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2020-11-22T15:51:04-05:00

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Keith Whittington on academic freedom

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

Princeton Politics professor, Keith Whittington, has published an important piece in Real Clear Politics about the growing threats to academic freedom in American colleges and universities. Entitled “Chipping Away at Academic Freedom,” Whittington draws our attention to an open letter, signed by a group of faculty at his own university, that is demanding “the creation of a faculty committee empowered to`oversee the investigation and discipline of racist behaviors, incidents, research, and publication on the part of the faculty.'” There is... Read more

2020-11-22T15:51:05-05:00

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Snoop Dogg says, “Read the Syllabus.”

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

I always tell this to my students. Perhaps they will listen to Snoop Dogg: Read more

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2020-11-22T15:51:06-05:00

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That Good Old Baylor Line That Led Me Back to Catholicism

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

Earlier today it occurred to me that on August 24 I begin my 18th year as a faculty member at Baylor University. While reflecting on my nearly two decades in Waco, I was reminded of a piece I published 8 years ago in The Catholic Thing the week before I was to begin my 10th year at Baylor. In it I explain how my arrival in Bear Country was instrumental in my return to the Catholic Church. Here’s how it begins:... Read more

2020-11-22T15:51:07-05:00

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New Books Network podcast interview on “Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant” (Baylor UP, 2019) |

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

I’m happy to report that Hope Leman’s interview of me at New Books Network is now accessible online. The topic of the interview is my latest book, Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant, published by Baylor University Press. Here’s how she introduces the interview: Should you care how Protestant theologians and philosophers view a man generally regarded as of interest primarily to Catholics and as a pillar of Catholic thinking? Absolutely. Why? Because much of what... Read more

2020-11-22T15:51:07-05:00

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License to Kill – Bob Dylan on David Letterman in 1984

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

Lyrics follow Man thinks ’cause he rules the earth he can do with it as he please And if things don’t change soon, he will Oh, man has invented his doom First step was touching the moon Now, there’s a woman on my block She just sit there as the night grows still She say who gonna take away his license to kill? Now, they take him and they teach him and they groom him for life And they set... Read more

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2020-11-22T15:51:08-05:00

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New Article: “Moral Status and the Architects of Principlism” (The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy)

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

I am happy to report that I was informed by Oxford University Press that an article I authored with University of South Alabama philosopher, Allison Krile Thornton, has just been published in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. Entitled “Moral Status and the Architects of Principlism,” it appears in a special issue commenting the 40th anniversary of the publication of the first edition of Tom Beachamp and James Childress’ Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Here is the article’s abstract: In this article, we discuss Beauchamp... Read more

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2020-11-22T15:51:09-05:00

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Too Good to Pass Up: Black Intellectual Roundtable Podcast

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

I came across this wonderful podcast hosted by Bret Weinstein, a biologist and evolutionary theorist who gained notoriety during the 2017 crisis at Evergreen State University. In this podcast, Dr. Weinstein leads a discussion with an impressive collection of Black public intellectuals, some of whom I have admired for years and some of whom I had never heard of but whose works I look forward to exploring in the future. If you are like me, you will likely find yourself... Read more

2020-11-22T15:51:09-05:00

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The Desecration of Catholic Churches Across the U.S. – Wall Street Journal

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

Catholics are no strangers to the desecration and destruction of their houses of worship, though it has dramatically dissipated since the heyday of the Ku Klux Klan decades ago. Sadly, within recent weeks, Catholic Churches have become targets of vandals. As Francis X. Rocca reports in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: Parishioners and clergy were shocked and grieving following a spate of vandalism at Catholic churches in various U.S. cities in recent weeks. Catholic institutions from Boston to Florida reported more... Read more

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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

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

Baylor University, the institution that has employed me since 2003 and at which I am honored to serve, is a Christian university. According to its website, Baylor was “chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas and affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.” It “is both the state’s oldest institution of higher learning and the world’s largest Baptist university.” Although a vast majority of our students identify as Christians, with Baptists being the largest denomination represented, some of our... Read more

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Dr. David Anders on relics and intercession of the saints

Last updated on: November 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm By Francis J. Beckwith

(HT: Called to Communion) On Marcus Grodi’s radio program, Deep in Scripture, Dr. David Anders offers a biblical and historical account of the theology of relics and the intercession of the saints. Listen here at Called to Communion. Read more

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