Always Be Prepared: A 'New Apologetics' Course for Catholic Secondary Schools - Paperbackby Robert M. Haddad (Author) Apologetics is the art of providing a reasoned explanation, or defence, for one's position or beliefs to critics or inquirers. For Christians, one of the original calls to engage in apologetics was made by St Peter the Apostle, who exhorted believers to "Always be prepared to make a defence to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you", adding further that we should do the same "with gentleness and