Other Toom-observing thinkers

Peace and blessings,
I wanted to ask if the rabbi knows of any other Orthodox thinkers (rabbis or not) who deal with Jewish theology in a straightforward manner (i.e., claims about the world, not dogmas and arguments that do not convince a person with minimal independent thinking) who are worth reading in addition to reading the rabbi’s thinking in various ways (here and in books). If there are those who even lean more conservative/ultra-Orthodox/Haredi than the rabbi, etc., that would be doubly helpful.
I don’t remember where I read that, but I remember you writing that one of the goals of writing the trilogy was to make religious discourse more serious. My question is – where is there already such a thing, even if only a little? A person who comes to the rabbi’s thought and wants to confront it with other positions, behind which there are arguments that can even be discussed, in order to clarify his own opinions – who else could he listen to, if at all?
(Of course, my words do not imply that there is nothing to be heard from the classical and well-known rabbis, and it is clear that each claim will be examined on its merits, but they often do not satisfy this need for speaking about faith, etc.)
I hope this request is legitimate.
Thank you very much!