Curriculum VitaeCharles TaliaferroDepartment of PhilosophySt. Olaf College1520 St. Olaf AvenueNorthfield, MN 55057 USAOffice: 507-786-3662; FAX: 507-786-3462; Home: 612-377-5116taliafer@stolaf.edu

EducationBrown University, MA, Ph.D. Philosophy 1984--Dissertation: “Cartesian Dualism” under Chisholm, Sosa, VanCleveHarvard University, Master of Theological Studies 1979University of Rhode Island, MA Philosophy 1977Goddard College, BA Philosophy and Literature 1975

Academic AppointmentsSt. Olaf College, 1985-present--Full Professor in 1998--Acting Chair, 1996--Chair, 2013 –Visiting Scholar, Bethel University, 2011-2012University of Oxford, Fellowship, Trinity Term (HMC), 2005Princeton University, Visiting Fellow, 1998-99New York University, Visiting Scholar, 1998-99Columbia University, Visiting Scholar, 1998-99University of Oxford, Faculty Visitor (Oriel College), 1991-1992University of Notre Dame, Instructor, 1984-1985University of Massachusetts (Boston), Instructor, 1982-1984Brown University, Teaching Fellow and Assistant, 1979-1984University of Rhode Island, Teaching Fellow and Assistant, 1975-1977

Fellowships, GrantsSt. Olaf College, sabbatical leave, 2011-2012Visiting Fellowship, St. John’s College, University of Durham (UK), Epiphany Term, 2010.

Residency was not possible due to family illness.Scots Philosophical Club (Scotland), Centenary Fellow, 2006St. Olaf College, Sabbatical leave, 2004-2005Templeton Grant, 2004-2006St. Olaf College, Sabbatical leave, 1998-99St. Olaf Grant, Faculty Tutorial, Summer 1997NSF, Under G. Comstock, #SBR-9254504, ISU Model Bioethics InstitutesSt. Olaf Grant, Research, Spring 1997Pew Foundation, Research, Summer 1995Pew Foundation & Brown University, Research, Summer 1993

National Endowment of the Humanities, Research, 1991-1992St. Olaf College, Sabbatical leave, 1991-92Bush Foundation, Research, Spring 1990Bush Foundation, Research, Summer 1987University of Notre Dame, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1984-1985Exxon Fellowship, Teaching Fellowship, 1982Brown University, University Fellowship, 1979-1980

Representative PublicationsBooks

The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, a six volume work. Senior co-editor with Stewart Goetz, in a project involving four Associate Editors and fifteen Advisory Editors.  Oxford and Boston: Wiley Blackwell Press, forthcoming.

A Cultural History of the Self, a six volume work. Senior co-editor with David Vessey. Bloomsberry, forthcoming.

Contemporary Philosophical Theology: An Introduction. Co-authored with Chad Meister. London: Routledge, forthcoming.

Investigating Philosophy of Religion. General co-editor with Chad Meister. Durham, UK: Acumen Press, forthcoming.

Provocateurs: Acumen Studies in Religion and Philosophy. General co-editor with Chad Meister. Durham, UK: Acumen Press, forthcoming.

The History of Evil in six volumes: Evil in Antiquity (volume one); Evil in the Middle Ages (volume two); Evil in the Early Modern Age (volume three); Evil in the 18th and 19th Centuries (volume four); Evil in the Early 20th Century (volume five); Evil from the Mid-20th Century to Today (volume six). Co-edited with Chad Meister. Durham, United Kingdom: Routledge, forthcoming.

Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology. Co-edited with Joshua Farris. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2015.

Understanding Darwin and Darwinian Understanding, Copenhagen University Discussions in Science and Religion, vol. 11. Co-edited with Anne Runehov, 2013.

The Routledge Companion to Theism. Co-edited with Victoria Harrison and Stewart Goetz. London: Routledge, 2012.

The Golden Cord: A Short Book on Eternity. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012.

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Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion. Co-edited with Jil Evans. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Aesthetics: A Beginners Guide. Oxford: Oneworld Press, 2011.

A Brief History of the Soul. Co-authored with Stewart Goetz. Oxford: Blackwell, 2011.

The Image in Mind. Co-authored with Jil Evans. London: Continuum Press, 2011.

A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. 2nd edition. Co-edited with Paul Draper. Oxford: Blackwell, 2010. Revised and expanded edition, 2011.

A Dictionary in Philosophy of Religion. Co-authored with Elsa Marty. London: Continuum Press, 2010.

The Cambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology. Co-edited with Chad Meister. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Philosophy of Religion: A Beginners Guide. Oxford: Oneworld Press, 2009.

Dialogues About God. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.

Naturalism. co-authored with Stewart Goetz. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2008.

Evidence and Faith; Philosophy and Religion Since the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. (Russian translation available.)

Cambridge Platonist Spirituality. Co-edited with Alison J. Tepley. New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2005. (Includes introduction and scholarly notes, preface by Joroslav Pelikean.)

Philosophy of Religion Reader. Co-edited with Paul Griffiths. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.

Contemporary Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1998.

A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. First Edition. Co-edited with Philip Quinn. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1997.

Consciousness and the Mind of God. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. (Released again in 2004.)

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Articles/Chapters in BooksThe following publication details will be added along with titles and dates:

Additional chapters and publications forthcoming in books or journals include essays on idealism, creativity, Kant, alternative concepts of God, dedicatory goods –an analysis of dedications or oblations in Religious Practices in the Spirit of Jeremy Taylor, Roger Scruton and environmental ethics (details to be added to the CV later this year, 2015)

“Dualism and Panpsychism.” In Panpsychism edited by G. Bruntrip and L. Jaskolle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

“Abstract Objects and Causation: Bringing Causation Back Into Contemporary Platonism.” In the Portuguese Journal of Philosophy of the Faculty of Philosophy of Braga, forthcoming.

"Beauty and Evil." In The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil, edited by Chad Meister and Paul Moser.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

"The Expansion and Contraction of Meaning." In Theism and the Meaning of Life, edited by S. Goetz and Joshua Schous. New York and London: Bloomsbury, forthcoming.

"Naturalism in Philosophy and Culture." In Beyond Naturalism, edited by N. Gregerson. Peeters Publishers, forthcoming.

“Christian Theism.” In Philosophies of Religions: Multi-Faith Dialogues, edited by Graham Oppy and Nick Trakakis. Durham, UK: Acumen Press, forthcoming.

“Deep Redemption.” In Stephen Davis Festchrift, edited by Colin Ruloff. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015.

“Apophatic,” “Evil,” “Hick,” “Kenny,” “Kerygma,” “Philosophy of Religion,” “Theological Anthropology,” Cambridge Dictionary, 3rd edition, edited by Robert Audi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

“Abeland, Peter, “Anselm,” “Aquinas,” “Biblical Interpretation -Episcopal- the Episcopal Church,” “the Book of Common Prayer,” “Cambridge Platonists,” “Conversions in Christianity,” “de Sales, Frances,” “Philosophical Theology”, “Providence”, in Encyclopedia of Christian Education, edited by G.T. Kurian and M.A. Lamport. Lanham: Rowan and Littlefield, 2015.

"Afterlife," co-authored with William Hasker, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2015.

"The sources and resources of love; A Platonic response to Frankfurt" in Reason and Will: Kierkegaard after Franfurt, edited by A. Rudd and J. Davenport. New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2015

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"Arthur James Balfour: Theism and Humanism," Lewis's List, edited by David Werther. New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2015

“’My Old Man Is An Epistemologist, What Do You Think About That?’: Pierce's epistemological approach to conflict across generations, cultures, and individuals," co-authored with Annika Beck, Death And Anti-Death, Vol. 12: One Hundred Years After Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914), edited by Charles Tandy. Ann Arbor: Ria University Press, 2014.

"Introduction" co-authored with Joshua Farris; "Human Nature and Feminism," co-authored with Emily Judge Baker; “Human Persons and Glory.” In Ashgate Companion to Theological Anthropology, edited by Joshua Farris and Charles Taliaferro. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2014.

“The Virtues of Integrative Dualism,” in Contemporary Dualism: A Defense, edited by Andrea Lavazza and Howard Robinson. London: Routledge, 2014.

“Early Christian Thought.” In History of Evil, vol. 1. Durham: Acumen Press, 2014.

“Representations,” Co-authored with Jil Evans. In History of Evil, vol. 4. Durham: Acumen Press, 2014.

“Oracles, Obstacles, and Revelations.” In God, Mind and Knowledge, edited by Andrew Moore, Ashgate, 2014.

"Praise and Blame in Philosophy of Religion." Co-authored by Austin Dressen. In Toronto Journal of Theology, Vol. 29, No. 2, Fall 2013, pp. 227-244.

"Is Naturalism Too Big to Fail?" In Philosophy, Theology and Science, vol. 1, issue 1, 2014, pp. 87-98.

"Philosophy of Religion." In Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, edited by K. Stuckrad and R. Segal. Brill, 2014.

“Wisdom,” “Aesthetics,” “Rationality,” “Phenomenology,” “Theories of Passion and Emotion.” In Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions, edited by Anne Runehou et al. Springer, 2013.

“Prolegomena.” In The Routledge Companion to Modern Christian Thought, edited by Chad Meister and James Beilby. London: Routledge, 2013.

“Models of God and Global Warning.” In Models of God and Other Ultimate Realities, edited by Jeanine Diller. Springer, 2013.

“What Might It Take to Get from Donald Davidson's Mature Philosophical Position to Recognize the Possibility, and Even Plausibility, of an Afterlife?” Co-authored with Christophe Porot. In Death and Anti-Death, vol. 11, Ten years after Donald Davidson, edited by Charles Tandy. Ann Arbor: Ria University Press, 2013.

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"Philosophical Critiques of Natural Theology." In The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology, edited by Russell Manning. Oxford University Press, 2013.

"The Coherence of Omnipotence." In Oxford Dialogues in Christian Theism, edited by Chad Meister, J.P. Moreland and Khaldroun. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

“Experimental Thoughts and Thought Experiments; Reflections on What Matters in Recent Works by Derek Parfit,” Philosophia Christi, 14:1, 2012.

“The Evidence for Paul Moser,” Philosophia Christi, 14:2, 2012.

“A Brief Inquiry into the Religion of John Rawls,” Death and Anti-Death, vol 10. Ten Years After John Rawls, edited by Charles Tandy. Ann Arbor: Ria University Press, 2012.

“When Should Philosophers be Silent.” Co-authored with Jason Decker. In Philosophy, 87:2, 2012, pp. 163-187.

“Beauty and Aesthetics in Theology.” In The Wisdom of the Christian Faith, edited by P. Moser and M. McFall. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

"In Defense of the Numinous." In Philosophy and the Christian Worldview, edited by David Werther and Mark Linville. London: Continuum, 2012.

"Theism and Philosophical Inquiry." In The Routledge Companion to Theism, edited by Taliaferro, Harrison, and Goetz. London: Routledge, 2012.

“Transcending Place and Time.” In Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Responses to David Brown, edited by R. MacSwain and Taylor Worley. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

“The Many Worlds of Dithey: A Modest Defense of the Irreducibility of Meaning.” In Death and the Anti-Death: One Hundred Years After Dithey, vol. 9. Ria University Press, 2011.

“Personal Gods, non-personal Gods, and non-theistic religions.” In Science and World Religions, edited by P. McNamara, and W.J. Wilman. Institute for the Bio-cultural Study of Religion, 2011.

“Testimony, Evidence, and Wisdom in Today’s Philosophy of Religion.” With Elizabeth Duel. In Teaching Philosophy, 34:2, 2011, pp. 105-118.

“Love.” In Christian Virtues for Everyday Life, edited by Michael Austin and Douglas Geivet. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011.

“Divine Attributes Today.” In Areopagus Journal, 11:1, 2011.

“On Dedications.” Co-authored with Jason Decker. In Analysis, 71:4, 2011, pp. 620-627.

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“Introduction.” In Christianity and the Mind-Body Problem, edited by Yasser Pouresmail. Quom, Iran: Publication of Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy, 2011.

“The Soul of the Matter.” In The Soul Hypothesis, edited by Stewart Goetz and Mark Baker. London: Continuum, 2011.

“A Christian Perspective.” In The Oxford Handbook of Religious Diversity, edited by Chad Meister. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

“The Absurd Walls of Camus.” In Death and Anti-Death vol. 8, Fifty Years After Albert Camus, edited by C. Tandy. Ann Arbor: Ria University Press, 2011.

Revised: “Philosophy of Religion.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2010, 2011.

“Family Farms.” Co-authored with Stephen Carpenter. In Life Science Ethics, 2nd edition, edited by G. Comstock. Springer, 2010.

“Lewis and Naturalism.” In The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis, edited by Robert MacSwain and Michael Ward. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

“In Defense of the World.” In Metaphysics, Analysis, and the Grammar of God, edited by R. Ramal. Tuebingen, Germnay: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.

“The Anselmian ontological argument as the ultimate, anti-death argument; suggestions on how to reason from possible divine perfection to actual divine perfection.” Death And Anti-Death, Volume 7: Nine Hundred Years After St. Anselm (1033-1109), edited by Charles Tandy. Ann Arbor: Ria University Press, 2010.

“The Breadth of Theism Defense: Redemption and the Problem of Evil.” Co-authored with Jacob Zilhardt. In Death and Anti-Death vol. 7 Nine Hundred Years after St. Anslem. Edited by Charles Tandy. Ann Arbor: Ria University Press, 2010.

“Incorporeality.” In A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, 2nd edition, edited by Paul Draper and Charles Taliaferro. Oxford: Blackwell, 2010.

“Christian Rites.” In The Cambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology, edited by Charles Taliaferro and Chad Meister. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Introduction to Twentieth Century Philosophy of Religion, In History of Philosophy of Religion, vol.5, edited by Graham Oppy and N. Trankakis. Oxford University Press, 2009.

“In Search of Beauty and Justice with Charles Darwin.” Co-authored with Jil Evans. In Touchstone, 22:8, November 2009.

“The Virtues of Dualist Modal Thought Experiments.” In Irreducibly Conscious, edited Alexander Battyany. Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag Winter of Heidelberg, 2009.

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“Discovering Divine Revelation.” In God is Great, God is Good, edited by William Lane Craig and Chad Meister. Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press, 2009.

“The Coherence of Theism.” Co-authored with Elsa Marty. In Contending with Christianity’s Critics, edited by Paul Copan and William Lane Craig. Broadman and Holman, 2009.

“God and the Philosophers Revisited: A Review Essay on Philosophers Without God (edited by Louise Antony).”Philosophia Christi, 11:1, 2009.

"The Project of Natural Theology." In A Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, edited by William Craig and JP Moreland. Oxford: Blackwell, 2009.

“The Double-Movement Model of Forgiveness in Buddhist and Christian Rituals.” Co-authored with Paul Reasoner. In The European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 1:1, 2009.

“Explaining Religious Experience.” In The Believing Primate: Scientific, Philosophical and Theological Reflection on the Origins of Religion, edited By J. Schloss and M. Murray. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

“Religious Experience.” In Oxford Companion to Consciousness, edited by T. Bayne, P. Wilken, and A. Cleeremas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

"L'importanza di essere coscienti." In L'uomo a due dimensioni, edited by Andrea Lavazza Milano: Bruno Mondadori, 2008.

“A Shakespearean Account of Redemption.” In The Psychology of Character and Virtue. Virgina: The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Press, 2008.

"The Prospects of Christian Materialism." Co-authored with Stewart Goetz. In Christian Scholar’s Review. Online, 2008.

“Feminism and Impartiality.” Philosophia, 35:3-4, 2007, pp. 361-370.

"Burning Down the House: D. Z. Phillips and the Metaphysics of Theism." In Philosophia Christi, 9:2, 2007, pp. 261-70.

“Philosophy of Religion.” In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2007.

“Theistic Argument from Consciousness.” Co-authored with Stewart Goetz. In Naturalism and Theism; Philosophers Debate the Evidence, edited by Paul Draper. Online, 2007.

“Prayer.” In The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, edited by Paul Copan and Chad Meister. London: Routledge, 2007.

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“The Coherence of Theism.” In Philosophy of Religion: Contemporary Issues, edited by Paul Copan and Chad Meister. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.

“Philosophy of Mind and Life after Death.” In Handbook on Eschatology, edited by Jerry Walls. Oxford University Press, 2007.

“Philosophy of Religion; the Analytic Tradition.” Co-authored with E. Christopherson. In Companion to 20th Century Philosophy, edited by Constantin Boundas. University of Edinburgh Press, 2007.

“The Virtues of Reason and Faith.” In Dialogue, 26, April 2006.

“Cumulative Arguments, Sustaining Causes, and Miracles.” In Philosophia Christi, 8:2, 2006, pp. 219-226.

“Philosophy of Religion.” In The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, edited by R. Segal. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006.

“Thomas Nagel.” and “Ideal Observer in Ethical Theory.” In The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd edition. Macmillan, 2005.

“Death.” Co-authored with Rick Fairbanks. In The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd edition. Macmillan, 2005.

“Divine Virtues.” In Environmental Virtue Ethics, edited by Ronald Sandler and Phil Dafaro. Rowman and Littlefield, 2005.

“The Give and Take of Biological Naturalism.” Philosophia Christi, 7:2, 2005, pp. 447-462.

“The Orthodoxy of Dualism.” Co-authored with Stewart Goetz. In First Things. 2005.

“Rites and Christian Philosophy.” In Ritual and Philosophy, edited by Kevin Schilbrack. Oxford: Routledge, 2005.

“A God’s Eye View.” In Faith and Analysis, edited by H.A. Harris and C.I. Insole. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Ashgate, 2005.

“Natural Reason and the Trinity; Some Lessons from the Cambridge Platonists.” In The Trinity; The Beginning of East-West Dialogue, edited by Melville Stewart. Springer, 2004.

“Soul,” “Dualism,” and “Special Providence.” In The Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, edited by J.W.V. van Huyssteen. New York: Macmillan, 2003.

“The Possibility of God.” In The Rationality of Theism, edited by P. Copan and P. Moser. Lodon: Routledge, 2003.

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“Theism.” In A New Handbook for Christian Theology, second edition, edited by D. Musser and J. Price. Abington Press, 2002. (Other miscellaneous entries: “Paradigm,” and “The Enlightenment,” for IVP Dictionary, “The Argument from Consciousness” and “Can God create a stone too heavy for God to lift?”).

“Hume’s Racism and the Case Against Miracles.” Co-authored with Anders Hendrickson. In Philosophia Christi, 4:2, 2002, pp. 427-442.

“Philosophy of Religion.” In The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy, second edition, edited by N. Bunnin and E. Tsui-James. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2002. (This is a revised version of the chapter in the first edition, 1995. Chinese translation available.)

“Sensibility and Possibilia; A Defense of Thought Experiments.” In Philosophia Christi, 2001, 403-420.

“Family Farming.” In Life Science Ethics, edited by Gary Comstock. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 2001.

“Emergentism and Consciousness; Going beyond Property Dualism.” In Soul, Body and Survival, edited by K. Corcoran. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001.

“The Virtues of Embodiment.” In Philosophy, 76:1, 2001, pp. 111-125.

“Naturalism and the Mind.” In Naturalism: A Critical Appraisal, edited by W. Craig and J.P. Moreland. London: Routledge, 2001.

“Early Modern Philosophy.” In Companion to Environmental Philosophy, edited by Dale Jamison. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2001.

“Land, Labor, and God in the Colonies.” In The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism, edited by Paul Thompson. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2000.

“Philosophy of God and Mind; Theism and the Queerness of Consciousness.” In Theos, Christus, Anthropos. New York: Peter Lang, 2000.

“One Hundred Years among the Gods and Giants.” In Christian Scholars Review, 29: 4, 2000, pp. 695-712.

“Mysterious Flames in Philosophy of Mind; Reflections on McGinn’s Naturalism.” In Philosophia Christi, 1:2, 1999, pp. 21-32.

“The Ideal Observer's Philosophy of Religion.” In The Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. Philosophy Documentation Center, 1999.

“The Ethics of the Incarnation.” In Anglican Theological Review, 81:4, 1999, 597-606.

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“Attributes of God; Personality.” In Philosophy of Religion: A Guide to the Subject, edited by Brian Davies. London: Cresswell, 1998.

“Taking Common Sense Seriously; The Philosophy of Roderick Chisholm.” In Inquiry, 41:3, 1998, pp. 361-369.

“The Perils of Subjectivity.” In Inquiry, 40:4, 1997, pp. 475-480.

“Possibilities in the Philosophy of Mind.” In Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 57:1, 1997, pp. 127-137.

“Saving Our Souls with Hacking's Archeology and Churchland's Neurology.” In Inquiry, 40:1, 1997, pp. 73-94.

“God's Natural Law.” In Liberalism, Modernity, and Natural Law, edited by R. George. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

“Animals, Brains, and Spirits.” In Faith and Philosophy, 12:4, 1995, pp. 567-581.

“Believing because it is not Absurd.” In Soundings, 17:5, 1995, p. 19.

“Taking Philosophy Personally.” In The Cresset, 57:7, 1994, pp. 16-22.

“Unknowable Truths and Omniscience.” In Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 61:3, 1993, pp.701-713.

“Imaginary Evil; A Skeptic’s Wager.” In Philosophia, 21:3-4, April 1992, pp. 221-233.

“God’s Estate.” In Journal of Religious Ethics, 20:1, Spring 1992, pp. 69-92.

“Theism.” In A New Handbook of Theology, ed. Donald Musser and Joseph Price (Abington Press, 1992) pp.447-480.

“The Intensity of Theism.” In Sophia, 31:3, 1992, pp. 61-73.

“Divine Agriculture; The Role of Philosophy and Theology in Agricultural Ethics.” In Agriculture and Human Values, Fall 1992, pp. 71-80.

“The Argument from Transposed Modalities.” In Metaphilosophy, 22:1,2, January/April 1991, pp. 93-100. “Philosophers, Red Tooth and Claw,” with Thomas Chance (Classics, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley). In Teaching Philosophy, 14:1, March 1991, pp. 67-76.

“Philosophy of Mind.” In Christian Theism and the Problems of Philosophy, edited by Michael Beaty (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990), pp. 230-253.

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“The Limits of Power.” In Philosophy and Theology, 5:2, Winter 1990, pp. 115-124.

“God and Concept Empiricism,” with Michael Beaty (Baylor University). In Southwest Philosophy Review, 6:2, July 1990.

“The Ideal Aesthetic Observer.” In British Journal of Aesthetics, 30:1, 1990, pp. 1-13.

“Why We Need Immortality.” In Modern Theology, 6:4, 1990, pp. 367-379.

“The Jealousy of God.” In New Oxford Review, Jan-Feb. 1990, pp. 12-15.

“The View from Above and Below.” In Heythrop Journal, 30:4, 1989, pp. 385-402.

“The Vanity of God.” In Faith and Philosophy, 6:2, 1989, pp. 140-154; Reprinted in Philosophy and Faith ed. D. Shatz (McGraw Hill, 2002) and Philosophers Speak of God (Oxford University Press, 2000).

“The Passibility of God.” In Religious Studies, 25, 1989, pp. 217-224.

“Does God violate your Right to Privacy?” In Theology, May 1989, pp. 190-196.

“The Coinherence.” In Christian Scholarly Review, 18:4, 1989, pp. 333-345.

“Relativizing the Ideal Observer Theory.” In Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 49:1, 1988, pp. 123-138.

“Nagel’s Vista or Taking Subjectivity Seriously.” In Southern Journal of Philosophy, 26:3, 1988, pp. 393-401.

“The Environmental Ethics of an Ideal Observer.” In Environmental Ethics, 10:3, 1988, pp. 233-250.

“The Proximity of God.” In New Blackfriars, April 1988, pp. 181-188.

“A Narnian Theory of the Atonement.” In Scottish Journal of Theology, 41, 1988, pp. 75-92.

“The Incorporeality of God.” In Modern Theology, 3:2, 1987, pp. 179-188.

“A Modal Argument for Dualism.” In Southern Journal of Philosophy, 24:1, Spring 1986, pp. 95-108.

“Dualism and the Problem of Individuation.” In Religious Studies, 22, 1986, pp. 263-276.

“Kenny and Sensing God.” In Sophia, 25:2, 1986, pp. 11-16.

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“The Art of Creation and Conservation.” In New Blackfriars, July/August 1986, pp. 315-323.

“Pollock’s Body Switching.” In Philosophical Quarterly, 36:4, October 1985, pp. 57-61.

“Divine Cognitive Power.” In International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 14, 1985, pp. 133-140.

“The Magnitude of Omnipotence.” In International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 14, 1983, pp. 99-106.

“The Divine Command Theory of Ethics and the Ideal Observer.” In Sophia, July 1983, pp. 3-8.

Book Reviews:

Solved by Sacrifice: Austin Farrer, Fideism, and the Evidence of Faith, by Robert MacSwain (Peeters), Anglican Theological Review, 97:1, 2015, pp. 162-164.

Mind, Matter and Nature: A Thomistic Proposal for the Philosophy of Mind, by James D. Madden (The Catholic University of America Press), American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 89:1, 2015, pp. 166-168.

The Physical Nature of Christian Life, by Warren S. Brown and Brad D. Strawn (Cambridge University Press), Journal of Religion, 94:1, 2014, pp. 127-129.

Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and Their Histories, by W. Matson (Oxford University Press), Philosophy: The Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy (UK), 88:1, 2013, pp. 158-164.

Rationality and Religious Commitment, by R. Audi (Oxford University Press), co-authored with Julia Ortner, Journal of Religion, 93:2, 2013, pp. 249-252.

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God in the Age of Science? A Critique of Religious Reason, by Herman Philipse (Oxford University Press), The Journal of Theological Studies, 64:2, 2013, pp. 856-864.

Religious Experience Reconsidered: A Building-Block Approach to the Study of Religion and Other Special Things, by Ann Taves (Princeton University Press), History of Religions, 52:4, 2013, pp. 91-92.

Freedom, Philosophy and Faith: The Transformational Role of Freedom in the Thought of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, by Montague Brown (Lexington), Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 25:1-2, 2013, p. 183.

Natural Signs and Knowledge of God: A New Look at Theistic Arguments, by C. Stephen Evans (Oxford University Press), Religious Studies Review, 38:2, 2012, p. 72.

The Poetics of Evil: Toward an Aesthetic Theodicy, by Philip Tallon (Oxford University Press), Philosophia Christi, 14:1, 2012, pp. 228-231.

Divine Evil? The Moral Character of the God of Abraham, edited by Michael Murray, Michael Bergmann, Michael Rea (Oxford University Press), Notre Dame Philosophical Review, March 2011.

Wandering in Darkness, by Eleonore Stump (Oxford University Press), co-authored with Paul Reasoner, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2011.

Human Dignity, by George Kateb (Harvard University Press), Times Literary Supplement, October 21, 2011, p. 22.

The Mind and the Machine: What It Means To Be Human and Why It Matters, by Matthew Dickerson (Brazos), Religious Studies Review, 37:4, 2011, p. 262.

British Idealism: a History, by W. J. Mander (Oxford University Press), Religious Studies Review, 37:4, 2011, p. 263.

More than Matter, by Keith Ward (Eerdsman), Religious Studies Review, 37:4, 2011, p. 263.

What Philosophers Know: Case Studies in Recent Analytic Philosophy, by Gary Gutting (Cambridge University Press), Religious Studies Review, 37:3, 2011, p. 187.

Divine Teaching and the Way of the World; A defense of Revealed Religion, by S. Fleishacker (Oxford University Press), Philosophia Christi, 13:1, 2011, pp. 427-436.

Science and Spirituality: Making room for Faith in and Age of Science, by Michael Ruse (Cambridge University Press), Themelios, 35:2, 2010, pp. 353-355.

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Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament: Essays 2002‐08, by Thomas Nagel (Oxford University Press), Religious Studies Review, 36:4 2010, p. 269.

Science and Religious Anthropology, by W.J. Wildman (Ashgate), Ars Disputandi, 10:1, 2010, pp. 117-119.

Saving God, by Mark Johnston (Princeton University Press), Philosophical Books, co-authored with Natasha Fredericks, Religious Studies Review, 36:4, 2010, p. 268.

Realism and Religion, edited by A. Moore and M. Scott (Ashgate), Ars Disputandi, 10:1, 2010, pp. 60-62.

Religion and Morality, by William Wainwright (Ashgate), Faith and Philosophy, 26:4, 2009, pp. 462-463.

The Divine Lawmaker, by John Foster, Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Bede Rundle, and Is God Free? by William Rowe (all Clarendon Press), with Jen Dotson, Philosophical Quarterly, 59:237, 2009, pp. 724-729.

The Ontological Argument from Descartes to Hegel (Humanity Books), by Kevin Harrison, Notre Dame Philosophical Review, 2009 (7).

Persons, edited by Peter van Inwagen and Dean Zimmerman (Clarendon), Religious Studies, 44:4, 2008, pp. 499-504.

Immortality Defended, by J. Leslie, (Blackwell), Notre Dame Philosophical Review, 2008 (7).

Philosophy of Religion: An Historical Introduction by L. Zagzebski (Blackwell), Philosophia Christi, 9:2, 2007, 473-475.

Religions, Reasons and Gods by Philip Clayton (Cambridge University Press), Notre Dame Philosophical Review, 2007 (7).

Morality: Does “God” make a Difference? (Oxford University Press), Review of Metaphysics, 59:3, 2006, 650-651.

Divine Attributes, by Rosenkrantz and Hoffman (Blackwell), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 70:3, 2005, pp. 742-45.

Panpsychism (MIT Press), Times Literary Supplement, December 9, 2005 p. 26.

Beyond Finitude, by Arjan Markas (Peter Lang), Ars Disputandi, 5:1, 2005, pp7-8.

Consciousness; New Philosophical Perspectives (Oxford University Press), ed. Quentin Smith and Aleksandar Jokic, Religious Studies, 40:2, 2004, pp. 243-247.

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God, the Mind’s Desire: Reference, Reason, and Christian Thinking (Cambridge University Press), by Paul Janz, Notre Dame Philosophical Review, 2004 (10).

The Closing of the Western Mind, by Charles Freeman (Vintage), The World and I, 19:2, 2004. P. 220.

Religion in Radical Interpretation, ed. Nancy Frankenberry (Cambridge University Press), Notre Dame Philosophical Review, 2003 (7).

Saint Augustine’s Memory, by G. Wills (Viking), The World and I, 18:5, 2003, p. 238.

A Middle Way to God (Oxford University Press), by G.L. Hallett, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 67:1, 2003, pp. 242-244..

Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and Guide, ed. William Craig (Routledge), Philosophia Christi, 5:1, 2003, 327.

A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues, by Andre Comte-Sponville (Picador), The World and I, 248:25, 2002, p. 69.

Philosophy of Religion, by Keith Yandell (Routledge), Philosophia Christi, 4:2, 2002, pp. 549-552.

Vexing Nature, by Gary Comstock (Springer), Ethics, Place, and Environment, 5:1, 2002, p. 85.

Philosophy of Religion, by Louis Pojman (Mayfield) and Philosophy of Religion; A Guide and an Anthology, ed. Brian Davies (Oxford University Press) in Philosophia Christi, 3:1, 2002, pp. 279-283.

Why Gods Persist, by R.A. Hinde (Routledge), Contemporary Psychology, 46:1, 2001, 253-254.

The Problem of God in Modern Thought, by Philip Clayton (Eerdmans) Ars Disputandi, 1:1, 2001, 72-74.

Acts of Faith; Explaining the Human Side of Religion, by R. Stark and R. Finke (U. of California Press), Anglican Theological Review, 83:3, 2001.

Coleridge, Philosophy and Religion, by Douglas Hedley (Cambridge University Press), International Philosophical Quarterly, 41:2, 2001, pp. 251-252.

God and Goodness, by Mark Wynn (London: Routledge), Faith and Philosophy, 18:1, 2001, pp. 137-139.

Various entries for Blackwell's Religious Studies Review, 2000-present.

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A Short History of Western Philosophy, by Anthony Kenny (Blackwell), Review of Metaphysics, 53:3, 2000, pp. 712-714.

Finite and Infinite Goods, by R.M. Adams (Oxford University Press), Times Literary Supplement, May 19, 2000.

Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology, by William Abraham (Oxford University Press), Journal of Religion, 80:4, 2000, pp. 682-683.

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, ed. Michael Kelly (Oxford University Press), International Philosophical Quarterly, Fall, 39:4, 1999, pp. 484-486.

Providence and the Problem of Evil, by Richard Swinburne (Oxford University Press), The Philosophical Quarterly, 49:197, 1999, pp. 562-564.

Philosophy of Religon: The Big Questions, ed. Eleanor Stump and Michael Murray (Blackwell), Philosophia Christi, 1:2, 1999, pp. 137-139.

Divine Providence; The Molinist Account, by Thomas Flint (Cornell), Journal of Religion, 79:4, 1999, pp. 682-684.

Rationality and Religion, by Roger Trigg (Blackwell), Times Literary Supplement, October 16, 1998.

Events of Grace; Naturalism, Existentialism, and Theology, by C.D. Hardwick (Cambridge University Press), Review of Metaphysics, 52:2, 1998, 449-451.

Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature, by W. Brown et al. (Fortress), Christian Scholarly Review, 29:2, 1998.

God, Reason, and Theistic Proofs, by S.T. Davis (Eerdmans), Theology Today, 55:4, 1998.

Experience of God and the Rationality of Theistic Belief, by Jerome Gellman (Cornell), The Journal of Religion, 78:2, 1998, pp. 293-294.

Ontological Arguments and Belief in God, by Graham Oppy (Cambridge University Press), Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 76:3, 1998.

Metaphysical Personalism; An Analysis of Austin Farrer's Theistic Metaphysics (Oxford University Press), The Journal of Religion, 78:1, 1998, pp. 143-144.

Religion, Science, and Naturalism, by William Drenn (Cambridge University Press), The Journal of Religion, 78:1, 1998, pp. 147-148.

Reason and Religion: A Prolegomenon to a Critique of Passional Reason, by William Wainwright (Cornell), The Journal of Religion, 77:3, 1997, pp. 488-489.

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The Christian God, by Richard Swinburne (Oxford University Press), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1997.

Faith and Criticism, by Basil Mitchell (Oxford University Press), Anglican Theological Review, 55:2, 1996, pp. 788.

Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the claim that God Speaks, by Nicholas Wolterstorff (Cambridge University Press), Times Literary Supplement, March 22, 1996.

Theology and Women's Ministry in Seventeenth-Century English Quakerism, by C. Wilcox (Mellon), Christian Scholarly Review, 26:1, 1996.

The Concept of Faith: A Philosophical Investigation, by Lad Sessions (Cornell U. Press), The Journal of Religion, 76:3, 1996, pp. 500-501.

The God Who Acts, by T. F. Tracy (Penn State), Faith and Philosophy, 13:3, 1996, pp. 454-457.

Life's Dominion, by Ronald Dworkin (Vintage), and Healing Powers by Fred Frohock (University of Chicago Press), co-authored with Ray deVries (Sociology, St. Olaf), Qualitative Sociology, 17:1, 1994, pp. 103-106.

Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting, by John Cooper (Eerdmanns), International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 35:1, 1994, 57-59.

John Locke: Resistance, Religion, and Responsibility, by John Marshall (Cambridge University Press), Journal of Church and State, 38:1, 1996, pp. 176-177.

Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting, by John Cooper (Eerdmanns), International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 35:1, 1994, 57-59.

Confrontations with the Reaper, by Fred Feldman (Oxford University Press), Times Literary Supplement, February 12, 1993.

Divine Action: Studies Inspired by the Philosophical Theology of Austin Farrer, ed. Brian Hebbelthwaite and Edmund Henderson (Bloomsbury), Faith and Philosophy, 10:1, January 1993.

Care of the Soul, by Thomas Moore (HarperCollins), The World and I, July 1992.

Religion, Interpretation, and Diversity of Belief: The Framework Model from Kant to Durkheim to Davidson, by Terry Godlove (Cambridge University Press), Teaching Philosophy, 14:4, 1991.

An Investigation of the Concept of Miracle, by Robert Larmer (McGill-Queen’s), Modern Theology, 6:4, 1990.

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The Possibility of an All-Knowing God, by Jonathan Kvanvig (Macmillan), Modern Theology, 6:4, 1990, pp. 216-217.

The View From Nowhere, by Thomas Nagel (Oxford University Press), Christian Scholarly Review, 17:2, 1987.

Metaphysics: Its Structure and Function, by Stephen Korner (Cambridge University Press), Christian Scholarly Review, 15, 1986, pp. 187-190.

God’s World, God’s Body, by Grace Jantzen (Westminster), Faith and Philosophy, 4:1, 1984, pp. 93-97.

Representative LecturesPapers at Conferences (not including being an APA commentator), Universities, and Institutes

“The Innsbruck School of Philosophical Theology.” Innsbruck (Austria), along with multiple presentations to the two week Summer Seminar, 2014.

“The Love of Wisdom” and “The Primacy of the Mental” in Quom and in Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran, summer 2014.

“The State of Play of Philosophy of Religion Today.” University of Chicago, winter 2014.

“How to Teach a Course on Genocide from a Philosophical Point of View.” Understanding Genocide, Mount Royal University, 2014.

“Love.” Pilgrim House, 2014.

“A Philosophical Model for Museums.” Museums and Philosophy Conference, University of Glasgow, 2013.

“Dedications in the Art of Living and Dying; Reflections in the Spirit of Jeremy Taylor,” Society of Christian Scholars, Chicago area, 2013.

“Revealing Relationships.” University of Toronto, February 2013.

“Hell and How to Get There: A Defense of Marlow’s Faust.” Wheaton College, Fall 2012.

“Balfour and Lewis.” C.S. Lewis Conference, University of Wisconsin, Fall 2012.

“Christian Agrarianism: Some lessons from colonial New England.” EPS, Chicago, Fall 2012.

“The Image in Mind.” With Jil Evans, Bethel University, 2012.

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“Minds: Human and Divine.” Explorations at the Interface Between Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Religion Conference, Munich, Germany, August 6-9, 2012.

“Revelation and Philosophy Today; What it’s like to be a revelation.” Bethel University, Fall 2011.

“Oracles, Obstacles, and Revelations.” British Society for Philosophy of Religion, Oxford, September, 2011.

“The Expansion and Contraction of Naturalism and the Challenge of Theism.” Copenhagen University, Denmark, April 20.

“The Place of Enchantment: David Brown on Human Religious Experience.” Theology, Aesthetics and Culture Conference, University of St. Andrews. Scotland, 2010.

“Models of God and Global Warming.” AAR venue, “Models of God,” Fall 2010.

“Consciousness, Computation, and Animal Minds.” Middlebury College, sponsored by the departments of philosophy, religion, cognitive science, April 2010.

“Philosophical Relationships: teaching philosophy, virtue, and forgiveness” and “The Virtues and Liabilities of Embodiment; The Ongoing Relevance of the Cambridge Platonists.” Two talks celebrating the 350th anniversary of the publication of Henry More’s The Immortality of the Soul, Grand Valley State University, November 2009.

“The Art and Philosophy Reading Group.” CIVA, Bethel University, Summer 2009.

“I am very, very sorry! A Shakespearean Account of Forgiveness and the Atonement.” Keynote Address, Minnesota Undergraduate Philosophical Annual Meeting, April 18, 2009.

“Naturalism.” Philosophy Club, Augustana College, Spring 2009.

“A Double Movement: Christian and Buddhist Models of Moral Repair.” International Conference on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: Eastern and Western Concepts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, February 2009.

“Philosophy of Mind and Virtue; Revisiting the Natualistic Fallacy.” Department of Philosophy, Purdue University, Fall 2008.

“The Virtues of Redemption.” Department of Religious Studies, Purdue University, Fall 2008.

“All Souls.” Department of Philosophy, Ursinus College, Fall 2008.

“Naturalism Revisited.” Washington and Lee University, Fall 2008.

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“Naturalism: A Very Critical Introduction.” The Grandeur of Reason Conference, Rome: Italy, September 2008.

Bethel Lectures in Philosophy, "Human and Nonhuman Minds" and "Religious Rites: A Neglected Area in Philosophy of Religion." Bethel College, March 25-26, 2008.

“Boston Personalism and the Future of Philosophy of Religion.” Boston University, January 2008.

“Davis' Philosophical Theology.” American Academy of Religion, 2007.

"90 Minutes on Beauty." Art Department, University of Minnesota, Spring 2007.

"The Reasons for Love." A conference on H.G. Frankfurt's Love's Reason, St. Olaf College, Spring 2007.

"Impartiality and Feminism: A Reply to Anderson." Mini-conference on Models of God, Spring 2007.

"Redemption." Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2007.

"Problems of Evil and Redemption." Claremont Graduate University, Spring 2007.

"Virtues and Philosophy of Mind." University of Dundee, Scotland, Spring 2006.

“A Shakespearean Account of Redemption.” University of St. Andrews, Spring 2006.

“Moral Regeneration.” Marquette University, Spring 2006.

“The Importance of Being Conscious” and “Embodiment and Values…” Indiana University, Spring 2006.

“Human Consciousness and the Mind of God.” North Central Program in Science and Theology, Spring 2006.

“Consciousness and Philosophical Inquiry.” APA Pacific, 2006.

“The Virtues of Redemption.” Oxford University, 2005.

“Descriptions and Explanations: Some Lessons from the Cambridge Platonists.” The “Nature” of Belief Conference, Calvin College, 2005.

“Redemption in Theism, Naturalism, and Other Worldviews.” The Christian Worldview Conference, 2005.

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“A Double-Movement Model of Forgiveness in Buddhist and Christian Ritual” with Paul Reasoner. AAR, 2005.

“Theism and Cosmology.” APA Pacific, 2005.

“The Virtues of Redemption.” Institute of Psychology, January 2005.

“Consciousness and the Limits of Nature.” Yale University, 2004.

“Virtues and Philosophy of Mind.” Bethel College, 2004.

“God, Minds, and Bodies.” University of Northern Illinois, 2004.

“Theistic Environmental Ethics.” APA, Eastern Division, December 2003.

“The Virtues of Psychoanalysis.” Contribution to the panel on “Boundary Issues: Contemporary Freudian and Contemporary Relational Perspectives,” Division of Pscyhoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Spring Meeting, 2003.

“In Defense of a Romantic Education.” Mellby Lecture, St. Olaf College, Fall 2002.

“A Divine Ethic.” Seventh Sino-American Symposium on Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tsinghua University, China, Fall 2002.

“The Soul and Body.” The Lawrence Lecture , Saganaw State University, Fall 2002.

“The World is not Enough; The Problem of Evil as a Problem of Redemption, not Justification.” Bethel College, 2002.

“Hume’s Racism and His Case Against Miracles.” Minnesota Philosophical Society, Fall 2001.

“The Virtues of Immortality.” Conference on philosophy of mind, Wheaton College, Fall 2001.

“Feminist Philosophy of Religion.” American Academy of Religion, Fall 2001.

“The Trinity and Natural Reason; Lessons from the Cambridge Platonists.” The Holy Trinity Conference, hosted by the Theological Commission of the Moscow Patriarchate,Moscow, Russia.

“Natural and Unnatural Boundaries: Balancing Geography, Economics, and Politics” with Rebecca Judge (Economics, St. Olaf). The Thirteenth Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Luther College, March 2001.

“The Embodiment of Art.” Graduate Seminar, Art Department, University of Minnesota, Fall 2000.

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“Philosophy of Mind after Virtue.” Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University, Spring 2000.

“Philosophy of Art and Philosophy of Mind; Reflections on Descartes and Danto.” Aesthetics in the 21st Century, Beloit College, Winter 2000.

“The Candle of the Lord in 17th Century England.” New York University, April 2000.

“Philosophy of Mind in the Philosophy of Religion.” Symposium on Philosophy of Religion, Peking University, Beijing, China, October 1999.

“The Virtues and Vices of God.” The 1999 Edward Beavin Lectures, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Oct 1999.

“The Virtues of Embodiment.” The American Academy of Religion, Boston, Nov. 1999.

“Genetics and Religious Ethics.” Consultation on Bio-Ethics, National Cathedral, Washington DC, Summer 1999.

“Five Years After Consciousness and the Mind of God.” The Faculty of Philosophy, The Gregorian Institute, Rome, Italy, April 1999.

“Teaching Philosophy of Religion.” Department of Religion, Boston University, Winter 1999.

“Philosophy of Mind as an Art.” Cooper Union, Fall 1998.

“Revising Philosophy of Religion.” Columbia University, Department of Religion, Fall 1998.

“The Ideal Observer's Philosophy of Religion.” 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, Summer, 1998.

“Contemporary Philosophy of Religion.” University of Minnesota, UEC, Spring 1998.

“The New Agrarianism.” Bioethics Institute, Michigan State University, also sponsored by Iowa State University, Spring 1997.

“Theories of Consciousness and God” and “Companions to Philosophy of Religion.” University of Chicago, Spring 1996.

“Consciousness and the Mind of God; A Reply to Critics.” St. Cloud State University, Spring 1996.

“Recent work in Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Mind.” Bethel College, Spring 1996.

“Modal Dualism.” Society of Christian Philosophers, Loras College, Spring 1995.

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“Animals, Brains, and Spirits.” Philosophy of Mind Conference, University of Notre Dame, Fall 1994.

“Consciousness and the Mind of God.” Presentation and reply to critics, Society of Christian Philosophers meeting, Bethel College, Spring 1995.

“Materialist and Dualist Modal Arguments; What it's like to be identical with one's body.” Fall meeting, Minnesota Philosophical Society, 1994.

“Death: Normal but not Natural” and “Minds and Bodies.” Calvin College, Fall 1994.

“Reflections on Recent Philosophy of Mind” and “Death is Normal but not Natural.” University of Akron, Ohio, Department of Philosophy, Spring 1993.

“Environmental Ethics and Philosophy of Religion.” Oriel College, University of Oxford, Fall 1992.

“The Ransom Theory.” Pussey House, University of Oxford, Spring 1992.

“The Suffering of God Defense.” Joseph Butler Society, University of Oxford, Fall 1991.

“Science and Ethics.” Young Researchers Conference, National Science Foundation, Summer 1991.

“Environmental Policy and the Problem of Moral Pluralism.” Department of Politics, University of Iowa, Fall 1990.

“Divine Ownership; Problems from Job, Plato, and Locke.” The McMannis Lectures in Philosophical Theology, Wheaton College, Winter 1990.

“Imaginary Evil: A Skeptic’s Wager.” Minnesota Philosophical Society, Spring 1988.

“Language and Reality.” Department of Politics, Princeton University, Mellon Law Series, Spring 1987.

“A Narnian Theory of the Atonement.” National Endowment of the Humanities Institute of Philosophy of Religion, University of Western Washington, Summer 1986.

Respondent to different philosophers, APA meetings, annual commentator at Minnesotta Philosophical Society meetings and other conferences. Regular contributions of papers to the St. Olaf College-Carleton College Philosophy Colloquium.

Publications for Popular Readership, Books:

Is God Real? Co-authored with William Craig. InterVarsity Press, 2007.

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Love. Love. Love. And Other Essays. Cambridge, MA: Cowley Publications, 2006.

Does the Idea of God Make Sense? Examining the Coherence of the Divine Attributes. Norcorss: Ravi Zacharias Press, 2002. This is a booklet in a series of contributions to philosophy of religion.

Praying with C.S. Lewis. Winona: St. Mary’s Press, 1999.

Contributions to Philosophy and Popular Culture, Projects:

Taliaferro has recent contributions to books in various philosophy and popular culture series: House of Cards and Philosophy (2015 with Austen Dressen), Star Wars and Philosophy (forthcoming with Annika Beck), Star Trek and Philosophy (forthcoming with Bailey Wheelock), Perry Mason and Philosophy (forthcoming with Anthony Becker).

“To My Other Self: Reflection and Existentialism in Dungeons & Dragons” Co-authored with Robert Crandell. In Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy, edited by Christopher Robichaud. Oxford: Blackwell, 2014.

“Afraid to Get Your Hands Dirty?” Co-authored with Christophe Porot. In Homeland and Philosophy, edited by Robert Arp. Open Court, 2014.

“Evil and Prayer: Set Prayers and Other Special Weapons and Tactics in Times of Trouble” In God and Evil, edited by C. Meister. Inter-Varsity Press, 2013.

“Reflections on the Meaning of Life in Light of Word as Logos.” In Word and World, vol. 32: 4, 2012.

“’I am not our father,’ The Virtues of Age and the Parent-Child Relationship.” Co-authored with Emellie Judge-Becker, The Philosophy of J.J. Abrams, edited by Patricia Brace and Robert Arp. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2013.

“You’re So Vain, We Bet You Think This Chapter Is About You; Mick Jagger as a Work of Art.” Co-authored with Therese Cotter. In The Rolling Stones and Philosophy, edited by Luke Dick and G. Reisch. Open Court, 2012.

“The Glory of Bilbo Baggins.” Co-authored with C. Lyndahl-Urban. In The Hobbit and Philosophy, edited by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson. Oxford: Blackwell: 2012.

“Tattoos and the Tattooing Arts in Perspective; An Overview and some Preliminary Observations.” Co-authored with Mark Odden. Tattoos and Philosophy, edited by Robert Arp. Oxford: Blackwell, 2011.

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“Loving Platonically without Platonic Love.” Co-authored with Maria Pontoppidan. In What Philosophy Can Tell You about Your Lover, edited by Sharon Kaye. Open Court, 2011.

“The Art of the Philosophic Put-Down.” In The Cresset, Trinity, vol. LXXIV: 5, June 2011.

“Holden in Love; The Virtues and Vices of Childhood and the Vices and Virtues of Adulthood.” In Catcher in the Rye and Philosophy, edited by K. Dromm and H. Salter. Open Court, 2012.

"Loyality and Passionate Objectivity in the Lives of Sherlock Holmes." Co-authored with Michel LeGall. In Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy, edited by Paul Tallon. University Press of Kentucky, 2011.

“Justice versus Romantic Love in the Relationship of Spider-Man and MJ.” Co-authored with Tricia Little. In Spider-Man and Philosophy, edited by Jonathan Sanford, Oxford: Blackwell, 2011.

"Boycott Olympic Ethics." Co-authored with Michel LeGall. In The Olympics and Philosophy, edited by Heather Reid and Michael Austin. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2011.

“Starting a Reading Group that Feeds the Soul.” Christians in the Visual Arts, December 2010.

“The Great Escape.” Co-authored with Michel LeGall. In Cannabis and Philosophy, edited by Dale Jacquette, Oxford: Blackwell, 2010.

"The Real Secret of the Phoenix: Regeneration Through Death." In The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy Book, edited by Gregory Basshan. Oxford: Blackwell, 2010.

“Altered States; What Would You Do?” Co-authored with Dan Kastrul. In Lost and Philosophy: The Island has its Reasons. Edited by Sharon Kaye. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. 2nd Edition, Ultimate Lost and Philosophy, edited by Sharon Kaye, includes revised essay “Lost in Different Circumstances; What Would You Do?” Co-Authored with Dan Kastrul. Oxford: Blackwell, 2010.

“Serious Nonsense,” Co-authored with Elizabeth Olson. In Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, edited by Richard Davis. Oxford: Blackwell, 2010.

“Real Ultimate Power: If you score it, don’t flip out.” Co-authored with Craig Lindahl-Urben. In Supervillains and Philosophy, edited by Ben Dyer. Oxford: Blackwell, 2009.

“The Recovery of Childhood and the Absent Father.” Co-authored with Michel LeGall. In Stephen Spielberg and Philosophy, edited by Dean Kowalski. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2009.

"Being J. R.." Co-authored with Craig Lindel-Urban. In Johnny Cash and Philosophy, edited by J. Huss and D. Werther. Open Court, 2008.

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“Bond as Chivalric, Comic Hero.” Co-authored with Michel LeGall. In James Bond and Philosophy Volume, edited by James South and Jacob Held. Open Court: 2007.

“The Soul of the Runner.” Co-authored with Rachel Traughber. In Running and Philosophy, edited by Michael Austin. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.

“The Power and the Glory.” Co-authored with Craig Lyndell-Urban. In Superheroes and Philosophy, edited by T. V. Morris. Open Court, 2005.

“The Atonement in Narnia.” Co-authored with Rachel Traughber. In Narnia and Philosophy, edited by J. Walls and Gregory Bassham. Oxford: Blackwell: 2005.

“The Passion of the Christ.” In Mel Gibson’s Passion and Philosophy, edited by J.E. Gracia. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.

Other essays: “Jury Duty with James Bond,” The Challenger; “The Conversation Crackled Merrily,” an essay on Mark Marth painting for exhibition in Grand Rapids pairing writers and painters; catalogue essay on Colin Brandt, NYC gallery.

Selected Titles of Courses and Seminars Taught

Personal IdentityModern PhilosophyEthics and the Good LifePhilosophy of ReligionLocke and LeibnizMetaphysicsEthical TheoryEpistemologyEnvironmental EthicsPhilosophy of MindLaw and SocietyLogicPhilosophical TheologyPhilosophy of LanguageIntroduction to PhilosophyAestheticsThe EnlightenmentThe View from NowhereWays of KnowingMoral and Social ProblemsVicesEthics and Biology of Agriculture - (team taught with biologist)ConsciousnessWar and Peace - (taught with historian)

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Mind, Matter, and MeaningCritical ThinkingBusiness EthicsPhilosophy of HistoryContinental Philosophy Law, Politics, and MoralityHistory of Modern PhilosophyHegelWittgensteinTutorials on different topicsThe Great Conversation (2006-2008). St. Olaf’s great books program (Western literature, philosophy, art, and history.)Islamic Philosophy

Editorial Positions

Member of the Editorial Board for:American Philosophical Quarterly (2000-2010)Philosophy CompassReligious Studies ReviewReligious StudiesThe Philosopher’s AnnualContinuum Studies in Philosophy of ReligionSophiaArs DisputandiPeter Lang Studies in Philosophy of ReligionBook Review Editor for the quarterly journal: Faith and Philosophy, seven-year appointment, beginning June 2000. Renewed for additional appointment until 2014.Editor-in-Chief for Open Theology beginning 2014.

Other

Reader: Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Blackwell, Cornell, Yale, Routledge, Columbia University Press, Wadsworth, Mayfield, Peter Lang, SUNY, Catholic University of America Press, Program Committee Minnesota Philosophical Society, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Quarterly, Religious Studies, Sophia, Faith and Philosophy, Inquiry, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Journal of Philosophical Research, the Polish Journal of Philosophy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Toronto Journal of Theology, and other journals. Invited in 2002 to serve on NEH panel for summer fellowships, but unable to accept due to scheduling.

Appointed to the APA Committee on Lectures, Publication, and Research, 2007-2010. Appointed to the APA Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession, 2010-2013. Appointed to APA advisory Committee, Eastern Division, 2010-2013.

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NEH Panel, assessing summer grants, 2010.

Appointed to the panel that makes the yearly selections for best articles in philosophy: The Philosophical Annual, 2003-2006.

Philosophy of Religion Editor, Encyclopedia of Philosophy, MacMillan, 2nd edition, 2005.

Program Committee, APA, Central Division 1999. Regular committee and administrative work at St. Olaf College, e.g.Committee for Minority Scholarships, Secretary to the Faculty, Program Director for Junior Year Abroad at the University of Oxford (Harris Manchester College and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, attached to Keble College), Faculty Advisor to The Messenger (school newspaper). Successfully wrote two NEH grants for the Department of Philosophy, “The Visiting Distinguished Philosopher Grant.” Successfully co-authored a grant, “Witnessing and Thinking about Genocide.” Member of Environmental Studies Faculty and member of committee to found a Public Policy Concentration, St. Olaf College, supported by the Lerass Foundation.

Contributor to the Exploring Alternative Concepts of God workshop, University of Birmingham (UK), Fall 2012. Participant in NEH Summer Institute in Philosophy of Religion, Summer 1986; Workshop on the Epistemology of Religious Belief under William Alston, Syracuse University, Summer 1985; Workshop on Religious Pluralism under Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, Summer 1985.

Languages: Greek and French

Steering committee, Philosophy of Religion, American Academy of Religion, appointed in 2002-2007.

Organizing Committee, Mini-Conference on Models of God, APA Pacific, 2007.

Super Course, Philosophy of Religion, Hong Kong, May 2004.

Courses at University of Minnesota, Department of Continuing Eduation: Aesthetics (fall, 2011), Love (winter, 2012), A Brief History of the Soul (fall, 2012).

AskPhilosophers.com Panel, 2010-

Invited by classes at St. Olaf (1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) to be “the last lecturer” on graduation weekend.

Review of Philosophy Department, Augustana College, Fall 2008.

Chair, External Reviewers, Philosophy Department, Hope College, 2010.

External reviewer for tenure decisions, different colleges and universities.

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Member: APA, AAR, Royal Institute of Philosophy, Society of Christian Philosophers, International Berkeley Society, Society of King Charles the Martyr, ESP, Harvard Club New York.

References

Ernst Sosa (Brown University) ernest_sos@brown.eduGalen Strawson (University of Reading) Richard Swinburne (Oxford University) richard.swinburne@oriel.oxford.ac.ukRoger Trigg (University of Warwick, England) pyrbs@titanic.csv.warwick.ac.ukLinda Zagzebski (Oklahoma) lzagzebski@ou.eduAlvin Plantinga (Notre Dame) plantinga.1@nd.eduTim Chappell (Open University)Daniel Robinson (Oxford University)Paul Griffiths (Duke University) pgriffiths@div.duke.eduRobert Audi (University of Notre Dame) audi.1@nd.eduWilliam Wainwright (University of Wisconsin) wjwain@csd.uwm.eduEd Langerak (St. Olaf College) langerak@stolaf.eduGary Iseminger (Carleton College) giseming@carleton.eduWilliam Hasker (Huntington College) whasker@huntington.eduVictoria Harrison (University of Glasgow) Stewart Goetz (Ursinus College)Paul Draper (Purdue University)

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