Francis J. Beckwith's Reflections on Faith, Ethics and Culture
Posted in American Culture, President Barack Obama, Religious Liberty on Feb 15th, 2012
from the list of tax-exempt non-profits that a citizen can work for in order to have the government forgive the student’s college loan. Read all about in the Washington Post On Faith blog. Here’s an excerpt: Are clergy and teachers of religious faith/thought public servants? Is their work on par with that of others who [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2012
Newt claims that Mitt has character issues, and now Herman Cain is endorsing Newt. Looks like Newt has too many ironies in the fire.
Posted in American Culture, Newt Gingrich, politics on Jan 23rd, 2012
Are you prepared for America to have a First Lady who was a home wrecker and was once the President’s mistress (if Gingrich were to become President)? Many Christian conservatives–smitten by Newt’s rhetorical flourishes, as they are of any “good preaching”–seem not to have the imagination to entertain this question. It crossed my mind weeks [...]
Posted in American Culture, politics on Nov 18th, 2011
Over the years I’ve published several academic articles dealing with the separation of church and state and the status of theology as knowledge. I bring this to your attention because of the increasing attention on the religious beliefs of those running for the U. S. Presidency. Here are some of my articles with links: “How [...]
Posted in American Culture, politics, The Catholic Thing on Nov 11th, 2011
That is the title of my most recent entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here’s how it begins: The political regime of the United States of America is one founded on three core philosophical ideas: natural rights, consent of the governed, and the rule of law. The American Founders put in place a structure – a [...]
Posted in Abortion, Catholic Answers, Marriage, Moral Theology, Philosophy, politics, Politics for Christians, Sanctity of Life on Oct 17th, 2011
That is the title of an article I published last year (vol. 21, no. 5, September 2010) in This Rock (now Catholic Answers Magazine), the magazine of Catholic Answers. It is now available online. Portions of this article are adapted from portions of my most recent book, Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, [...]
Posted in Abortion, American Culture, Barack Obama, Law, politics, The Catholic Thing on Oct 14th, 2011
That’s the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here’s how it begins: President Barack Obama has abandoned liberalism. What I mean by liberalism is not the political philosophy that we typically associate with left of center politicians and candidates. The President, of course, remains unabashedly in that camp. What I am [...]
Posted in American Culture, Catholicism, Evangelicalism, politics on Oct 7th, 2011
Here’s an outstanding discussion between a Catholic, Robert P. George (Princeton University), and an Evangelical, Russell Moore (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), entitled Faith in America: Religion in the Public Square. The discussion took place on Monday, October 3, 2011, at Princeton University. You can watch the video here. Both these men are friends of mine, I [...]
Posted in American Culture, New York Times, politics, The Catholic Thing on Sep 2nd, 2011
That’s the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here’s how it begins: Just this past week, Bill Keller of the New York Times opined about the religious beliefs of several Republican presidential candidates, suggesting clusters of questions that he would like to ask each of them. Keller’s column has been justly criticized [...]
Posted in politics, President Barack Obama, Rhetoric on Jul 26th, 2011
From Philosophical Fragments
