John Warwick Montgomery was an American-born lawyer, academic, Lutheran theologian, and author. He was born in Warsaw, New York, United States. Montgomery maintained multiple citizenship in the United States, United Kingdom, and France. From 2014 to 2017, he was Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University, Wisconsin. He was Professor-At-Large, 1517: The Legacy Project. He was named Avocat honoraire, Barreau de Paris (2023), after 20 years in French legal practice. He continued to work as a barrister specializing in religious freedom cases in international Human Rights law until his death. Montgomery was chiefly noted for his major contributions as a writer, lecturer, and public debater in the field of Christian apologetics. From 1995 to 2007 he was a Professor in Law and Humanities at the University of Bedfordshire, England; and from 2007 to 2014, the Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College in Virginia, United States. He later became Emeritus Professor at the University of Bedfordshire. He was also the director of the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism & Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, and was the editor of the theological online journal Global Journal of Classical Theology.
This is the late great Christian apologist Professor Montgomery’s magnum opus. It coherently and compellingly sums up the entirety of his apologetic prowess and Christian philosophical-historical-legal thought. Such a work truly marks Montgomery as the greatest apologist since C.S. Lewis. This work in particular ought to stand the test of time as an exemplar of step by step methodical argument for the Christian faith—and most importantly one that does so from an orthodox position theologically as well, never sacrificing true doctrine for the sake of argument. I could not recommend this book more highly to the new or experienced apologist.