Francis J Beckwith

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ID5922812
NAMEFrancis J Beckwith
GIVEN NAMESFrancis J
FAMILY NAMEBeckwith
SIGNATUREBECKWITH F J
AFFILIATIONSBaylor University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Catholicism and the Natural Law

    Open AccessFrancis Beckwith, Francis J BeckwithARTICLEReligions2021

    This article responds to four criticisms of the Catholic view of natural law: (1) it commits the naturalistic fallacy, (2) it makes divine revelation unnecessary, (3) it implausibly claims to establish a shared universal set of moral beliefs, and (4) it disregards the noetic effects of sin. Relying largely on the Church’s most important theologian on the natural law, St. Thomas Aquinas, the author argues that each criticism rests on a misundersta…

  • Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court

    Open AccessFrancis Beckwith, Francis J BeckwithARTICLEJournal of Church and State2019

    It was not until 1916 that the U.S. Supreme Court had its first Jewish justice, Louis D. Brandeis. Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, Brandeis served for 23 years, the first of an unbroken string of Jewish appointees to the court that lasted until 1969. During his tenure, Brandeis was joined, for a brief time, by Benjamin Cardozo, appointed in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover to succeed Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. After Brandeis’ 1939 retireme…

  • Or we can be philosophers

    Open AccessFrancis J BeckwithARTICLESynthese2015

  • Philosophical Explorations of New and Alternative Religious Movements

    Francis J BeckwithARTICLENova Religio The Journal of…2014

    Book Review| May 01 2014 Philosophical Explorations of New and Alternative Religious Movements Philosophical Explorations of New and Alternative Religious Movements. Edited by Morgan Luck. Ashgate, 2012. xvi + 177 pages. $99.00 cloth. Francis J. Beckwith Francis J. Beckwith Baylor University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 17 (4): 122–123. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2014.17.4.122 Views…

  • Must Theology Always Sit in the Back of the Secular Bus

    Open AccessFrancis J BeckwithARTICLEJournal of Law and Religion2008

    Imagine that you are watching a hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on television. Each member of the Committee is asking questions of, and in some cases interrogating, the president's most recent nominee to the United States Supreme Court. She is an accomplished attorney with not only a law degree from an elite institution but also a doctorate in biochemistry and specialization in private practice on issues over which science and law …

  • Defending Life

    Open AccessFrancis J BeckwithBOOKDefending Life2007

    Defending Life, first published in 2007, is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion-choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of pers…

  • Natural Law Without a Lawgiver

    Open AccessFrancis J BeckwithARTICLEThe Review of Politics2006

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  • The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Volume I

    Francis J BeckwithARTICLEJournal of Church and State2005

    The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Volume I: Odyssey of the Religion Clauses. By James Hitchcock and The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Volume II From “Higher Law” to “Sectarian Scruples.” By James Hitchcock Get access Francis J. Beckwith Francis J. Beckwith Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 47, Issue 1, Winter 2005,…

  • Rawls's Dangerous Idea

    Francis J BeckwithARTICLEJournal of Law and Religion2004

    Francis J. Beckwith, Rawls's Dangerous Idea?: Liberalism, Evolution and the Legal Requirement of Religious Neutrality in Public Schools, Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2004 - 2005), pp. 423-458

  • When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It

    Francis J BeckwithARTICLEJournal of Church and State2003

    Journal Article When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It?: Abortion, Personhood, and the Jurisprudence of Neutrality Get access Francis J. Beckwith Francis J. Beckwith associate professor of church-state studies, and associate director J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University, Waco, TX Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 45, Issue 3, Summer 2003, …

  • Darwin's Black Box

    Francis J Beckwith, Michael J Behe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Law and Religion2001

  • Law, Religion, and the Metaphysics of Abortion

    Francis J BeckwithARTICLEJournal of Church and State2001

    Journal Article Law, Religion, and the Metaphysics of Abortion: A Reply to Simmons Get access Francis J. Beckwith Francis J. Beckwith associate professor of philosophy, culture and law Trinity Graduate School, Trinity International University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 43, Issue 1, Winter 2001, Pages 19–33, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/43.1.19 Published: 01 January 2…

  • The “No One Deserves His or Her Talents” Argument for Affirmative Action

    Francis J BeckwithARTICLESocial Theory and Practice1999

    L'A. oppose une nouvelle objection a l'argument selon lequel personne n'a le merite de ses talents qui soutient l'idee de l'action affirmative. Distinguant les versions faible et forte de l'action affirmative, l'une defendant l'egalite des chances, l'autre recherchant l'egalite des resultats, l'A. met en evidence l'inconsistance morale de l'argument applique au domaine de l'emploi public et prive. Soulevant la question du statut des specialistes …