Ep. #214 – Dr. Knasas on Aquinas, the Cry of Rachel, and Evil
Summary
How might a philosophical Thomist analyze the problem of evil? Why is evil and suffering so debilitating in the lives of many such as Rachel in the Old Testament? What should we think about the work of Fr. Brian Davies and Dr. Eleonore Stump on the problem of evil? Dr. John Knasas joins us to discuss these topics.
Guest Bio
John Francis Xavier Knasas is an American philosopher and leading existential Thomist. He is known for engaging such thinkers as Bernard Lonergan, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Jeremy Wilkins in disputes over human cognition to affirm a Thomistic epistemology of direct realism and defending the thought of Jacques Maritain, Étienne Gilson, and Fr. Joseph Owens. He was Bishop Wendelin J. Nold Endowed Chair as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston and earned his doctorate at the University of Toronto, under the direction of Fr. Joseph Owens. He’s the author of several books including Aquinas and the Cry of Rachel: Thomistic Reflections on the Problem of Evil and Thomistic Existentialism and Cosmological Reasoning.
Resources
Thomistic Existentialism and Cosmological Reasoning by Dr. John F.X. Knasas
Aquinas and the Cry of Rachel: Thomistic Reflections on the Problem of Evil by Dr. John F.X. Knasas
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