Persuasive Pro Life: How to Talk about Our Culture's Toughest Issue 1st Edition - Softcover

Trent Horn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941663044 ISBN 13: 9781941663042

Publisher: Catholic Answers Press, 2014

Synopsis

Are you scared to talk about abortion? Don t worry almost everyone is. Either we think the subject is too impolite, or we don t want to be branded an intolerant fanatic, or we re afraid we won t represent the pro-life side well enough. Whatever the reason for this fear, it causes many of us pass up opportunities to speak out on behalf of the unborn. You can overcome this fear, says Trent Horn in his new book Persuasive Pro-Life. With a little knowledge and a few proven techniques, you can become a bold and effective apologist for life. Drawing on over a decade as a pro-life organizer, Horn helps you cut through the diversions and obfuscations of the pro-choice side in order to accurately frame the legal, historical, and medical issue surrounding abortion. Then he demonstrates with vivid personal examples from his years of campus activism the importance of being charitable in all abortion debates, no matter how strident the other side might be. We must be not just warriors for the pro-life cause, he says, but ambassadors for it. Then Horn leads you a guided tour of the many types of pro-abortion opponent or inquirer ( the pragmatist, the skeptic, the conflicted ) along with more real-life examples. In each case he teaches you specific approaches what to say, what not to say, and how to bear yourself that are custom-tailored to every situation. The struggle over abortion has never been hotter, and the stakes could not be higher. Read Persuasive Pro-Life today and never again be afraid to speak up for the precious and fundamental right to life.

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About the Author

Trent Horn is an apologist at Catholic Answers. Since he converted to Catholicism at the age of 17, Trent has had a passion for explaining and defending the Faith. After college, Trent traveled the country training pro-life advocates on college campuses to engage opponents in compassionate and persuasive dialogue. Trent then earned a master s degree in theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and before joining Catholic Answers served as a respect life coordinator for the Diocese of Phoenix. A dynamic speaker and debater, Trent is also the author of Answering Atheism and Persuasive Pro-Life.

Review

Trent Horn really knows how to get people thinking and talking about abortion. Persuasive Pro-Life is an invaluable handbook for anyone who wants to become more skilled at defending the humanity of the preborn. -- Lila Rose "President, Live Action"

I am so grateful for this book! It brilliantly combines reason and compassion in order to build up a culture of life. -- Fr. Frank Pavone "National Director, Priests for Life"

One of the strengths of this book is that it includes a great many practical tips that are incredibly important for pro-life advocates who want to be effective when talking to pro-choice people. -- Josh Brahm "President, Equal Rights Institute"

To change hearts and minds on abortion, it's not enough to be passionately pro-life. You also have to be intelligently pro-life. Trent shares over a decade of experience on the front lines and teaches us how to approach the discussion with confidence, charity, and effectiveness. -- Eric Scheidler "Executive director, Pro-life Action League"

Although the Catholic Church defends the sanctity of human life, many Catholics are ill-equipped to discuss the issue of abortion in a way that is persuasive to those who disagree with the Church's position or do not fully understand it. For this reason, Trent Horn's book should be required reading for every Catholic in the United States. -- Francis J. Beckwith "Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies, Baylor University"

Edition details

• Publisher: Catholic Answers Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1941663044
• ISBN 13: 9781941663042
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 335
• Editor: Foreword By Fr Frank Pavone