Nick Trakakis

Nick Trakakis is an Australian philosopher currently serving as the assistant director of the Centre for Philosophy and Phenomenology of Religion at the Australian Catholic University. He has previously held academic positions at Monash University and Deakin University, and was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Notre Dame's Centre for Philosophy of Religion from 2006 to 2007. Trakakis's scholarly work spans the fields of philosophy, religion, and theology, engaging with both analytic and Continental philosophical traditions. A significant focus of his research has been the evidential argument from evil, where he has analyzed and critiqued various theistic responses. His doctoral research, for instance, concentrated on whether the existence of suffering provides evidence against God's existence. Trakakis has also explored topics such as divine omnipotence, determinist models of providence, Wittgensteinian non-realism, and karma. In theology and church history, his publications address issues like the ordination of women, church infallibility, the iconoclast controversy, and the theology of Gregory Palamas. Notably, his book *The God Beyond Belief* defends a version of William Rowe's evidential argument from evil. Trakakis has also published volumes of poetry and philosophical reflections, with *Autumn Manuscripts* winning a prize at the 2021 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.