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CURRENT POSITION

• Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Spring Hill College; Atlanta, GA; 2006-present

• Humanities Instructor, Governor’s Program for Gifted Children (Louisiana); 1999-2000

• Adjunct Prof. of Philosophy, Indian River Community College; Stuart, FL; 1993-1995

• Graduate Teaching Assistant in Philosophy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; 1986-89

• Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Nebraska; Lincoln, NE; 1990

• M.A. in Philosophy, University of Nebraska; 1987

• M.Div. in Old Testament, Cum Laude, Lincoln Christian Seminary; Lincoln, IL; 1981

• A.B. in Ministry, Summa Cum Laude, Atlanta Christian College; East Point, GA; 1977

• Theology and the New Physics. 1998 Pew Charitable Trusts Seminar, under the direction of John Polkinghorne. Calvin College.

• Knowledge, Teaching, and Wisdom. 1993 NEH Summer Institute, under the direction of Keith Lehrer and Nicholas Smith. University of California-Berkeley.

• Epistemic Warrant. 1989 Wheaton College Summer Seminar for Younger Philosophers, under the direction of Alvin Plantinga.

• Philosophy of religion

• Epistemology & metaphysics

• The philosophy of Alvin Plantinga

• Science and religion

• The history of ideas

• Contemporary analytic philosophy

• Logic and critical thinking

• Ethics

• Philosophy of mind

• History of philosophy

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PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS (Author)

• The Reluctant Disciple: A Postmodern Apologetic. Completed manuscript; seeking publisher.

• Modality, Probability, and Rationality: A Critical Examination of Alvin Plantinga's Philosophy. New York: Peter Lang, 1992.

• In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment (with Douglas Groothuis). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005.

• The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.

• "Bare Bones Inclusivism and the Implications of Romans 1:20." Evangelical Quarterly 77 (2004): 309-319.

• "From Narnia to Hogwarts: A Christian Perspective on Fantasy Literature." Stone-Campbell Journal 7 (2004): 29-56.

• "Stopping Hume’s Stopper: A Rejection of a Traditional Attack on Natural Theology." Stone-Campbell Journal 5 (2002): 207-16.

• "The Inefficient God: A Rebuttal of Quentin Smith’s Atheistic Anthropic Argument." Philosophia Christi 4 (2002): 455-66.

• "Is There Freedom in Heaven?" Faith and Philosophy 16 (1999): 69-82.

• "Direct Justification and Universal Sanction." Journal of Philosophical Review 23 (1998): 257-287.

• "Requiem for an Android? A Response to Lillegard." Cross Currents 46 (1996): 195-215.

• "Christianity, Education, and the Image of God" (in Russian). Christianity, Humanism, Health: Proceedings from the First International Symposium (Sumferopol, Ukraine) (1995): 32-38.

• "Theism and Other Minds: On the Falsifiability of Non-Theories." Topoi, 14.2 (1995): 149-160.

• "Is God Essentially God?" Religious Studies 30 (1994): 295-303.

• "The Inscrutable Evil Defense Against the Inductive Argument from Evil." Faith and Philosophy 10 (1993): 220-229.

• "Toward a Compatibility Theory for Internalist and Externalist Epistemologies." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 52.3 (1992): 641-655.

• "Why Think There Are Any True Counterfactuals of Freedom?" International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 32 (1992): 105-116.

• "Reformed Epistemology and Epistemic Duty." Logos 12 (1991): 123-137.

• "The Free Will Defense and Determinism." Faith and Philosophy 8 (1991): 340-353

• "God and Possible Words: On What There Must Be." Southern Journal of Philosophy 27 (1989): 285-297.

• "Universe Indexed Properties and the Fate of the Ontological Argument." Religious Studies 27 (1991): 65-79.

• "Brandt’s Search for Rational Desires." Auslegung 14 (1988): 160-170.

• "Alvin Plantinga." In The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 5, ed. Graham Oppy and Nick Trakakis. Chesham, UK: Acumen (forthcoming).

• "The Citizen Kane Mutiny: What Hollywood Knows and Will Never Admit about Life, Love, and Human Relationships." In Faith, Film, and Philosophy: Christian Reflections on Contemporary Film, ed. James S. Spiegel and R. Douglas Geivett. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity (forthcoming).

• "A Line Worth Walking: June Carter Cash and the Power of Love." In Johnny Cash and Philosophy, ed. John Huss and David Werther. Chicago: Open Court (forthcoming).

• "‘Worthy of a Better God’: Religious Diversity and Salvation in The Chronicles of Narnia." In The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy, ed. Jerry Walls and Gregory Bassham, 231-44. Chicago: Open Court, 2005.

• "Hume’s Stopper and the Natural Theology Project." In In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Reassessment, ed. James F. Sennett and Douglas Groothuis, 82-104. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005.

• "Hume’s Legacy and the Future of Natural Theology" (with Douglas Groothuis). In In Defense of Natural Theology (see above entry), 9-18.

• "Reformed Epistemology and the Rationality of Theistic Belief." In God Matters, ed. Ray Martin and Chris Barnard, 219-31. New York: Longman, 2003.

• "The Analytic Theist: An Analysis and Appreciation." In The Analytic Theist: A Collection of Alvin Plantinga’s Works in Philosophy of Religion, ed. James F. Sennett, x-xvii. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998.

• "The Cogito Meets the Imago: The Image of God and the Concept of a Person." In Taking Every Thought Captive: Essays in Honor of James D. Strauss, ed. John Castelein and Richard A. Knopp, 327-54. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1997.

• "Who Are You Going to Believe – Me or Your Own Eyes? The Place of Testimony in Knowledge Acquisition." In Knowledge, Teaching, and Wisdom, ed. K. Lehrer, B. J. Lum. B. A. Slichta, and N. D. Smith, 177-85. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1996.

• "Plantinga, Alvin." In Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, ed. John Shook. Bristol, Eng.: Thoemmes, 2005.

• "Providence." Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.

• "Plantinga, Alvin." In Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2^nd edition, ed. Robert Audi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

• Turner, Denys. Faith, Reason, and the Existence of God. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, July 2005. Available online.

• Moreland, J. P., and William Lane Craig. Philosophical Foundations of a Christian Worldview. Stone/Campbell Journal 7 (2005).

• O’Connor, David. Hume On Religion. Philosophia Christi 6 (2004): 139-44.

• Chouinard, Larry, et al., eds. Christian Ethics: The Issues of Life and Death. Stone/Cambell Journal 7 (2004): 272-3.

• Boyd, Gregory. Satan and the Problem of Evil. Stone/Campbell Journal 6 (2003): 283-4.

• Polkinghorne, John. Traffic in Truth: Exchanges between Science and Theology. Stone/Campbell Journal 6 (2003): 278-9.

• Stackhouse, John G. No Other Gods Before Me? Evangelicals and the Challenge of World Religions. Stone/Campbell Journal 6 (2003): 119-20.

• Plantinga, Alvin. Warrant and Belief in God. Stone/Campbell Journal 5 (2002): 274-5.

• Ruse, Michael. Can a Darwinian Be a Christian? The Relationship between Science and Religion. Theology Forum Brief no. 10 (Spring 2002): 2-3.

• Jaki, Stanley. The Savior of Science. Stone/Campbell Journal 4 (2001): 272-273.

• McGrath, Alister E. T. F. Torrance: An Intellectual Biography. Stone/Campbell Journal 4 (2001): 276-277.

• Webb, Stephen. Taking Religion to School: Christian Theology and Secular Education. Christian Scholars Review 31 (2001):124-6.

• Polkinghorne, John. Belief in God in an Age of Science. Stone/Campbell Journal 2 (1999): 122-123.

• Geivett, R. Douglas, and Gary R. Habermas, editors. In Defense of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God’s Action in History. Stone/Campbell Journal 1 (1998):109-110.

• Dewey Hoitenga, Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: A History of Reformed Epistemology. Faith and Philosophy 11 (1994): 342-348.

• Maurice Wiles, Christian Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue. Buddhist-Christian Studies 14 (1994): 291-295.

• Anthony Kenny, What is Faith? Essays in the Philosophy of Religion. Theology Today, 50 (1993): 326-330.

• Michael Martin, Atheism. APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, Fall 1993.

• Antony Flew, God: A Critique, 2nd ed. APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, Fall 1992.

• William Rowe and William Wainwright, Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, 2nd edition. APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, Fall 1990.

• Laurence BonJour, The Structure of Empirical Knowledge. APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy. Spring 1989.

• Richard Foley, The Theory of Epistemic Rationality. APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy. Spring 1989.

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PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

• "The Existence of God: New Answers to an Ancient Question"
  McNeese State University Honors Program Lecture Series, 2007

• "From Narnia to Hogwarts: A Christian Perspective on Fantasy Literature"
  Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, 2004
  North American Christian Convention Theological Forum, 2003

• "Open Theism: Clearing Up Confusions and Cutting to the Chase
  Lincoln Christian College "Offerings" Series, 2004

• "‘Beyond a Reasonable Doubt’: What It Isn’t; What It Is"
  Certification Training Conference, Association of Certified Cruelty Investigators, 2001

• "Two Anthropic Arguments: The Search for God in Modern Cosmology"
  Calvin College Conference in Theology and the New Physics, 1999

• "The Analytic Theist: An Introduction to Alvin Plantinga’s Philosophy of Religion"
  McNeese State University Banners Series Presentation, 1999

• "Epistemology and the Scientific Method"
  Louisiana Science Teacher Association Conference, 1998

• "The Epistemological Status of Testimony"
  Florida International University Philosophy Colloquium, 1993

• "Is God Essentially God? A Response to William Rowe"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Meetings, 1990

• "Legitimate Hearing and Honest Rejection: Inclusivism and the Puzzle of Evangelistic Encounter."
  Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, 2006

• "Bare Bones Inclusivism: Exorcising the Demons of a Debate"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Regional Meetings, 2005
  Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, 2005

• "Hick the Inclusivist: Religious Pluralism as Unstable Middle Ground"
  Evangelical Theological Society Midwest Meeting, 2004
  Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Regional Meetings, 2004

• "How Libertarianism Entails Open Theism (And Why That’s Okay)"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Eastern Regional Meetings, 2003

• "Semi-Existentialism: A Postmodern Apologetic"
  Evangelical Philosophical Association National Meetings, 2003
  Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, 2003

• "A Romans 1 Argument for Religious Inclusivism"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Regional Meetings, 2002

• "‘For All Find What They Truly Seek’: C. S. Lewis and Religious Inclusivism"
  Evangelical Philosophical Association National Meetings, 2002

• "What’s the Problem with the Problem of Evil?"
  Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, 2002

• "Level Confusions and Epistemic Justification"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Mountain-Plains Conference, 2001

• "Stopping Hume’s Stopper: A Rejection of a Traditional Attack on Natural Theology"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Mountain-Plains Conference, 2000

• "The Inefficient God: A Rebuttal of Quentin Smith’s Atheistic Anthropic Argument"
  Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meetings, 1999

• "The Cosmological Argument and the Principle of Sufficient Reason"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Mid-West Regional Meetings, 1998
  Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meetings, 1998

• "Mind, Cosmology, and Causation: A Defense of Rational Theism"
  Interdisciplinary Conference on Naturalism, Theism, and the Scientific Enterprise; University of Texas, 1997

• "The Lord Moves In Mysterious Ways: The Dilemma of Divine Providence"
  American Philosophical Association Central Meetings, 1997
  Evangelical Philosophical Society, 1996

• "Why Relativism Can’t Solve the Abortion Problem"
  Louisiana State Philosophy Convention, 1996
  McNeese State University Philosophy Club, 1996

• "The Ice Man Cometh: Lt. Commander Data and the Turing Test."
  Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meetings, 1996
  Louisiana State Philosophy Convention, 1995

• "Abortion and Fetal Personhood: Some Guidelines for Effective Debate"
  Theta Alpha Sigma (PBA Faculty Research Forum), 1995

• "Theism and Other Minds: On the Falsifiability of Non-Theories"
  Florida Philosophical Association Meetings, 1994

• "The Epistemological Status of Testimony"
  Florida Philosophical Association Meetings, 1993

• "Universal Sanction and Direct Justification"
  NEH Institute: Knowledge, Teaching, and Wisdom, 1993

• "Is God Essentially God?"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Eastern Meetings, 1993

• "Is There Freedom in Heaven?"
  American Philosophical Association Eastern Meetings, 1992
  Society of Christian Philosophers Intermountain Meetings, 1992

• "Reformed Epistemology and Epistemic Duty"
  American Academy of Religion Pacific Northwest Meetings, 1991

• "Free Actions as Sui Generis Events: A Defense of Libertarianism"
  Northwest Conference on Philosophy, 1991

• "Some Reasons to Reject True Counterfactuals of Freedom"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Meetings, 1990

• "Religious Experience and Social Endorsement"
  Wheaton Summer Seminar for Younger Philosophers, 1989

• "The Free Will Defense and Determinism"
  University of Illinois Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, 1989

• "Toward a Compatibility Theory for Internalist and Externalist Epistemologies"
  University of Illinois Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, 1990

• "Deduction and the Evidence Base Model of Justification"
  American Philosophical Association Central Meetings, 1989
  Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Meetings, 1988
  Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, 1988

• "Universe Indexed Properties and the Fate of the Ontological Argument"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Meetings, 1989

• "God and Possible Worlds: On What There Must Be"
  University of Illinois Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, 1988

• "On Proper Basicality and Basic Sources of Justification"
  Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Meetings, 1987

• "Brandt's Search for Rational Desires"
  University of Illinois Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, 1987

• "The Lord of the Rings: Where Do We Go from Here?"
  North American Christian Convention Contemporary Culture Forum, 2004

• "Just Wars, Justified Wars, and Wars for Justice"
  Conference on Peace and Justice, Mennonite Church of Normal, IL, 2003

• "The Worldview Shopping Mall: Preparing Today’s Youth for Life After High School."
  WorldviewEyes Summer Youth Minister Seminar Lincoln Christian Seminary, 2001

• "Science AND Religion??"
  WorldviewEyes Summer High School Seminar, Lincoln Christian Seminary, 2001-03.

• "Dr. John Dominic Crossan: An Introduction."
  McNeese State Banners Series, 2001

• "Dr. Philip Clayton: An Introduction."
  McNeese State Banners Series, 2000

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 

• Introduction to Philosophy (PH 205), 2 sections

• World Religions (PH 207), 2 sections

• Organizational Ethics (PH 501/BUS 530) -- online

• Theological Foundations (Philosophical Theology) (THL 589)

• Old Testament Survey (THL 231)

• Epistemology (TH 808/AP 808)

• Contemporary Christian Philosophy (TH 620) (2 sections)

• Philosophy of Religion (PH 487) (2 sections)

• Foundational Issues of Western Thought (ID 312) (2 sections)

• Christian Responses to the Theory of Evolution (TH 899)

• Christianity and Evolution (ID 302a)

• Theology of a Christian Worldview (ID 390) (5 sections)

• Introduction to Worldviews (ID 101) (coordinator, 2 sections)

• Introduction to Worldviews (ID 101) (section leader, 2 sections)

• *Interdisciplinary Studies I: The Ancient World (ID 201) (4 sections)

• *Interdisciplinary Studies II: Medieval World and the Renaissance (ID 202) (4 sections)

• *Interdisciplinary Studies III: The Modern World (ID 301) (4 sections)

• *Interdisciplinary Studies IV: The Contemporary World (ID 302) (4 sections)

  (*Team taught with professors in literature, arts, and history)

• Special Topics: Science and Religion (PHIL 481/581), 2 sections

• Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 412/512)

• Philosophy of Science (PHIL 411/511), 2 sections

• Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 341), 3 sections

• Formal Logic (PHIL 334)

• Metaphysics (PHIL 333)

• Contemporary Philosophy (PHIL 323)

• Decision Making and Ethical Choices (PHIL 251), 24 sections

• Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 201), 6 sections

• Critical Thinking (PHIL 102), 8 sections

• Elementary Logic (PHIL 101), 2 sections

• Introduction to Scientific Reasoning (HUMA 002)

• Introduction to Formal Logic (PHIL 001)

• Special Studies: Materialism in the Philosophy of Mind (PHL 3903)

• Epistemology (PHL 3083)

• Contemporary Philosophy (PHL 4173)

• Special Studies: Free Will and Determinism (PHL 3903)

• Art of Reasoning (Formal Logic) (PHL 3133), 2 sections

• Hebrew I (HEB 2113)

• *Interdisciplinary Studies III -- 1600-1900 (IST 2014), 3 sections

• *Interdisciplinary Studies IV -- 20th Century (IST 2024), 3 sections

• Interdisciplinary Studies V -- Non-Western Civilizations (IST 3012), 6 sections

• Interdisciplinary Studies VII -- Junior Seminar (IST 3032), 3 sections

• Interdisciplinary Studies VIII -- Senior Seminar (IST 4013), 6 sections

  (*Team taught with professors in literature and history)

• Introduction to Philosophy (HUM 1103), 5 sections

• Critical and Creative Thinking (PHL 1503), 4 sections

• Philosophical Issues (PHIL 101), 4 sections

• Rationality of Religious Belief (PHIL 305)

• Moral Philosophy (PHIL 125), 3 sections

• Ethical Theory (PHIL 225)

• Moral Problems (PHIL 226)

• Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 350), 2 sections

• Medieval Philosophy (PHIL 332)

• Prospects for War and Peace (Integrated Studies 222)

• Ethical Theory (PHIL 203)

• Philosophical Perspectives (PHIL 101)

• Philosophy and Current Issues (PHIL 106), 3 sections

• Introduction to Logic (PHIL 110)

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ACADEMIC SERVICE

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS

• Student Government Association Faculty Member of the Year, McNeese State University, 2001

• Pew Charitable Trusts Research Fellow, 1998-99.

• National Executive Committee, Society of Christian Philosophers; 1995-1997

• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Fellow; 1993

• Book publication grant, Pacific Lutheran University; Spring 1991

• University of Nebraska President's Research Fellow; 1989-90

• Hinman Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; 1987

• Delta Epsilon Chi (Honor Society, Association for Biblical Higher Education); 1977

• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges; 1976

Current

• American Philosophical Association

• Various seminar chair and response duties, 1990-present

• Society of Christian Philosophers

• Central Division Meetings Host and Coordinator, 2005

• Central Division Program Committee Member, 1997-2005

• National Executive Committee Member, 1995-1997

Former

• Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences

• Central States Philosophy Association

• Paper Respondent, 2001

• Disciples of Christ Historical Society

• Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology

• Manuscript Reviews for: Oxford University Press, Indiana University Press, Mayfield Publishing Company, InterVarsity Press, numerous journals

Lincoln Christian College and Seminary

• Directed Institutional Hosting of Society of Christian Philosophers Central Division, 2005

• Directed James D. Strauss Honorary Lectureship with Prof. Francis Beckwith, 2004

• NCACS Self-Study Sub-Committee on Mission, 2004-2005

• Student Advising, 2001-2004

• Master’s Thesis Supervisor, 2004

• Master’s Thesis Committee Member, 2002, 2004

• Strauss Lectureship Planning Committee, 2003-2004

• Seminary Ministry Mentor, 2002-2003

• Interdisciplinary Studies Restructure Committee, 2002

• General Education Scholarship Selection Committee, 2002

• Spiritual Formation Group Leader, 2001-2004

• Week of Evangelism Group Leader, 2001-2003

• Sponsor, LCCS Chess Club, 2001-2004

• Member, Technology Advancement for Students Committee (TASC), 1998-2001

• Oversight of campus visit by Prof. John Dominic Crossan, 2001

• Oversight of campus visit by Prof. Philip Clayton, 2000

• McNeese State Philosophy Club Co-Sponsor, 1996-2001

• Three colloquia for MSU Philosophy Club, 1996-2000

• Oversight of campus visit by Prof. Alvin Plantinga, 1999

• Search Committee Member for TASC Operations Coordinator, 2001

• Search Committee Member for TASC Technician Supervisor, 2000

• Social Sciences Department World Wide Web Master, 1996-1998

• Philosophy Curriculum Revision Committee, 1996

• Faculty Co-Sponsor for MSU Chess Club, 1995

• Secretary to the College Assembly; 1994-95

• College Assembly Professional Development Committee; 1994-95

• Arts and Sciences Vision Statement Task Force (chair and principal author); 1995

• School of Arts and Sciences Professional Development Committee; 1993-94

• Oversight of campus visit by Prof. Paul Draper; Oct. 1993

• Student Advising; 1993-95

• Faculty Marshall; 1994-95

• New Faculty Mentoring Program, 1994-95

• Faculty Co-Sponsor for "Chess at PBA" (PBA Chess Club); 1994-95

• Unified Studies Task Force: History and Culture; 1994-95

• College Assembly Interdisciplinary Programs Committee; 1992-95

• Faculty Sponsor for Arete (PBA philosophy club) (three colloquia); 1992-94

• Library Sub-Committee, Academic Support Committee; 1992-93

• Participation in Integrated Studies Program; Spring 1992

• Oversight of campus visit by Prof. Robert Audi; Sept. 1991

• Presentation to University Scholars Association; Feb. 1991

• Three colloquia for philosophy department; 1990-1992

• Student advising; 1991-92

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