In this series, I will recommend certain scholars and apologists to our readers and listeners. These are people that I believe are worth listening to because they are informed and give good arguments and insights into the subjects that they study, which helps intellectually equip Christians so that they can grow in their own faith and their outreach towards non-Christians. I am not claiming that these scholars and apologists have everything correct, but I think they are intellectual powerhouses that we can learn much from.
Edward Feser
Dr. Feser is a Catholic philosopher who teaches at Pasadena City College. Being a Catholic, his metaphysics is heavily influenced by Aquinas, which may make his philosophy slightly different from other well-known Christian apologists like William Lane Craig, but his material is still valuable. A lot of his material is academic, but he has a lot of more popular-level materials that offer great arguments and insights. Here are some of his works.
His Blog
Feser regularly writes on his
blog, where you can find his thoughts on everything philosophy, theology, Catholicism, and apologetics. This is a good place to go to introduce yourself to his material.
Atheism
Dr. Feser has a lot of scathing and often hilarious critiques of the "New Atheism" and particular atheist writers. In book form, he wrote
The Last Supertition, which is a critique of the new atheism. His criticisms of Jerry Coyne are all entertaining to read. He has a review of Coyne's book, Faith Versus Fact, on
First Things. You can also find his blog posts and articles critiquing Coyne
here and
here. Feser also critiques Lawrence Krauss, a physicist and atheist,
here. He has a lot more material on atheism and responses to atheist apologists, so look them up.
Existence of God
Dr. Feser has also written on the arguments for the existence of God. His new book,
Five Proofs of the Existence of God, is pretty self-explanatory. Feser is also interviewed
here, where he responds to Dawkins' critiques of the arguments for God's existence in his book, The God Delusion.
Misc.
I recommend just looking through his blog for more materials. He has a lot of articles on philosophy of mind, ethical issues like
sexual ethics, abortion, and
capital punishment,
explanations of Catholic docrines, and much, much more. I hope you learn a lot from his resources.
