Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism

Author:   Brian Besong ,  Jonathan Fuqua
Publisher:   Ignatius Press
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9781621642015


Pages:   289
Publication Date:   01 May 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Too smart to believe in God? The twelve philosophers in this book are too smart not to, and their finely honed reasoning skills and advanced educations are on display as they explain their reasons for believing in Christianity and entering the Roman Catholic Church. Among the twelve converts are well-known professors and writers including Peter Kreeft, Edward Feser, J. Budziszewski, Candace Vogler, and Robert Koons. Each story is unique; yet each one details the various perceptible ways God drew these lovers of wisdom to himself and to the Church. In every case, reason played a primary role. It had to, because being a Catholic philosopher is no easy task when the majority of one's colleagues thinks that religious faith is irrational. Although the reasonableness of the Catholic faith captured the attention of these philosophers and cleared a space into which the seed of supernatural faith could be planted, in each of these essays the attentive reader will find a fully human story. The contributions are not merely collections of arguments; they are stories of grace.

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Author:   Brian Besong ,  Jonathan Fuqua
Publisher:   Ignatius Press
Imprint:   Ignatius Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781621642015


ISBN 10:   1621642011
Pages:   289
Publication Date:   01 May 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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These philosophers stand as powerful witnesses to the beauty of Catholic truth. Their intellectual pilgrimages reveal the irresistible attraction that the Catholic Church alone, of all religious institutions, holds for human reason. &mda


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Brian Besong is an assistant professor of philosophy at Ohio Dominican University. He earned his B.A. in philosophy from Calvin College and converted to Catholicism while working toward a Ph.D. in philosophy at Purdue University. Jonathan Fuqua has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Purdue University. He teaches philosophy at Quincy University and theology at Quincy Notre Dame High School (Quincy, IL). Along with his wife, Angela, and their children, he entered the Catholic Church in 2017.

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