The New Apologetic: Or The Downgrade In Criticism, Theology, And Science (1890) is a book written by Robert Watts. The book is a critique of the intellectual and spiritual decline that Watts saw in the late 19th century. He argues that the fields of criticism, theology, and science were all suffering from a ""downgrade"" in their standards of inquiry and analysis. Watts specifically targets the ""higher criticism"" of the Bible, which he sees as a...