University of Oklahoma

The Thomistic Institute at the University of Oklahoma presents a lecture by Prof. Francis Beckwith of Baylor University titled “From Catholic to Evangelical and Back Again: Reflections of a Catholic Revert.”

Thursday, September 8

7:30 PM

St. Thomas More University Parish and Student Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the Speaker:

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies and Affiliate Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant (Baylor University Press, 2019), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy).