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December 2023

December 24, 2023

“Re-Version” In new issue of Evangelization & Culture

I am delighted to announce that I have a new article in the latest issue...

January 2023

January 06, 2023

New Paper: Dignitatis Humanae: Navigating the Legacy of Vatican II

On January 19, 2023 I will be delivering an invited paper at the annual meeting...

May 2022

May 20, 2022

My review of Michael Ward’s After Humanity, a guide to C. S. Lewis’ Abolition of Man

Many readers are familiar with C. S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man. Last summer Word...

March 2021

March 13, 2021

My Latest on the Same God Question in Book Honoring the Jewish Philosopher David Novak

I am grateful to be a contributor to a festschrift honoring the Jewish philosopher David Novak: The Achievement...

December 2020

December 13, 2020

Reading the Summa Theologiae Cover to Cover: Mission Accomplished

Beginning on January 1, 2019 I embarked on a journey through St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa...

December 07, 2020

Church, State, and the Abuse Crisis: The Role of Assumed Ideas of “Reasonableness” in Religious Liberty

The title of this blog post is the title of an article I just published...

October 2020

October 31, 2020

Reformation Day and Schism

"Reformation Day and Schism" is an essay I published 10 years ago in The Catholic...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

Inclusivity, religious conviction, and gratitude: on the expectations of non-Christian students at a Christian college, and being a Catholic prof at a Protestant/Baptist school

Baylor University, the institution that has employed me since 2003 and at which I am...

October 2013

October 15, 2013

John Howard Yoder: Pacifist Aggressive

From Mark Oppenheimer at The New York Times: Can a bad person be a good theologian?...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

Alexander Pruss’ One Body: An Essay on Christian Sexual Ethics – 30% off

My esteemed colleague, Alexander Pruss, late last year published the book, One Body: An Essay...

August 2012

August 03, 2012

Strengthen the Things That Remain (Thoughts on Chick-Fil-A and Religious Liberty)

"Strengthen the Things That Remain" is the title of my most recent entry over at...

July 2012

July 15, 2012

Alvin Plantinga and Nicholas Wolterstorff On the Conduct of the Christian Philosopher

Very wise words by two giants in Christian philosophy: (HT: Evangelical Philosophical Society blog). The...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Al Mohler’s Interview of Ross Douthat

Al Mohler's interview of Ross Douthat is tremendous. The occasion of the interview is the...

April 24, 2012

Celebrating Chuck Colson: “Like I Am.”

(HT: Greg Koukl) This was produced by the Acton Institute.

April 05, 2012

When the Saint Goes Swearing: Mormonism and the Romney Candidacy

In 2007, I published an article at First Thing's On the Square, "When the Saint...

March 2012

March 14, 2012

HBU starting M.A. in philosophy program

Houston Baptist University is starting an M.A. program in philosophy. Given the quality of its...

December 2011

December 23, 2011

The God-Haunted Atheism of Christopher Hitchens

That is the title of my most recent entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's...

December 08, 2011

Richard Dawkins carrier of bu!!sh-t meme

(HT: Ed Feser) This is just hilarious. Apparently, the great atheist scientist Richard Dawkins, who...

December 08, 2011

The Immaculate Conception, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Catholic Church

Today, December 8, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Sometimes my Evangelical Protestant friends,...

November 2011

November 02, 2011

Catholics Come Home

Every time I watch this video I get choked up. You can find out more...

November 02, 2011

Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta will vote on reversing condemnation of Pelagius

(HT: Rod Dreher). Over 1500 years in the making, Pelagius is making an ecclesiastical comeback....

October 2011

October 31, 2011

“From Catholic to Evangelical and Back Again: A Christian Philosopher’s Journey.”

That is the title of a talk I am giving on November 2 at 7...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

The Christian University

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. It is adapted...

September 16, 2011

Revelation, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium

That's the title of my latest column over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Another Christian “Dominionist”?

With all this talk of certain Republican Christians and their alleged connection to Dominionism--a view...

August 26, 2011

The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture

That is the title of a new book by Notre Dame sociologist, Christian Smith. I...

August 19, 2011

Mormonism and Natural Law

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

August 15, 2011

C. Stephen Evans on Kierkegaard

My Baylor colleague, C. Stephen Evans, was interviewed earlier this week on KGO radio in...

August 06, 2011

The Eucharist and Cannibalism

My Baylor colleague, Michael P. Foley (associate professor of patristics), is a new contributor to...

July 2011

July 31, 2011

Fr. Barron comments on why so many atheists are on the CNN Belief Blog