Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism

✍ Scribed by Brian Besong; Jonathan Fuqua

• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 360
• Edition: Paperback
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 includingPeter Kreeft,Edward Feser,J. Budziszewski,Candace Vogler, andRobert 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.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Foreword: Taking Faith Seriously
Francis J. Beckwith

Introduction
Brian Besong

1 The God of a Philosopher
Edward Feser

2 A Rake’s Progress
J. Budziszewski

3 Down the Labyrinthine Ways
Brian Cutter

4 Of Towers and Tongues
Neal Judisch

5 Why?
Peter Kreeft

6 A Pastor’s Kid Finds the Catholic Church
Logan Paul Gage

7 A Lutheran’s Path to Catholicism
Robert C. Koons

8 A Marriage of Faith and Reason: One Couple’s Journey to the Catholic Church
W. Scott and Lindsay K. Cleveland

9 Traditions as Paradigms: A Maclntyrean Approach to the Catholic Question
Bryan R. Cross

10 A Spiritual Autobiography
Candace Vogler

Contributors
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