Francis J. Beckwith
Francis J. Beckwith, a native of Brooklyn, New York, who grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, is on the faculty of Baylor University, where he serves as Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Affiliate Professor of Political Science, Associate Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy, and Resident Scholar in the Institute for Studies of Religion. He earned an Ph.D. and M.A. in philosophy from Fordham University, and a Master of Juridical Studies (M.J.S.) degree from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where he won the CALI Award for Excellence in Reproductive Control Seminar. Among his over twenty books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (2007) and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (2015), both published by Cambridge University Press. Taking Rites Seriously was the winner of the American Academy of Religion’s 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Constructive-Reflective Studies. His most recent book is Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant, published in 2019 by Baylor University Press. He and his wife, Frankie, make their home in Woodway, Texas. His website is http://francisbeckwith.com.