J.P. Moreland

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy

• Ph.D., University of Southern California
• M.A., University of California, Riverside
• Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary
• B.S., University of Missouri

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Featured Books

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  Love Your God With All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul

  by J.P. Moreland foreword by Dallas Willard

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  Universals, qualities, and quality-instances: A defense of realism

  by J.P. Moreland

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  In Search of a Confident Faith

  by J.P. Moreland and Klaus Issler

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Affiliations

• Alpha Chi Sigma (Chemical Honorary Fraternity)
• National Executive Committee of the Society of Christian Philosophers
• American Philosophical Association
• Evangelical Philosophical Society
• Evangelical Theological Society
• American Scientific Affilliation
• Interdisciplinary Bibilical Research Institute
• Society of Christian Philosophers
• University Faculty for Life
• National Advisory/Executive Committee of the Evangelical Philosophical Society

Awards and Honors

• Fellow of the Wilberforce Forum, 2001 to present.
• Member of the Executive Committee for the Evangelical Philosophical Society (1999-2003, 2006 to present).
• Member of the Advisory Board for Philosophia Christi, (1999 to 2003).
• Winner of the Senior Class Professor of the Year, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, 1998-99.
• Winner of the Robert Fischer Faculty Member of the Year Award, Biola University, 1998-99.
• Fellow of the Center for the Renewal of Science & Culture, Discovery Institute, 1403 Third Ave. Suite 400, Seattle, Washington 98101. (2000-present)
• Elected as a Member of the Executive Committee for the Society of Christian Philosophers, (1997-99).
• University Faculty Award for Excellence in Integrating Christian Theology and Other Academic Disciplines, Biola University, (1996-97).
• Senior Class Professor of the Year, Biola University, 1992-93.
• Winner of the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, Lakin School of Religion, Liberty University, 1988-89.

Publications

Books

• “Christianity, Neuroscience, and Dualism,” in Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity, ed. by James Stump, Alan Padgett (Oxford and Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell, forthcoming, 2012).

• “How Evangelicals Became Over-Committed to the Bible and What Can Be Done About It,” in Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Authority of Scripture II: Scientific and Theoretical Perspectives, ed. by Carlos Bovell (Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, forthcoming, 2011).

• “Theistic and anti-Theistic Arguments from Human Nature,” in The Routledge Companion to Theism, ed. by Charles Taliaferro, Victoria Harrison, Stewart Goetz (N. Y.: Routledge, forthcoming, 2011).

• “God and the Argument from Consciousness,” in Dialogs on Christian Theism, co-editor with Chad Meister, Khaldoun Sweis (N. Y.: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2011).

• Dialogs on Christian Theism, co-editor with Chad Meister, Khaldoun Sweis (N. Y.: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2011).

• “Grossmann on Existence and Property-Instances: Suarez’s Way Out,” in Studies on the Ontology of Reinhardt Grossmann edited by Javier Cumpa Arteseros (Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag, 2010), pp. 177-90.

• “Neuroscience and Substance Dualism,” in The Nature of Nature, ed. by William Dembski, Bruce Gordon (Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, forthcoming, 2010).

• “The Image of God and the Failure of Scientific Naturalism,” in God is Great, God is Good, ed. by William Lane Craig, Chad Meister (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2009), pp. 32-48.

• The Recalcitrant Imago Dei: Human Persons and the Failure of Naturalism (London: S. C. M. Press, 2009). This is reviewed in the Journal of Theological Studies.

• “The Argument from Consciousness,” in A Companion to Natural Theology, co-edited with William Lane Craig (Oxford and Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 2009).

Journal Articles

• “Oppy on the Argument from Consciousness: A Rejoinder,” *European Journal for Philosophy of Religion* 3:1 (Spring 2011): 213-26.
• "Oppy on the Argument from Consciousness," (forthcoming Faith and Philosophy).
• "Oppy on the Argument from Consciousness," (forthcoming Faith and Philosophy).

Journals

• “Oppy on the Argument from Consciousness,” (out for review).

• “Exemplification and Constituent Realism:  A Clarification and Modest Defense,” Axiomathes (forthcoming).

• “Substance Dualism and the Argument from Self-Awareness,” Philosophia Christi (forthcoming).

• “The Origin of the Soul in Light of Twinning, Cloning and Frozen Embryos,” Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics 3.1 (2010):

• “Searle’s Rapprochement between Naturalism and Libertarian Agency:  A Critique,” Philosophia Christi 11 (Spring 2009):  189-99.

• “Naturalism and the Crisis of the Soul,” Faith & Mission 24:4 (2008):  50-60.

• “Naturalism and How it is Affecting Culture,” Faith & Mission 24:4 (2008):  38-48.

• “Truth and Postmodernism,” Areopagus Journal 8:3 (May/June 2008):  10-16.

• “Speaking to the Mind of the Age Part II,” The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society 8 (March 2008):  42-63.

• “On Willard’s Knowing Christ Today,” Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 2 (Fall 2009): 252-56.

Magazines

• “Thinking as a Christian,” with Bill Sherman, Tulsa World February 13, 2010, p. A 15.

• “The Power of God’s Kingdom and Ministry,” Ministry 81 (May 2009): 1-3.

• “Responding to Religulous with a Confident Faith,” Biola Magazine Winter 2009, pp. 26-27.

• “Jesse Jackson and the Minimum Wage,” TrueU.org November 20, 2008.

• “Human Persons, Secularism and Sexual Perversion,” TrueU.org October 9, 2008.

• “Human Persons, Gratitude and Happiness,” TrueU.org September 11, 2008.

• “Interview on In Search of a Confident Faith,” (with Klaus Issler) World Magazine Volume 23, number 19 (September 20 2008).

• “Naturalism and Rationality,” TrueU.org August 14, 2008.

• “Naturalism and Equal Rights,” TrueU.org July 10, 2008.

• “Naturalism and the Self,” TrueU.org June 12, 2008.

Presentations

• “Integration Workshop,” delivered at a faculty workshop, Lancaster Bible College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 5, 2010.

• “The Lost Virtue of Happiness,” delivered at Oklahoma Baptist University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 19, 2010.

• “The God Question,” delivered at the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 18, 2010.

• “The Nature and Reality of the Soul,” delivered at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 18, 2010.

• “Interview,” Life from Tulsa, ABC television, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 18, 2010.

• “Kingdom Apologetics,” delivered at the Annual Worldview Conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 18, 2009.

• “Why Christian Knowledge Matters,” delivered at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, November 18, 2009.

• “Christian Philosophy in Global Context,” delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 18, 2009.

• “Understanding Spiritual Experience,” delivered at California State at Stanislaw, Turlock, California, October 16, 2009.

• “Knowledge of God and the Case for Christianity,” delivered at The Academy of Ethics and Christian Thought, El Paso, Texas, October 3, 2009.

Research Interests

• Philosophy of Mind
• Spiritual Formation
• Metaphysics