Francis J. Beckwith

Francis J. "Frank" Beckwith (born 1960) is an American Christian philosopher, scholar, debater, and lecturer. Beckwith advocates in the areas of social ethics, legal philosophy, philosophy of religion, intelligent design and the Christian countercult movement. Currently, he is the associate director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies and an associate professor of Church-State studies at Baylor University. Beckwith, born in New York City, now resides with his wife in Texas. Beckwith returned to Roman Catholicism in 2007. Beckwith has defended the pro-life position on abortion and the constitutional permissibility of the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. He has been affiliated with organizations that...