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Curriculum Vitae:

Paul Copan
Professor and Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics
Palm Beach Atlantic University (West Palm Beach, FL)
Updated September 2009

Address:
Palm Beach Atlantic University, 901 S. Flagler Drive, P.O. Box 24708, West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4708
Telephone: (561) 803-2239
Fax: (561) 803-2306
Email
Personal Website: www.paulcopan.com

Married to Jacqueline (van Tol) and has six children
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Palm Beach Atlantic University: West Palm Beach, FL. Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics/Associate Professor, Philosophy and Ethics. Summer 2004 – Present.

  • Promotion from Associate to Full Professor of Philosophy and Ethics. Spring 2008.

Georgia Perimeter College: Lawrenceville, GA: Adjunct Professor of Philosophy. Fall 2003 - May 2004.

Bethel Seminary: St. Paul, MN: Adjunct Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Fall 2003 – March 2004.

Ravi Zacharias International Ministries: Norcross, GA: Lecturer, Writer, Researcher: June 1998 – August 2003.

Alliance Theological Seminary: Nyack, NY: Visiting Associate Professor (Christian Thought), January 2002 – January 2004—with subsequent lecture being given).

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School/Trinity International University: Deerfield, IL, June 2000 – June 2003. Visiting Associate Professor (Philosophy of Religion/Systematic Theology).

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School/Trinity International University: Deerfield, IL, September 1996 - May 1998. Adjunct Professor (Philosophy of Religion/Systematic Theology).

First Presbyterian Church: Schenectady, NY, August 1989 – December 1995. Pastoral Staff.
EDUCATION:

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. January 1996 – May 2000. Ph.D. in philosophy.

  • Emphasis: Philosophy of Religion.
  • Dissertation Topic: “The Moral Dimensions of Michael Martin’s Atheology: A Critical Assessment”

Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois. September 1985 - June 1988; M.Div. Diploma in Divinity.

Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois. March 1986 - December 1987; M.A. Diploma in Philosophy of Religion. Thesis topic: “The Impossibility of an Infinite Temporal Regress of Events.”

Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina. September 1980 - June 1984; B.A. Diploma in Biblical Studies.

PUBLICATIONS:

I. AUTHORED BOOKS

  1. “True for You, But Not for Me”: Deflating the Slogans That Leave Christians Speechless. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1998.
    » Electronic version available through Olive Tree Software (January 2007). Link
  2. Is Everything Really Relative? Norcross, GA: RZIM, 1999. Link
  3. “That’s Just Your Interpretation”: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001. Link
    » Russian translation completed September 2003: Это Просто Ваше Толкование.
  4. (With William Lane Craig), Creation Out of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration. Grand Rapids/Leicester, U.K: Baker/Apollos, 2004.
    » Published by OM-Authentic Books, Secunderabad, India (2007). Link
  5. “How Do You Know You're Not Wrong?”: Responding to Objections that Leave Christians Speechless. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005. Link
  6. (With Mark Linville) What Is Truth? Series edited by Danielle DuRant. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007. Link
  7. Loving Wisdom: Christian Philosophy of Religion. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2007. Link
  8. When God Goes to Starbucks: A Guide to Everyday Apologetics. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. Link
    » Korean translation. Contracted in March 2009.
  9. “True For You, But Not for Me”: Overcoming Common Objections to Christian Faith. Completely revised and expanded second edition. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2009. Link
  10. Is God a Moral Monster? The New Atheists and the Strange World of Old Testament Ethics. Forthcoming, Baker, Fall 2010.

II. EDITED BOOKS

  1. Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? A Debate Between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. Contributions from William Lane Craig, John Dominic Crossan, Ben Witherington, Craig Blomberg, Marcus Borg, and Robert Miller. Link
    • Translation into Korean (contracted November 2003).
    • Translation into Spanish (July 2005): Un Supulcro Vacío (Madrid).

  2. (With Ronald K. Tacelli): Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or Figment? A Debate on the Resurrection Between William Lane Craig and Gerd Lüdemann. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, Fall 2000. Contributions from William Lane Craig, Gerd Lüdemann, Stephen Davis, Robert Gundry, Roy Hoover, and Michael Goulder. Link
    • Contracted for electronic version with Logos Research Systems (January 2007).

  3. (With Craig A. Evans): Who Was Jesus? A Jewish-Christian Discussion. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Contributions from William Lane Craig, Peter Zaas, Herb Basser, Carsten Claussen, Bruce Chilton, Jacob Neusner, Craig Evans, Donald Hagner, and Scot McKnight. Link
  4. (With Paul K. Moser): The Rationality of Theism. London: Routledge, 2003. Contributions by William P. Alston, Paul K. Moser, David Clark, Stephen Davis, Robin Collins, Charles Taliaferro, J.P. Moreland, William Lane Craig, Douglas Geivett, Francis Beckwith, Robert Koons. Link
  5. (With Stan Wallace and Scott Luley): Philosophy: Christian Approaches in the New Millennium. Dallas/Atlanta: CLM/RZIM, 2003. Contributions from J.P. Moreland, R. Douglas Geivett, J. Budziszewski, Alister McGrath, Ravi Zacharias, Paul Copan, and Stan Wallace. Link
  6. (With Scott Luley and Stan Wallace), Science: Christian Approaches in the New Millennium. Dallas/Atlanta: CLM/RZIM, 2003. Contributions from Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, Walter Bradley, Wesley D. Allen, Alvin Plantinga, Robert Kaita, and Tim Downs. Link
  7. General editor, RZIM Critical Question Booklet Series in philosophy and apologetics (1999 - 2003). Contributors to the series include noted philosophers, biblical scholars, and theologians: Paul K. Moser, William Lane Craig, J. P. Moreland, Charles Taliaferro, Mark Linville, Darrell Bock, Scot McKnight, Paul Chamberlain, Klaus Issler, David Clark, James Beilby. Link
  8. (With Chad Meister) The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion. London: Routledge, 2007. Contributors include John Koller, Jerome Gellman, Terence Penelhum, John Hick, Ian Markham, Bernd Magnus, Ruth Anna Putnam, Edward Wierenga, Linda Zagzebski, Richard Gale, Bede Rundle, E.J. Lowe, Kai Nielsen, Michael Ruse, John Cobb, Peter Byrne, Craig Evans, Charles Taliaferro, Jay Wood, John Greco, Merold Westphal, Gordon Graham, Mikael Stenmark, Louis Dupré, etc. Link
  9. (With Chad Meister) Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues. Cambridge: Blackwell, 2007. Contributors include René van Woudenberg, John Caputo, Pamela Sue Anderson, John Polkinghorne, Paul K. Moser, Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper, Quentin Smith, Robin Le Poidevin, etc. Link
  10. (With J.P. Moreland, Ted Cabal, Ray Clendenen, Chad Brand) Apologetics Study Bible: A Guide to Defending the Christian Faith. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2007. Link

  11. (With William Lane Craig) Passionate Conviction: Contemporary Discourses on Apologetics. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2007. Link

III. ARTICLES, CHAPTERS, ENTRIES, ETC.

  1. “Is Creatio ex nihilo a Post-Biblical Invention? A Response to Gerhard May’s Proposal,” Trinity Journal 17 NS (Spring 1996): 77-93.
  2. “The Presumptuousness of Atheism.” Christian Research Journal (Spring 1996): 8.
  3. “Correspondence or Coherence?: The Truth About Kant,” Dialogue 40 (October 1997): 10-18.
  4. "Augustine and the Scandal of the North African Catholic Mind,” Journal of the Evangelical Philosophical Society 41 (June 1998): 287-95.
  5. “Introduction” in Paul Copan, ed., Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? A Debate Between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998).
  6. Is Everything Really Relative? Examining the Assumptions of Relativism and the Culture of Truth Decay. Atlanta: RZIM, 1999. (This is a booklet on relativism for undergraduate university audience)
    Czech translation completed 2003: Je vsechno opravdu relativní?
  7. “Is Michael Martin a Moral Realist? Sic et Non.” Philosophia Christi NS 1/2 (1999): 45-72.
  8. “Atheistic Goodness Revisited: A Personal Reply to Michael Martin,” Philosophia Christi NS 2/1 (2000): 91-104.
  9. “Introduction” (with Ron Tacelli) in Paul Copan and Ronald K. Tacelli, ed., Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or Figment? A Debate on the Resurrection Between William Lane Craig and Gerd Lüdemann (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 7-28.
  10. “Jonathan Edwards’ Philosophical Influences: Lockean or Malebranchean?” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 44 (March 2001): 107-24.
  11. “Who Are You To Judge Others? In Defense of Making Moral Judgments.” Areopagus Journal 1/3 (July 2001): 30-35.
  12. “Preface” and “Introduction” in Who Was Jesus? A Jewish-Christian Discussion (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001), vii-viii, 1-11.
  13. (With William Lane Craig), “Craftsman or Creator? An Examination of the Mormon Doctrine of Creation and a Defense of Creatio ex Nihilo” (with William Lane Craig) in The New Mormon Challenge, ed. Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, and Paul Owen(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002), 95-152.
  14. “Introduction” (with Paul K. Moser) in Paul Copan and Paul K. Moser, ed., The Rationality of Theism (London: Routledge, 2003), 1-14.
  15. “The Moral Argument” in Paul Copan and Paul K. Moser, ed., The Rationality of Theism (London: Routledge, 2003), 149-74.
    Reprinted in Chad V. Meister, ed. The Philosophy of Religion Reader (London: Routledge, 2007).
  16. “Christophobia: Confronting the Problem of Religious Discrimination on Campus.” Christian Research Journal 26/1 (July 2003): 42-50.
  17. “How Can God Be Three and One?” Apologia 1/3 (July-September 2003): 16-22. (Published in India).
  18. “Human Nature and the Search for God” in Copan, Wallace, and Luley, ed., Philosophy: Christian Approaches in the New Millennium (Dallas/Atlanta: CLM/RZIM, 2003), 149-68.
  19. “Christian Philosophy and Original Sin.” Philosophia Christi, New Series, 5/2 (2003): 519-34.
  20. “A Moral Argument” in Francis Beckwith, William Lane Craig, and J. P. Moreland, eds., To Every One An Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview: Essays in Honor of Norman L. Geisler (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2004), 108-23.
  21. “Influential Books” entry in Indelible Ink, ed. Scott Larsen (Waterbrook Press, 2003).
  22. “Morality and Meaning Without God: Another Failed Attempt.” Philosophia Christi New Series 6/2 (2004): 295-304.
  23. “David Hume and the Moral Argument” in In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment, ed. Douglas R. Groothuis and James R. Sennett (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005), 200-25.
  24. “The Days of Creation: An Old-Earth View” (a dialogue with Dr. John MacArthur, who will take the young-earth position). Areopagus Journal 5/2 (March-April 2005): 15, 17, 19.

  25. “Creation ex Nihilo or ex Materia? A Critique of theMormon Doctrine of Creation.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 9/2 (Summer 2005): 32-54.
  26. “The Necessity of God”: Critical review of Michael Martin and Ricki Monnier, eds., The Impossibility of God (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus, 2003). Forthcoming in the Christian Research Journal 28/3 (2005): 46-48.
  27. “Divine Narcissism? A Further Defense of God’s Humility,” Philosophia Christi n.s. 8 (January 2006): 313-325.
  28. “The Moral Argument” in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, eds. Paul Copan and Chad Meister. London: Routledge, 2007.
  29. “The Moral Argument” in Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues, eds. Paul Copan and Chad Meister. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.
  30. Interview for chapter in Lee Strobel, The Case for the Real Jesus. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007
  31. “Why Science Can’t Explain Morality.” Critical Review of Michael Shermer, The Science of Good and Evil (New York: Owl Books, 2004). Christian Research Journal 29/6 (2006): 44-6.
  32. “Natural Law” in Apologetics Study Bible (ASB). Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006. Other entries include: “The Moral Argument”; “Naturalism vs. Theism”; “Relativism”; “Tolerance”; “Religion and Culture”; “Making Moral Judgments”; “Reincarnation”; “The Use of the Old Testament in the New”; “Hell and the Justice of God”; “The Bible and Harmonization”; “The Bible and Interpretation”; “God’s Necessary Self-Existence.”
  33. “God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality” in The Future of Atheism: Alister McGrath and Daniel Dennett in Dialogue, ed. Robert Stewart. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008. Pages 146-61.
  34. “Religious Experience, the Brain, and God.” Forthcoming in the Christian Research Journal.
  35. “Evil and the Justice of God: A Response to N.T. Wright,” Philosophia Christi (forthcoming).
  36. “The New Testament’s Reliability in Light of Old Testament Ethics,” in The New Testament’s Reliability, ed. Robert Stewart. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, forthcoming.

IV. REVIEWS

  1. All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes by Kenneth Myers, (Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books). Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship Bulletin (February 1994).
  2. The Myth of Certainty by Daniel Taylor (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992). Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship Bulletin (April 1994).
  3. Twilight of a Great Civilization by Carl F.H. Henry, (Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 1987). Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship Bulletin (April 1994).
  4. Reasonable Faith: Basic Christian Apologetics by Winfried Corduan (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1993). Trinity Journal NS 15 (Fall 1994): 266-69.
  5. The Savior of Science by Stanley L. Jaki (Washington: Regnery, 1988). Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship Bulletin (January/February 1995): 20-21.
  6. Gods of This Age or God of the Ages? by Carl F.H. Henry (Nashville: Broadman
    & Holman, 1994). Trinity Journal 16 NS (Spring 1995): 120-23.
  7. The Left Hand of Creation: The Origin and Evolution of the Expanding Universe by John Barrow and Joseph Silk (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 47/2 (June 1995): 136.
  8. The Origin of the Universe and the Origin of Religion by Fred Hoyle (Moyer Bell Press, 1993). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 47 (September 1995): 210-211.
  9. Creatio ex Nihilo: The Doctrine of ‘Creation out of Nothing’ in Early Christian Thought by Gerhard May, (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 47 (September 1995): 208-209.
  10. Models for Scripture by John Goldingay (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994). Trinity Journal 16 NS (Fall 1995): 255-259.
  11. Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli, (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994). Christian Scholar’s Review 24 (1995): 374-76.
  12. The Christ: A Critical Review of the Evidence of His Existence John E. Remsberg, (Prometheus Press, 1994). Perspectives in Science and the Christian Faith 47 (December 1995): 279-80.
  13. The Creation Hypothesis edited by J.P. Moreland (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38 (December 1995): 622-4.
  14. River out of Eden by Richard Dawkins (New York: Basic, 1995). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 48 (March 1996): 57.
  15. Making Sense of Your Freedom by James Felt (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1994). Review of Metaphysics 49 (March 1996): 651-3.
  16. Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus edited by Michael J. Wilkins and J.P. Moreland (Zondervan, 1995). Trinity Journal 17 NS (Spring 1996): 98-101.
  17. In the Beginning by John Gribbin, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 48 (June 1996): 120.
  18. Creation and Time by Hugh Ross (Colorado Springs: Navpress, 1994). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39 (June 1996): 307-8.
  19. Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus by William Lane Craig (Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1989). Evangelical Quarterly 68 (July 1996): 247-8.
  20. God, the Big Bang, and Stephen Hawking: An Exploration into Origins by David Wilkerson (Monarch, 1993). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 48 (December 1996): 261.
  21. Genesis Unbound: A Provocative New Look at the Creation Account by John H. Sailhamer (Multnomah, 1996). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 49 (March 1997): 64-5.
  22. God Without the Supernatural: A Defense of Scientific Theism by Peter Forrest (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996). Perspectives in Science and the Christian Faith 49 (June 1997): 129-30.
  23. The Nature of Space and Time by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1996). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 49 (September 1997): 203.
  24. Reasoning and Rhetoric in Religion by Nancey C. Murphey, (Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 1994). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40 (September 1997): 496-9.
  25. The Christian Doctrine of God: One Being, Three Persons by Thomas F. Torrance, (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996). Trinity Journal 18 (Fall 1997): 245-49.
  26. The Trinity in a Pluralistic Age edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997). Trinity Journal 18 (Fall 1997): 249-52.
  27. God, Philosophy, and Academic Culture edited by William J. Wainwright (Atlanta: Scholar’s Press, 1996). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 50 (March 1998): 70-1.
  28. Religion and Creation by Keith Ward (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996). Christian Scholar’s Review 27 (Spring 1998): 363-4.
  29. God and the Philosophers edited by Thomas V. Morris (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995). Review of Metaphysics 50 (June 1997): 910-11.
  30. Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics by William Lane Craig, (Crossway Books, 1994). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41 (December 1998): 667-8.
  31. A Companion to Philosophy of Religion edited by Philip Quinn and Charles Taliaferro Review of Metaphysics 52 (December 1999): 474-5.
  32. Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits by John D. Barrow, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 51 (December 1999): 275-76.
  33. The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions by N.T. Wright and Marcus Borg (San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1999). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 44/2 (June 2001): 338-341.
  34. Warranted Christian Belief by Alvin Plantinga, (Oxford University Press, 1999). The Review of Metaphysics 54 (June 2001): 939-41.
  35. Is the Bible True? by Jeffery L. Sheler (San Francisco/Grand Rapids: Harper San Francisco/Zondervan, 2000). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 53/3 (September 2001): 215-16.
  36. Jesus the Miracle Worker by Graham H. Twelftree (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 44/2 (June 2001): 336-38.
  37. Truth Decay by Douglas Groothuis (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2000). Philosophia Christi NS 3/2 (2001): 598-602.
  38. Body and Soul by J.P. Moreland and Scott Rae (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2000). Review of Metaphysics 55 (September 2001): 151-3.
  39. The Tensed Theory of Time by William Lane Craig (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2000). Review of Metaphysics 55 (December 2001): 384-5.
  40. The Tenseless Theory of Time by William Lane Craig (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2000). Review of Metaphysics 55 (December 2001): 386-8.
  41. Gordon Graham, Evil and Christian Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001). Philosophia Christi 4/2 (2002): 542-6.
  42. Nature, Design and Science: The Status of Design in Natural Science by Del Ratzsch (Albany: SUNY Press, 2001). Perspectives in Science and the Christian Faith 54/4 (December 2002): 278-9.
  43. "Rediscovering Apologetics," Leadership Journal (Fall 2008): 61.
  44. God, Time, and Eternity by William Lane Craig (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2001). Review of Metaphysics 56 (2003): 639-40.
  45. Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity by William Lane Craig (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2001). Review of Metaphysics 56 (2003): 640-2.
  46. Real Ethics by John M. Rist (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002). Faith and Philosophy 20/4 (October 2003): 509-12.
  47. Naturalism: A Critical Analysis edited by William Lane Craig and J.P. Moreland (London: Routledge, 2000). Christian Scholar’s Review 34/1 (Fall 2004): 141-3.
  48. Blackwell Guide to Continental Philosophy, edited byDavid Sherman and Robert Solomon (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2003). Review of Metaphysics 58/3 (2005).
  49. Does God Exist? A Debate, edited by Stan W. Wallace. (Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2003). Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 57/2 (June 2005): 157-8.
  50. “Atheism from Dawn to Dusk”: Review of Alister McGrath, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World (New York: Doubleday, 2004). Christian Research Journal 28/4 (2005): 47.
  51. Brad Stetson and Joseph Conti, The Truth About Tolerance (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005). Journal of Church and State 47 (Autumn 2005): 874-5.
  52. Mark Whorton, Peril in Paradise (Waynesboro, GA: Authentic Media, 2005). Forthcoming in Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith.

  53. John E. Hare, God and Morality: A Philosophical History (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007). Forthcoming in Philosophia Christi.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND INTEREST:

  • Philosophy of religion
  • Epistemology
  • History of philosophy (esp. Modern Philosophy)
  • Ethics
  • Biblical Studies
  • Religious Studies
  • Metaphysics
  • Religious Pluralism
  • Postmodernism
  • The Problem of Evil

COURSES TAUGHT:

  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Critical Thinking
  • World Religions/Religious Pluralism
  • Truth, Knowledge, and Postmodernism
  • The Problem of Evil
  • The History of Ideas
  • Philosophy of Science
  • The Coherence of Theism
  • Christian Apologetics
  • Biblical Worldview
  • New Religious Movements

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Society of Christian Philosophers, 1986 - .
  • Evangelical Theological Society, 1995 - .
  • Evangelical Philosophical Society, 1997 - .
  • American Philosophical Association, 2002 - .
  • American Catholic Philosophical Association, 1999 - .
  • Society of Biblical Literature (and American Academy of Religion), 1999 - .
  • American Philosophical Association, 2003 - .

LECTURES, SEMINARS, PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

  • Seminar Session, “Religious Pluralism.” Bringing Truth Home Conference. Elmbrook Church (Brookfield, WI), 14-15 February 1997.
  • Apologetics Training Seminar, Hilton Head (SC), 23-26 September 1999.
  • Faculty Colloquium, “Illiberal Education and the Christian Faith,” Emory University (Atlanta, GA), 6 December 1999.
  • Lectures on “Relativism” and “The Historical Jesus,” Samford University (AL), 20-21 March 2000.
  • Faculty Colloquium, “Is God Necessary for Morality?” Lawrence University (WI), 6 April 2000.
  • “Truth, Knowledge, and Postmodernism,” State University of New York—Oswego, 6 February 2001.
  • “God and the Psychology of Religion,” Veritas Forum, Harvard University (MA), April 2001.
  • “Can There Be a Naturalistic Ethic?” Philosophy Colloquium, Boston College Philosophy Department (MA), 5 April 2001
  • “The Problem of Evil,” University of Kentucky (KY), 27 Sept. 2001.
  • Staley Lectures, LeTourneau University (TX), October 2001
  • 2002 Choice Lecture Series, Kennesaw State University (GA), April 2002
  • Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, May 2002 (“Religious Perspectives on War and Aggression”)
  • Peter Bailley Lecture,Knox College (IL), September 2002
  • Philosophy Department Colloquium, Boston College (MA), September 2002
  • Colloquium Series, “Relativism and Perspectivism,” Gainesville College (GA), October 2002
  • Ethics in the 21st Century, Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK), November 2002
  • Forum of Thought at various universities in Moscow (Moscow State University, Moscow Friendship University, etc.), October 2002
  • TFC Lectures, Toccoa Falls College (GA), 24-6 March 2003.
  • “To Err Is Humean: David Hume and the Moral Argument.” Paper presented at the Evangelical Philosophical Society meeting, Atlanta (GA), 19 November 2004.
  • Set Forth Your Case (EPS conference), Atlanta (GA), 20-22 November 2004.
  • Staley Lectures, Columbia International University (SC), 13-16 April 2004.
  • “Creation ex Nihilo: A Biblical and Extrabiblical Exploration.” Paper presented at the Evangelical Philosophical Society Meeting, San Antonio (TX), 17 November 2004.
  • “The Moral Argument,” To Everyone an Answer (EPS conference), San Antonio (TX), 18-20 November 2004.
  • Whitefield Academy Lecture, Atlanta (GA), 24 January 2005.
  • Alliance Theological Seminary (course lectures), 6-9 May 2005.
  • Areopagus Forum, Atlanta (GA), 10 May 2006.
  • Dare to Defend Conference, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 15-16 September 2005.
  • Perryville Church Conference, Perryville (RI), 25-7 October 2005.
  • “Of Mice and Men: A Christian Perspective on Animal Rights.” Paper presented at the Evangelical Philosophical Society Meeting, Valley Forge (PA), 16 November 2005.
  • “The Question of the Canaanites,” Reason for the Hope Within (EPS Conference), Valley Forge (PA), 17-19 November 2005.
  • Alliance Theological Seminary (course lectures), Jan. 2006.
  • “The Case for God,” Areopagus Forum, Atlanta (GA), 22-23 Sept. 2006.
  • James D. Strauss Lectures, “Evil and the Cross of Christ,” Lincoln Christian College/Seminary, Lincoln (IL), October 2006.
  • “Getting by with a Little Help from Our Naturalistic Friends: The Greater Explanatory Power of Theism,” Evangelical Philosophical Society meeting, Washington DC, November 2006.
  • “Evil and the Justice of God: A Response to N.T. Wright,” American Academy of Religion, Washington DC, November 2006.
  • “God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality,” Greer-Heard Forum conference, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans (LA), February 2007.
  • “Is Yahweh a Moral Monster? Navigating Old Testament Ethics” Evangelical Philosophical Society meeting, San Diego (CA), November 2007.
  • “Making Sense of the Incarnation,” Reasonable Faith in an Uncertain World (EPS) conference. San Diego (CA), November 2007.
  • “New Testament Reliability in Light of Old Testament Ethics,” Greer-Heard Forum, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans (LA), April 2008.

OTHER INVOLVEMENTS:

  • Board of Contributors, Christian Research Journal (2006 - ).
  • Staley Series Lecturer (2001 - ).
  • Evangelical Philosophical Society, Executive Committee Member (1998 - ).
    • Evangelical Philosophical Society
      • Vice President (2002 - 2005).
      • President (2006 - ).
  • Salvo Magazine:Board of Editorial Advisors (2000 - )
  • San Diego Christian Forum: Board of Advisors (2000 - )
  • Editorial reviewer, Philosophia Christi.
  • Board member of PEER Servants: an all-volunteer organization based in the Boston area to raise funds (around $200,000 per year) for micro-enterpise development (MED) loans for the poor in developing nations. Presently working in Nigeria, Mexico, Peru, India, Thailand, Haiti, etc.http://www.peerservants.org/
  • International Institute for Christian Studies: Member, Board of Advisors http://www.iics.com/