Peter Kreeft
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| Peter Kreeft | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Kreeft 1937 |
| Occupation | Philosopher, professor, Christian apologist, author |
| Genres | Christian apologetics, Philosophy |
| Notable work(s) | Socrates Meets Jesus Between Heaven and Hell |
Peter John Kreeft (born 1937) is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. He is the author of numerous books as well as a popular writer of Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics, specifically from a Roman Catholic perspective. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God".[1] He advocates political conservatism and rejects liberalism as a viable option for Catholics.[2]
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[edit] Career
Kreeft completed his A.B. in philosophy at Calvin College (1959) and later completed M.A. (1961) and Ph.D. (1965) degrees in philosophy at Fordham University. He briefly did post-graduate studies at Yale University. He joined the philosophy faculty of the Department of Philosophy of Boston College in 1965. In 1994 he was a signer of the document Evangelicals and Catholics Together.
[edit] Bibliography
- Socratic Logic – A textbook on classical logic.
- Love Is Stronger Than Death (1979)— On the meaning of death and life
- Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley (1982)
- The Unaborted Socrates — Socratic dialogue on abortion (1983)
- The Best Things in Life: A 20th century Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth, and the Good Life — Twelve Socratic dialogues on modern life (1984)
- Yes or No? Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity (1984)
- Making Sense Out of Suffering (1986)— On the meaning of suffering
- Fundamentals of the Faith, Essays in Christian Apologetics (1988)
- Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing (1989)
- Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Heaven... But Never Dreamed of Asking (1990)
- Summa of the Summa (1990)— The essential philosophical passages of St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica edited and explained for beginners
- Three Philosophies of Life (1990)- Ecclesiastes- life as vanity, Job- life as suffering, Song of Songs- life as love
- Back to Virtue (1992)— Traditional moral wisdom for modern moral confusion
- Shorter Summa (1993)— Shorter version of Kreeft's Summa of the Summa
- Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees (1993)— Explains Blaise Pascal's surprisingly modern insights on contemporary life and powerful arguments for Christianity
- Handbook of Christian Apologetics (with Ronald K. Tacelli) (1994)
- C. S. Lewis for the Third Millennium (1994)— Six essays on Lewis' Abolition of Man
- Shadow-Lands of C.S. Lewis : The Man Behind the Movie (1994)
- Angels (and Demons): What Do We Really Know About Them? (1995)
- The Journey A Spiritual Roadmap For Modern Pilgrims(1996)
- The Snakebite Letters Devilishly Devious Secrets for Subverting Society As Taught in Tempter's Training School (1998)
- Refutation of Moral Relativism — Dialogues between a relativist and absolutist (1999)
- Prayer for Beginners (2000)
- Catholic Christianity (2001)
- Socrates Meets Jesus (1987/2002)— Socratic dialogue between Socrates and students of Harvard University's Divinity School
- How to Win the Culture War (2002)
- Philosophy 101 by Socrates (2002)— An introduction to philosophy via Plato's Apology
- Socrates Meets Sartre : Father Of Philosophy Meets The Founder of Existentialism (2005)— Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Jean Paul Sartre
- The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (2005)
- The Philosophy of Jesus (2007)— On the wisdom of Jesus
- Because God Is Real : Sixteen Questions, One Answer (2008)
- Socrates Meets Machiavelli — Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Machiavelli
- Socrates Meets Marx — Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Karl Marx
- Three Approaches to Abortion — On abortion
- The Sea Within
- Socrates Meets Kant
- Between Allah & Jesus: what Christians Can Learn from Muslims (2010)
- "What Would Socrates Do?: The History of Moral Thought and Ethics" — University-level course in a Barnes & Noble Audio Book
- "What Would Socrates Do?: Faith and Reason" — University-level course in a Barnes & Noble Audio Book
- "The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas" — University-level course in a Barnes & Noble Audio Book
[edit] See also
- American philosophy
- Christian apologetics
- Christian ethics
- Christian philosophy
- Christian theology
- List of American Catholics
- List of American philosophers
[edit] References
- ^ Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Intervarsity Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0830817740
- ^ http://host.madison.com/wsj/lifestyles/faith-and-values/religion/in-the-spirit-can-a-catholic-also-be-a-liberal/article_665e7840-178d-11e1-9e1a-001cc4c03286.html
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Categories:
- American philosophers
- American Roman Catholic theologians
- American Roman Catholic religious writers
- The King's College (New York) faculty
- Boston College faculty
- Calvin College alumni
- Christian apologists
- Christian philosophers
- Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism
- Fordham University alumni
- Living people
- Roman Catholic philosophers
- 1937 births
