The art of destroying another person’s belief system through argumentation In old writings, this is sometimes called disputation For example, a book that refutes the claims of, say, astrology is a polemic Polemics is the opposite of apologetics, in that it attempts to win people away from another belief system, while apologetics attempts to win them to Christ
A systematic defense of a religious belief system from attacks from within the same religion See Apologetics
Polemics is from the Greek [polemikos], meaning of war In Theological terms by implication it has come to mean an aggressive attack on (or refutation of) the opinions or principles of another As in the disputation or argument with another over a controversial issue in the Church [back]
The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy