Class date: 10/15/17
If you missed class or want to review:
- Five Philosophical Mistakes Every Catholic Apologist Should Be Aware Of, by Tom Harmon, This Rock, Jan. 2005 **
- “The Problem of Evil,” by Matt Fradd, Catholic Answers Blog, July 9, 2013 **
- Answering Atheist Slogans, by John deRosa, eBook, 2017 **
More helpful articles:
- “Aquinas: Five Ways to Prove that God Exists,” excerpt from the the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, trans. by Fathers of the English Dominican Province,1920.
- Aquinas Proves Atheists Are Closer to God Than They Think, by Mark Brumley, This Rock, Mar 2009
- Who’s Deluded? An Atheist Just Doesn’t Get Aquinas, by Christopher Kaczor, This Rock, Mar 2009
- Why Believe?, by Carl Olson, This Rock, Dec. 2007
- Augustine’s Confessions and the Harmony of Faith and Reason, by Carl Olson, This Rock, May 2010
- What the New Atheists Don’t See, by Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal, Autumn 2007
Questions relating to faith & reason and other philosophical issues (answered):
- Aren’t faith and reason incompatible?
- Isn’t it irrational to believe things we cannot experience with our senses?
- Check out the Encyclopedias of Faith and Reason from the Magis Center for Reason and Faith for more!
- How does God use our suffering?
Audio & Video:
- Deconstructing Atheism audio recording with Edward Feser (author of The Last Superstition, see below)
- The Existence of God audio recording with Fr. Robert Spitzer on evidence for God, especially from physics
- Is Faith Reasonable? audio recording with Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P.
Books:
- Handbook of Catholic Apologetics by Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli,
- OR Handbook of Christian Apologetics (same book, minus 40 specifically-Catholic pages)
- The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism by Edward Feser – a bit denser of a read compared with the above, but Feser offers some real gems in his insights into the so-called “New Atheism”
Also see Atheism / Materialism Resources - Part 1 for more helpful resources.
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