Francis J Beckwith: 10 books
Return to Rome
Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
What does it mean to be evangelical? What does it mean to be Catholic? Can one consider oneself both simultaneously? Francis Beckwith has wrestled with these questions personally and professionally. He was baptized a Catholic, but his faith journey led him to Protestant evangelicalism. He became a...
Law, Darwinism, and Public Education
The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent Design
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2002
In 1987, in Edwards v. Aguillard, the United States Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional a Louisiana statute requiring the state's public schools to teach creationism if evolution is taught and to teach evolution if creationism is taught. It was a serious blow to creationism in public schools,...
Passionate Conviction: Modern Discourses on Christian Apologetics
Modern Discourses on Christian Apologetics
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Is your heart on fire for God?
Passionate Conviction brings together the most popular and heart-stirring presentations in defense of Christianity from the annual fall conference on apologetics held in association with the Evangelical Philosophical Society, the C. S. Lewis Institute, and the...
The New Mormon Challenge
Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
Current facts about Mormonism:
Over 11 million members.
Over 60,000 full-time missionaries—more than any other single missionary-sending organization in the world.
More than 310,000 converts annually.
As many as eighty percent of converts come from Protestant backgrounds. (In Mormon circles,...
by John B. Cobb, Jr., Francis J. Beckwith
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
During a time of global conflict, the theological question of whether Muslims, Jews, and Christians worship the same God carries political baggage. Is the God of ISIS the same as the God of Israel? Do Sunni Muslims and Protestant Christians pray to the same Creator and Sustainer of the universe?
In...
Taking Rites Seriously
Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Taking Rites Seriously is about how religious beliefs and religious believers are assessed by judges and legal scholars and are sometimes mischaracterized and misunderstood by those who are critical of the influence of religion in politics or in the formation of law. Covering three general topics...
Is the Good Book Good Enough?
Evangelical Perspectives on Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
The political emergence of evangelical Christians has been a signal development in America in the past quarter century. And while their voting tendencies have been closely scrutinized, their participation in the policy debates of the day has not. They continue to be caricatured as anti-intellectual...
Reasons for Faith (Foreword by Lee Strobel): Making a Case for the Christian Faith
Making a Case for the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Many Christians want to witness for their faith, but they are afraid they will not be able to answer questions that others may ask of them. First Peter 3:15 reminds believers to always be prepared to "make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you." Norman Geisler and...
Defending Life
A Moral and Legal Case against Abortion Choice
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2007
Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments...
Relativism
Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
"An extremely well-researched, intellectual approach to the problem of relativism and its effect on education, public policy, and our everyday lives." --Youthworker