apologist

• II. THE LIFE OF JOSEPHUS TO THE FALL OF JOTAPATA Josephus was essentially an apologist, and his writings include not only an apology for his people, but an apology for his own life. —  Josephus
• He speaks of “the friendly Apollo.” But the weakness of Plutarch as an apologist is his weakness as biographer—he never really gets at the bottom of anything. —  The Jesus of History
• As a result, this sort of apologist is a bullshitter in —  blog.kennypearce.net
• This, I take it, is roughly what people mean, especially in academic circles, when they use the term 'apologetics' pejoratively: the 'bad' apologist is antecedently committed to certain claims from which no amount of argument can dissuade him, and his activities qua apologist have no purpose other than making those claims look good. —  blog.kennypearce.net
• I don't mean to take on the role of Flickfilosopher apologist (I mean 'apologist' in the ancient Greek sense), but really. —  FlickFilosopher.com

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