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Francis J. Beckwith

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November 03, 1960 in New York, The United States

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Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University. With his appointment in the Department of Philosophy, he also teaches courses in the Departments of Political Science and Religion as well as the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, where he served as its Associate Director from July 2003 until January 2007. He is also a Resident Scholar in Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR).

Born in 1960 in New York City, Professor Beckwith grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, the eldest of the four children of Harold ("Pat") and Elizabeth Beckwith. He graduated in 1974 from St. Viator's Elementary School and in 1978 from Bishop Gorman High School, where he was a three-sport letterman and a mem...more Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University. With his appointment in the Department of Philosophy, he also teaches courses in the Departments of Political Science and Religion as well as the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, where he served as its Associate Director from July 2003 until January 2007. He is also a Resident Scholar in Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR).

Born in 1960 in New York City, Professor Beckwith grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, the eldest of the four children of Harold ("Pat") and Elizabeth Beckwith. He graduated in 1974 from St. Viator's Elementary School and in 1978 from Bishop Gorman High School, where he was a three-sport letterman and a member of the 1978 Nevada State AAA Basketball Championship Team.

In 2008-09 he served on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame as the Mary Ann Remick Senior Visiting Fellow in Notre Dame's Center for Ethics & Culture. A 2002-03 Research Fellow in the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, Professor Beckwith currently serves as a member of Princeton's James Madison Society. He has also held full-time faculty appointments at Trinity International University (1997-2002), Whittier College (1996-97), and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1989-96).

A graduate of Fordham University (Ph.D. and M.A. in philosophy), he also holds the Master of Juridical Studies (M.J.S.) degree from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where he won a CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Reproductive Control Seminar. His books include Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010); Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic (Brazos Press, 2009); Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007); (w/ W. L. Craig, J. P. Moreland) To Every One An Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview (InterVarsity Press, 2004); Law, Darwinism, & Public Education: The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent Design (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003); (w/ C. Mosser & P. Owen) The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (HarperCollins/Zondervan, 2002), finalist for the 2003 Gold Medallion Award in theology and doctrine; Do the Right Thing: Readings in Applied Ethics and Social Philosophy, 2/e (Wadsworth, 2002); (w/ G. P. Koukl) Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Baker, 1998); (w/ L. P. Pojman) The Abortion Controversy 25 Years After Roe v. Wade: A Reader, 2/e (Wadsworth, 1998); (w/ T. Jones) Affirmative Action: Social Justice or Reverse Discrimination? (Prometheus, 1997); and Politically Correct Death: Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights (Baker, 1993), winner of the 1994 Cornerstone Magazine ethics book of the year award.

His articles have been published in a number of academic journals including Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy; San Diego Law Review; International Philosophical Quarterly; Nevada Law Journal; Public Affairs Quarterly; Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy; Journal of Law & Religion; American Journal of Jurisprudence; Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly; Chapman Law Review; Journal of Medicine & Philosophy; Social Theory & Practice; Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; Santa Clara Law Review; Christian Bioethics; Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics; Josephinum Journal of Theology; Journal of Church & State; University of St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy; Human Life Review; Journal of Social Philosophy; Journal of Libertarian Studies; Journal of Medical Ethics; Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture; The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology; Catholic Social Science Review; and Philosophia Christi.

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Mormonisn, Calvinism, Catholicism, oh my: Webb reviews Mouw

(HT: John W. Morehead) On the Books & Culture website, Stephen H. Webb reviews Richard Mouw‘s latest book, Talking with Mormons: An Invitation to Evangelicals. Steve and Rich are bothfriends of mine. Here’s how the review begins: Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, has two goals in this book. First, he wants evangelicals to [...] read more »

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	Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air by Francis J. Beckwith, Gregory Koukl 4.11 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Return To Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case against Abortion Choice 4.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement by Francis J. Beckwith (general editor), Carl Mosser (general editor), Paul Owen (general editor) 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Politically Correct Death: Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Abortion Controversy: 25 Years After Roe vs. Wade, a Reader by Francis J. Beckwith, Louis P. Pojman 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Law, Darwinism, and Public Education: The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent Design 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	See the Gods Fall: Four Rivals to Christianity by Francis J. Beckwith, Stephen E. Parrish 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Affirmative Action 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997	My rating: