Published Articles
This list consists only of those works whose contents are fully accessible online. For a more comprehensive list of Dr. Beckwith's publications, see his CV here.
“The Courts, Natural Rights, and Religious Claims as Knowledge.” Santa Clara Law Review 49.2 (2009): 429-458.
Review of The Creationists, 2nd ed. by Ronald H. Numbers. Journal of Law and Religion 23.2 (2007-08): forthcoming.
"Doing What Comes Naturally and Not Knowing It: A Reflection on J. Budziszewski’s Work.” The Catholic Social Science Review 12 (2007): 33-40.
"Bioethics, the Christian Citizen, and the Pluralist Game." Christian Bioethics 13 (May 2007): 159-170.
"The Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, and Abortion Law." Liberty University Law Review 1.1 (2006): 37-72. Revised and updated version of the previously published article, "Roe v. Wade: Its Logic and Its Legacy." The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 7.2 (Summer 2003): 4-28.
"Natural Law Without a Lawgiver?," The Review of Politics 68.4 (Fall 2006): 680-682. (Review of the book, Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart). Professor Arnhart responds to this review here.
"The Court of Disbelief: The Constitution's Article VI Religious Test Prohibition and the Judiciary's Religious Motive Analysis." Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 33.2&3 (Winter and Spring 2006): 337-360.
"Taking Theology Seriously: The Status of the Religious Beliefs of Judicial Nominees for the Federal Bench." Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 20.1 (2006): 455-471.
"Defending Abortion Philosophically: A Review of David Boonin's A Defense of Abortion." Journal of Medicine & Philosophy 31 (April 2006): 177-203.
"Busy Being Born Again: Bob Dylan's Christian Philosophy." In Bob Dylan & Philosophy: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Thinking). Edited by Peter Vernezze and Carl J. Porter (Chicago: Open Court, 2006), 145-156.
"Rawls's Dangerous Idea?: Liberalism, Evolution, and the Legal Requirement of Religious Neutrality in Public Schools. Journal of Law and Religion 20.2 (2004-05): 423-458.
"Gimme That Ol' Time Separation: A Review Essay." Chapman Law Review 8.1 (2005): 309-27.
"Marriage, Sex, and the Jurisprudence of Neutrality: A Response to Ronald E. Long" Philosophia Christi 7.1 NS (2005): 41-44 (This article is part of an eight-article discussion on same-sex marriage that was published in the same issue of Philosophia Christi. Among the aricles is the article by Professor Long to which this one is responding. You can find all the articles here)
"Legal Neutrality and Same-Sex Marriage " Philosophia Christi 7.1 NS (2005): 19-25 (This article is part of an eight-article discussion on same-sex marriage that was published in the same issue of Philosophia Christi. Among the articles is a response to this one. You can find all the articles here)
"Sects in the City: Mormonisn and the Philosophical Perils of Being a Missionary Faith." The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 9.2 (Summer 2005): 14-30.
"Thomson's `Equal Reasonableness' Argument for Abortion Rights: A Critique." American Journal of Jurisprudence 49.1 (2004): 185-198
"The Explanatory Power of the Substance View of Persons." Christian Bioethics 10.1 (2004): 33-54.
"What Would Reagan Do?" Human Life Review 30.3 (Summer 2004): 74-77.
"When You Come to a Fork In the Road, Take It?: Abortion, Personhood, and the Jurisprudence of Neutrality." Journal of Church and State 44.3 (Summer 2003): 485-497.
"Consent, Sex, and the Prenatal Rapist: A Brief Reply to McDonagh"s Suggested Revision of Roe v. Wade." (co-authored with Steven D. Thomas). Journal of Libertarian Studies 17.3 (Summer 2003): 1-16
"Science and Religion Twenty Years After McLean v. Arkansas: Evolution, Public Education, and the New Challenge of Intelligent Design." Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 26.2 (Spring 2003): 455-499.
"Public Education, Religious Establishment, and the Challenge of Intelligent Design." Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, & Public Policy 17.2 (2003): 461-519.
"A Liberty Not Fully Evolved?: The Case of Rodney LeVake and the Right of Public School Teachers to Criticize Darwinism." San Diego Law Review 39.4 (Nov/Dec 2002): 1311-1325.
"Cloning and Reproductive Liberty." Nevada Law Journal 3.1 (Fall 2002): 61-87
"Moral Law, the Mormon Universe, and the Nature of the Right We Choose." In The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement. Edited by Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, Paul Owen. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002. Pp. 219-241, 461-461 (notes)
"Law, Religion, and the Metaphysics of Abortion: A Reply to Simmons." Journal of Church and State 43.1 (Winter 2001): 19-33
"Taking Abortion Seriously: A Philosophical Critique of the New Anti-Abortion Rhetorical Shift." Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics 17.3(Fall 2001): 155-166.
"Mormon Theism, the Traditional Christian Concept of God, and Greek Philosophy: A Critical Analysis." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 44.4 (December 2001): 671-95
"Why I am Not a Relativist." In Why I Am A Christian. Edited by Norman L. Geisler and Paul K. Hoffman. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2001. Pp.15-29 (includes moral argument for God's existence)
"Disagreement Without Debate: The Republican Party Platform and the Human Life Amendment Plank." In Politics and Public Policy: A Christian Response. Edited by Timothy Demy and Gary Stewart. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publishing,2000. Pp. 233-55. Originally published under the same title in the journal Nexus: A Journal of Opinion (Chapman University School of Law) 4 (Spring 1999):113-33.
"Physician-Value Neutrality: A Critique" (co-authored with John Peppin). Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics 28.1 (Spring 2000): 67-77.
"The`Nobody Deserves His or Her Talents Argument for Affirmative Action': A Critical Analysis." Social Theory and Practice vol. 25, no. 1 (Spring 1999):53-60.
"The Ethics of Referral Kickbacks and Self-Referral and the HMO Physician as Gatekeeper: An Ethical Analysis." Journal of Social Philosophy 28.3 (Winter 1996): 41-48.
"Limited Omniscience and the Test for a Prophet: A Brief Philosophical Analysis." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 36/3 (September 1993): 357-362
"Hume's Evidential/Testimonial Epistemology, Probability, and Miracles." In Faith in Theory and Practice: Essays on the Justification of Religious Belief. Edited by Elizabeth Radcliffe and Carol White. La Salle, IL: Open Court Publishing, 1993. Pp. 117-140. Originally published under the same title in the journal Logos 12 (1991): 87-104.
"A Critical Appraisal of the Theological Arguments for Abortion Rights." Bibliotheca Sacra 148 (July-September 1991): 337-355.
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