Peter Kreeft
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20th-century philosophy | |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Christian philosophy |
Main interests | Christian apologetics |
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Peter John Kreeft (
Academic career
Kreeft was born March 16, 1937, in
Kreeft joined the philosophy faculty of the Department of Philosophy of
In 1971, Kreeft published an article titled "Zen In Heidegger's 'Gelassenheit'" in the peer-reviewed journal International Philosophical Quarterly, of Fordham University. In 1994, he was an endorser of the document "Evangelicals and Catholics Together".[10] He also formulated, with R. Tacelli, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God".[11]
Conversion story
Kreeft converted to
The "central and deciding" factor for his conversion was "the Church's claim to be the one Church historically founded by Christ."[13] He reportedly applied C. S. Lewis's trilemma (that either Jesus is a lunatic, a liar, or the Lord): "I thought, just as Jesus made a claim about His identity that forces us into one of only two camps ... so the Catholic Church’s claim to be the one true Church, the Church Christ founded, forces us to say either that this is the most arrogant, blasphemous and wicked claim imaginable, if it is not true, or else that she is just what she claims to be."[14]
According to Kreeft's personal account, his conversion to Catholic Christianity was influenced by, among other things,
Although a Catholic, he places central emphasis on the
Bibliography
Books
- Love is stronger than death. 1979.
- Between Heaven and Hell (1982) — A Dialog with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley
- The Unaborted Socrates (1983) — Socratic dialogue on abortion
- The Best Things in Life (1984) — Twelve Socratic dialogues on modern life
- Yes or No? (1984) — Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity
- Making Sense Out of Suffering (1986)
- 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)
- Making Choices: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Moral Decisions (1990)
- Summa of the Summa (1990) — 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)
- Prayer: The Great Conversation (1991) — Straight answers to tough questions
- Back to Virtue (1992) — Reprint of For Heaven's Sake: The Rewards of the Virtuous Life (1986)
- Shorter Summa (1993) — Shorter version of Kreeft's Summa of the Summa
- Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees (1993)
- Your Questions, God's Answers (1994) — Solid responses for Catholic teens
- 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)
- Handbook of Christian Apologetics (Pocket Version) (1994)
- The Angel and the Ants: Bringing Heaven Closer to Your Daily Life (1994)
- Talking to Your Children About Being Catholic (1995) — A treasure trove of ideas
- Angels (and Demons): What Do We Really Know About Them? (1995)
- Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture Wars (1996)
- The Journey A Spiritual Roadmap For Modern Pilgrims (1996)
- The Snakebite Letters Devious Secrets for Subverting Society (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 with students of Harvard University's Divinity School
- How to Win the Culture War: A Christian Battle Plan for a Society in Crisis (2002)
- Celebrating Middle Earth: Lord of the Rings (2002) — On western civilization
- Three Approaches to Abortion (2002)
- Philosophy 101 by Socrates (2002) — An introduction to philosophy via Plato's Apology
- Socrates Meets Machiavelli (2003) — Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Machiavelli
- Socrates Meets Marx (2003) — Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Karl Marx
- The God Who Loves You (2004)
- Socratic Logic (2005) — A textbook on classical logic
- You Can Understand the Bible (2005) — a combination of his previous books You Can Understand the Old Testament: A Book-by-Book Guide for Catholics (1990) and Reading and Praying the New Testament: A Book-by-Book Guide for Catholics (1992)
- Socrates Meets Sartre: Father Of Philosophy Meets The Founder of Existentialism (2005) — Socrates and Jean-Paul Sartre
- The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (2005)
- The Sea Within (2006)
- Socrates Meets Descartes (2007) — The Father of Philosophy Analyzes the Father of Modern Philosophy's Discourse on Method
- The Philosophy of Jesus (2007) — On the wisdom of Jesus
- Pocket Guide to the Meaning of Life (2007)
- Before I Go (2007) — Letters to Children About What Really Matters
- I Surf Therefore I Am (2008) — An exploration of Surfing
- Because God Is Real: Sixteen Questions, One Answer (2008)
- Jesus-Shock (2008)
- Socrates Meets Kant (2009) — The Father of Philosophy Meets His Most Influential Modern Child
- If Einstein Had Been a Surfer (2009) — A Philosophy of Surfing
- Between Allah & Jesus: what Christians Can Learn from Muslims (2010)
- Socrates Meets Hume (2010) — The Father of Philosophy Meets the Father of Modern Skepticism
- An Ocean Full of Angels (2011)
- Summa Philosophica (2012) — 110 Key Questions in Philosophy
- Jacob's Ladder (2013) — Ten Steps to Truth
- Charisms: Visions, Tongues, Healing, etc. (feat. Dave Nevins) (2013) — catalysts to "two-way" interactive prayer
- Socrates Meets Kierkegaard (2014) — Questions the founder of Christian existentialism
- 52 Big Ideas (2020) — From 32 Great Minds
- Practical Theology (2014) — Spiritual Direction from Aquinas
- Letters to an Atheist (2014) — Wrestling with Faith
- The Philosopher's Bench (2015)(DVD) — Catholic philosophers Peter Kreeft and Thomas Howard bring philosophy to the 'man in the street'
- I Burned for Your Peace: Augustine's Confessions Unpacked (2016) — Snippets and commentary from one of the most beloved books in the world
- How to Be Holy (2016) — First Steps in Becoming a Saint
- Catholics and Protestants (2017) — What Can We Learn from Each Other?
- Between One Faith and Another (2017) — Engaging Conversations on the World's Great Religions
- Forty Reasons I am a Catholic (2018)
- Doors in the Walls of the World (2018) — Signs of Transcendence in the Human Story
- The Platonic Tradition (2018) 8 lectures "for beginners" on the essence of the Platonic tradition throughout philosophical history
- Socrates' Children, 4 vols. (2019) — The 100 Greatest Philosophers
- “How To Destroy Western Civilization And Other Ideas From The Cultural Abyss” (2021)
References
- ^ a b "Peter Kreeft". Exodus Books. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "Kreeft, Peter". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- YouTube; at 4:12
- ^ Charlie McKinney (11 September 2019), "Peter Kreeft On Books & Music", Spiritual Direction. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-8308-1774-0
- ^ "Twenty Arguments God's Existence by Peter Kreeft (& Ronald K. Tacelli)". www.peterkreeft.com. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- Newspapers.com. "The class hymn followed, which was composed by Peter Kreeft, a graduate."
- Newspapers.com. "Peter J. Kreeft of 760 Frederick Court has been chosen as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow for the 1959-1980 year and will enter Yale University to do graduate work in philosophy in September. He Is now student at Calvin College."
- ^ "Peter John Kreeft", Boston College
- ^ "Evangelicals and Catholics Together". First Things. May 1994. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God". www.apologetics.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2003.
- ^ "Pints With Peter Kreeft – Pints with Aquinas". pintswithaquinas.com. October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0-8198-6877-9.
- ^ Robert Sibley (March 30, 2007), Boston College professor tackles God's existence - and its proof, Retrieved from PressReader, Ottawa Citizen
- ^ ""Peter Kreeft", Ignatius Insight". Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
- ^ "70x7 Reasons to Be Both Catholic and Protestant"