John Warwick Montgomery

John Warwick Montgomery was born October 18, 1931 in Warsaw, New York. He is Emeritus Professor of Law and Humanities, University of Luton, England, and since his retirement has continued to work as a barrister who specialises in religious freedom cases in international Human Rights law. He is also noted for his major contributions as a writer, lecturer and public debater in the field of Christian apologetics. He maintains his activities in apologetics, by serving as the director of the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism & Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. Since 1997 he has also been Distinguished Professor of Law and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, UK and Europe, Trinity College, Newburgh, Indiana, USA, an institution that specialises in distance education. He is the editor of the theological e-zine Journal of Classical Theology.

Critical Analyses of Montgomery's Work

• Kenneth D. Boa and Robert M. Bowman, Faith Has Its Reasons: An Integrative Approach to Defending Christianity (NAV Press, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2001).
• "John Warwick Montgomery's Apologetic" Special Issue of Global Journal of Classical Theology Volume 3, number 1 2002
• Ross Clifford, John Warwick Montgomery's Legal Apologetic: An Apologetic for all Seasons (Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft/Culture and Science Publishers, Bonn, Germany, 2004).
• David R. Liefeld, "Lutheran Orthodoxy and Evangelical Ecumenicity in the Writings of John Warwick Montgomery," Westminster Theological Journal 50 (1988) pp. 103-126.
• Richard Packham, "Critique of John Warwick Montgomery's Arguments for the Legal Evidence for Christianity."

Note: A festschrift concerning Montgomery's interdisciplinary work and honoring his 75th birthday is currently being compiled and scheduled for publication in 2006 by Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft/Culture and Science Publishers, Bonn, Germany.

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