Francis J. Beckwith

It is not clear from the back of the book that this book is primarily a criticism of current US constitutional legal understanding of separation of church and state. It stays very specifically in the US context.

I did not find that the views of the author were clearly argued. Sometimes I had trouble following the arguments. At other times I felt that important counterarguments were ignored. The chapter on intelligent design was the best written, and I found it quite useful. In some other chapters I was even unsure what position the author was trying to support.

I also found the use of abreviations distracting. At the very least a list of them somewhere would have been helpful.… (more)

This was another book recommended to me by a good friend. I have undertaken an organic interest in Evangelicalism and what exactly it is. For more on that, check out my review of another book on Evangelicalism.

Return to Rome is Francis J. Beckwith's testimonial on how he initially left the Roman Catholic Church, became the president of the Evangelical Theological Society and subsequently returned to the Roman Catholic Church, leaving his post behind him.

Beckwith is a superb technical writer...

Finish the review on my blog: wetalkofholythings.com
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