Grand Weaver". The book "Can Man Live Without God?" was awarded the Gold Medallion Book Award winner in 1995.[1]. He is the founder and president of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices worldwide reaching Canada, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Zacharias is married to Margie Zacharias, has three grown children and resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Education
In 1972, Zacharias earned his undergraduate degree from Tyndale University College & Seminary (then Ontario Bible College) and his Master of Divinity from Trinity International University. He also "has been honored by the conferring of a Doctor of Divinity degree both from Houghton College, NY" and "a Doctor of Laws degree from Asbury College in Kentucky."[2] In 2013 he received an honorary doctorate from Liberty University.[3] "He is presently Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University in Oxford, England. Dr. Zacharias has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, where he studied moralist philosophers and literature of the Romantic era."[4]
Philosophy
Zacharias argues that a coherent worldview must be able to satisfactorily answer four questions: the origin, meaning, morality and destiny of man. He says that although all major religions make exclusive claims about truth, the Christian faith is the only one able to fully answer all four questions.
Zacharias focuses his concern with existential questions. One of his focuses is the question of evolution and the origin of life. He says that evolution is irreconcilably contradictory to the second law of thermodynamics.[5]
Publications
Books
- A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism (1994, 2004) ISBN 0-8010-6511-9
- Can Man Live Without God? (1994, 1996) ISBN 0-8499-3943-7
- Deliver Us From Evil (1996, 1998) ISBN 0-8499-3950-X
- Cries of the Heart (1998, 2002) ISBN 0-8499-4387-6
- The Merchant and the Thief (1999) (Children’s) ISBN 0-7814-3296-0
- The Broken Promise (2000) (Children's) ISBN 0-7814-3451-3
- Jesus Among Other Gods (2000, 2002) ISBN 0-8499-4327-2
- Jesus Among Other Gods (Youth Edition) (2000) ISBN 0-8499-4217-9
- The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha (2001) ISBN 1-57673-854-X
- Sense and Sensuality: Jesus Talks with Oscar Wilde (2002) ISBN 1-59052-014-9
- Light in the Shadow of Jihad: The Struggle For Truth (2002) ISBN 1-57673-989-9
- Recapture the Wonder (2003) ISBN 1-59145-276-7
- Is Your Church Ready?: Motivating Leaders to Live an Apologetic Life (2003) (Editor, with Norman Geisler) ISBN 0-310-25061-7
- Who Made God? And Answers to Over 100 Other Tough Questions of Faith (2003) (General Editor, with Norman Geisler) ISBN 0-310-24710-1
- The Kingdom of the Cults (2003) (Editor) ISBN 0-7642-2821-8
- I, Isaac Take Thee, Rebekah: Moving From Romance to Lasting Love (2004) ISBN 0-8499-0822-1
- The Prince and the Prophet: Jesus Talks With Mohammed (Copyright 2004, to be released posthumously) ISBN 1-59052-319-9
- The Lamb and the Führer: Jesus Talks with Hitler (2005) ISBN 1-59052-394-6
- Walking From East to West: God in the Shadows (With R.S.B. Sawyer) (2006) ISBN 0-310-25915-0
- The Grand Weaver: How God Shapes Us Through the Events of Our Lives (2007) ISBN 0-310-26952-0
- Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend (2008) ISBN 0-8499-1968-1
- The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists (2008) ISBN 0-310-28251-9
- Is There Not a Cause (2008) (National Day of Prayer Feature Book)
- New Birth or Rebirth: Jesus Talks with Krishna (2008) ISBN 1-59052-725-9
- There is a Plan (2009) (excerpts from The Grand Weaver) ISBN 0-310-31849-1
- Has Christianity Failed You? (2010) ISBN 0-310-26955-5
- The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha (2010) ISBN 1-60142-318-7
- Why Jesus? Rediscovering His Truth in an Age of Mass Marketed Spirituality (2012) ISBN 978-0-89296-319-5
Books translated to portuguese
- Por que Jesus é diferente, Mundo Cristão, 2003, ISBN 85-7325-264-2
- Pode o homem viver sem Deus? (Can Man Live Without God?), Mundo Cristão, ISBN 85-7325-049-6
- Do coração de Deus, Mundo Cristão, ISBN 85-87334-45-X
Videos
Video "Why I'm Not an Atheist "
Video "Dawkins Tells Atheists To "Mock Religion With Contempt," And Ravi Zacharias Responds"
References
- ↑ "1995 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners". http://web.archive.org/web/20080518231031/http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/gm1995.php.
- ↑ "Presenter". The Veritas Forum. http://www.veritas.org/Presenters.aspx?pid=34. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ Ron Brown (2013-05-10). "Ravi Zacharias gives passionate sermon at 40th Baccalaureate". Liberty University News and Events. http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=91117. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "Ravi Zacharias". RZIM. http://www.rzim.org/about/team/profile/?region=USA&key=0&id=8. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ Zacharias, Ravi (2004). The Real Face of Atheism. Baker Books. pp. 45–47. ISBN 0-8010-6511-9.
