"Frank" Beckwith (born November 3, 1960) is an American philosopher, professor, scholar, speaker, writer, and lecturer.
He is currently professor of philosophy and church-state studies, affiliate professor of political science and associate director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy, at Baylor University, where he first served as associate director of Baylor's J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies.
In 2003, Rowman and Littlefield published his dissertation in revised and expanded form as Law, Darwinism, and Public Education: The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent Design.
Prior to arriving at Baylor in July 2003, he was a visiting research fellow (2002–2003) in the James Madison Program in the Politics Department at Princeton University.
The Dawson family members questioned the appointment, accusing Beckwith of holding church-state positions contrary to Dawson's beliefs on the separation of church and state,[18] largely because of Beckwith's affiliation with the Discovery Institute (DI) and his work on intelligent design and public education.
[23] This inspired him to write a book describing his faith journey, titled Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic published by Brazos Press.
[28] He has also published multiple books examining current philosophical questions regarding religion, law and politics.