Ep. #260 – Natural Theology, Apologetics, and the Rationality of Faith w/ Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P.
Summary
Is atheism a simpler theory than theism? What are the strongest arguments for God’s existence? Is apologetics a hopeless enterprise because motivated reasoning and confirmation bias are inherently involved? Where does the Incarnation and Trinity fit into our apologetics project? How can we answer the problem of divine hiddenness? Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P. joins the show again to examine these topics.
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Guest Bio
Father Thomas Joseph White, O.P., entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. He is the Rector Magnificus of Rome’s Pontifical University of St. Thomas (the Angelicum). He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His previous books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015), and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and, in 2011, was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. In 2022, he released The Trinity: On the Nature and Mystery of the One God.
Resources
Principles of Catholic Theology (Book 1) by Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P.
The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism
The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology
The Trinity: On the Nature and Mystery of One God
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Ep. #254 – Principles of Catholic Theology w/ Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P.
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