Peter Kreeft
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| Born | Peter Kreeft 1938/1939 |
| Occupation | Philosopher, Professor, Christian Apologist, Author |
| Genres | Christian apologetics, Philosophy |
| Notable work(s) | Socrates Meets Jesus Between Heaven and Hell |
Peter John Kreeft (b. 1938/1939) is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College, and author of numerous books as well as a popular writer on Christian theology, and specifically Roman Catholic apologetics. He also formulated together with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God".[1]
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[edit] Career
Kreeft took his A.B. at Calvin College (1959), and an M.A. at Fordham University (1961). In the same university he completed his doctoral studies in 1965. 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.
Originally a Calvinist, Kreeft converted to the Catholic Church while in college. The "central and deciding" factor for his conversion was "the Church's claim to be the one Church historically founded by Christ."[2]
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- 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)
- Refutation of Moral Relativism — Dialogues between a relativist and absolutist (1999)
- Prayer for Beginners (2000)
- Catholic Christianity (2001)
- Socrates Meets Jesus (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
- "What Would Socrates Do?: The History of Moral Thought and Ethics" — University-level course in a Barnes & Noble Audio Book
