Peter Kreeft (Apologet)

Peter John Kreeft (* um 1938) ist ein US-amerikanischer Philosoph und Theologe.

Calvinistisch aufgewachsen wendete er sich dem Katholizismus zu. Er ist bekannt als Verfechter der katholischen Christentum.

Kreefz erhielt 1959 seinen Bachelor of Arts am Calvin College in Grand Rapids (Michigan) und 1961 seinen Master of Arts an der Universität Fordham. 1965 dissertierte er an dieser Universität.

Er ist Professor für Philosophie am Boston College und am King's College in New York City, und Autor zahlreicher Bücher.

Werke

• Summa of the Summa — The essential philosophical passages of St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica edited and explained for beginners
• Shorter Summa — Shorter version of Kreeft's Summa of the Summa
• Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees — Explicates Pascal's surprisingly modern insights on contemporary life and powerful arguments for Christianity
• Philosophy 101 by Socrates — An introduction to philosophy via Plato's Apology
• Refutation of Moral Relativism — Intelligent, engaging dialogues between a relativist and absolutist
• Making Sense Out of Suffering — On the meaning of suffering
• Socratic Logic – A superb textbook on classical logic.
• Three Philosophies of Life (1989)
• Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Heaven... But Never Dreamed of Asking (1990)
• Handbook of Christian Apologetics (with Ronald K. Tacelli) (1994)
• How to Win the Culture War (2002)
• The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (2005)
• The Philosophy of Jesus — On the wisdom of Jesus
• Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley (1982)
• Socrates Meets Jesus — Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Jesus
• Socrates Meets Machiavelli — Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Machiavelli
• Socrates Meets Marx — Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Karl Marx
• Socrates Meets Sartre — Socratic dialogue between Socrates and Jean Paul Sartre
• Back to Virtue — Traditional moral wisdom for modern moral confusion
• The Unaborted Socrates — Socratic dialogue on abortion
• Three Approaches to Abortion — On abortion
• The Sea Within
• Shadowlands
• C. S. Lewis for the Third Millennium — Six essays on Lewis' Abolition of Man
• Love Is Stronger Than Death — On the meaning of death and life
• "What Would Socrates Do?: The History of Moral Thought and Ethics" — University-level course in a Barnes & Noble Audio Book

Weblinks

• www.peterkreeft.com
• Peter John Kreeft, werk en cv, Boston College

Personendaten
NAME	Kreeft, Peter
KURZBESCHREIBUNG	US-amerikanischer Philosoph und Theologe
GEBURTSDATUM	um 1938