Khaldoun A. Sweis

Khaldoun A. Sweis is an American philosopher of Jordanian heritage who teaches philosophy at Olive-Harvey College (City Colleges of Chicago) and has held appointments at Oxford-affiliated programs. Trained in philosophy of religion, he works primarily in the Christian analytic tradition, with interests in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and apologetics. He is best known as co-editor, with J. P. Moreland, of 'Debating Christian Theism' (Oxford University Press, 2013), a substantial anthology pairing leading defenders and critics of theism on arguments such as the kalam cosmological argument, fine-tuning, the resurrection, and the problem of evil. Sweis has also published 'Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith' (Zondervan, 2019), an accessible compendium drawing on multiple apologists, and shorter works addressed to students and general readers on questions of meaning, evidence, and Christian belief. His pedagogical work emphasizes critical thinking and the cumulative-case approach characteristic of contemporary evangelical analytic apologetics associated with figures like William Lane Craig and Moreland. Sweis does not advance a distinctive philosophical system; his contribution is largely curatorial and pedagogical, framing debates between theists and atheists for non-specialist audiences. Critics from secular philosophy note that such anthologies tend to be structured by apologetic aims, while sympathetic reviewers credit the 2013 volume for assembling substantive opposing voices including Quentin Smith, Graham Oppy, and Paul Draper alongside theistic interlocutors.