He also was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy.
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As a polemicist Mr Mamet is impressive-but at the cost of intellectual honesty.
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At 42, William F. Buckley Jr. is that contradiction in terms, a popular polemicist.
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No one has told this enthusiastic crowd for veteran polemicist Mark Thomas, though.
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He is a good polemicist and the Daily Telemail reading classes don't like it.
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At this point can anyone deny is a polemicist for a universal leftist creed?
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For one thing, he was more sparing with words, less waspish as a polemicist.
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The popular objection to Shaw is that he's more polemicist than playwright.
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Not since the late Harold Ickes had any polemicist turned on more derisive invective.
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A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
(polemics) the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors
A polemic /pu0259u02C8lu025Bmu026Ak/ is a contentious argument that is intended to support a specific position via attacks on a contrary position. Polemics are mostly seen in arguments about controversial topics. The practice of such argumentation is called polemics. A person who often writes polemics, or who speaks polemically, is called a polemicist or a polemic...
A person who writes polemics; A person who puts forward controversial views
(polemics) The art or practice of making arguments or controversies; The refutation of errors in theological doctrine
(Polemics) A systematic defense of a religious belief system from attacks from within the same religion. See Apologetics.
(Polemics) transl. by Steve Corcoran; (New York: Verso, 2007)