Philosopher David Solomon Enters the Catholic Church...

[Michie]

Long is the line of distinguished philosophers who have converted to Catholicism. They include Sir Michael Dummett, Jacques Maritain, Elizabeth Anscombe, Jennifer Frey, Alasdair MacIntyre, Peter Kreeft, Edward Feser, J. Budziszewski, Nicholas Rescher, Robert Koons, Mortimer Adler, John Finnis, Ronda Chervin, Eleonore Stump, and Candace Vogler. Indeed, a recent book, Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism, looks at their stories. Now we can add to their company David Solomon, who was received on May 23, 2024.

He arrived at the University of Notre Dame in June of 1968. The legendary RalphMcInerny picked him up from the airport, and David had his first glimpse of the Golden Dome. He was coming home to a place he’d never been before, as John Denverwould sing.

Solomon was only the third non-Catholic in the philosophy department. In his lecture, “Strangers in a Strange Land,” Solomon noted,

I was not only not a Catholic, I was as innocent of any real understanding of Catholicism as one could be. . . . I’d been raised a Southern Baptist in the heart of a culture that is as committed to a Protestant free church view of the world as one can imagine. My view of all things Catholic, such as it was, grew out of a combination of ignorance and prejudice in about equal measure. . . . I had never met anyone remotely like Ralph McInerny, and I wasn’t aware that such people existed. I found myself in this strange world of Catholic intellectuals hanging out with this strange man.

Continued below.

Philosopher David Solomon Enters the Catholic Church - Word on Fire

Now, in his conversion, David Solomon has given us all yet another lesson by his powerful example: to take the next step that God gives us.

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[RileyG]

Glory to God!