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    Neurodiversity and Thriving: A Case Study in Theology-Informed Psychology
    with Pamela Ebstyne King
    Studies in Christian Ethics 36 (4): 827-843. 2023.
    The concept of ‘neurodiversity’ to speak of conditions such as autism, dyslexia, and others as differences, not disorders or pathologies, relies on a robust account of human flourishing that can incorporate these conditions. Conceptions of illness and well-being are always partially theological, whilst also having to be grounded in the empirical realities of the present time. Therefore, positive developmental psychology is a particularly apt field for developing a theology-informed psychology. T…Read more
  • Response #2 (review)
    Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 15 (1): 143-152. 2022.
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    Editorial
    TheoLogica: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology 7 (1): 1-4. 2023.
    Analytic theology and Science-Engaged Theology are two of the most exciting movements within theology in recent years, and have much in common. Both are interdisciplinary endeavours that engage other sub-disciplines (analytic philosophy and the natural and behavioural sciences, respectively) in the service of theology. Many (although not all) of the same scholars actively contribute to both movements. Furthermore, analytic theology and science-engaged theology both maintain the primacy and integ…Read more
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    Book Review: Augustine on the Will: A Theological Account by Han-luen Kantzer Komline (review)
    Studies in Christian Ethics 36 (1): 194-197. 2023.
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    Panpsychism and God
    Philosophy Compass 17 (12). 2022.
    Panpsychism is the view, found in ancient and modern, Eastern and Western philosophies, that mind is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the universe. This article explores the use of panpsychism to support different views of God. It is seen that as a family of views, panpsychism is a theologically flexible position that has been used to support atheism, pantheism, panentheism, and traditional monotheism. However, the relationship between panpsychism and philosophy of religion is not infinit…Read more
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    In this response to David Bradnick's and Bradford McCall's defense of Amos Yong's usage of emergence theory, we defend our previous argument regarding the tension between Yong's Pentecostal commitments and the philosophical entailments of emergence theory. We clarify and extend our previous concerns in three ways. First, we explore the difficulties of construing divine action naturalistically. Second, we clarify the problems of employing supervenience in theology. Third, we show why Bradnick's a…Read more
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    Why a Panpsychist Should Adopt Theism: God, Galileo, and Goff
    Journal of Consciousness Studies 28 (9-10): 250-267. 2021.
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    Pneumatology, Participation, and Load-Bearing Structures
    Philosophia Christi 23 (1): 53-62. 2021.
    As Oliver D. Crisp’s Analyzing Doctrine sets out the major moves of a future analytic systematic theology, this response worries about the lack of close attention to work of the Holy Spirit. It is argued that this generates an unhelpful tendency for key theological concepts to collapse into one another. First, the concepts of theosis, participation, union, conformity, and sanctification appear indistinguishable. Second, Crisp portrays monofocal attention to the union of incarnation, without equa…Read more
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    Religion Without Eschatology
    European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 13 (2): 163-178. 2021.
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    Accountability, Autism and Friendship with God
    Studies in Christian Ethics 34 (3): 347-359. 2021.
    David Shoemaker has argued that autistic persons cannot be held accountable and are not members of the moral community. Arguing against this conclusion, this article both corrects the view of autism contained in Shoemaker’s paper and resituates his theory of accountability within a Christian virtue ethic based on the gift of friendship. The call to be accountable to God for one’s life contains within it the gift of God’s friendship and does not require the capacity for empathy or joint attention…Read more
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    William J. Abraham. Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume III: Systematic Theology
    Journal of Analytic Theology 8 (1): 738-741. 2020.
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    How To Be a Theological Panpsychist, but Not a Process Theologian
    Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences 7 (1): 10. 2020.
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    The recent interest in exploring whether authoritative figures of the Reformed tradition employed a concept of theōsis or deification in their soteriology continues to grow. However, it is yet unclear how the supposed implicit Reformed doctrine of deification relates to the more explicit concept of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, many of the arguments for theōsis in the theology of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, or T. F. Torrance seem to rely on confusing these two soteriological co…Read more
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    William J. Abraham. Divine Agency and Divine Action, Vols. 1 & 2
    Journal of Analytic Theology 7 (1): 700-705. 2019.
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    A number of contemporary philosophers have suggested that the recent revival of interest in panpsychism within philosophy of mind could reinvigorate a pantheistic philosophy of religion. This project explores whether the combination and individuation problems, which have dominated recent scholarship within panpsychism, can aid the pantheist’s articulation of a God/universe unity. Constitutive holistic panpsychism is seen to be the only type of panpsychism suited to aid pantheism in articulating …Read more
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    A critique of emergent theologies
    Zygon 51 (4): 867-882. 2016.
    This article is an analysis and critique of emergent theologies, focusing on areas of Christology and pneumatology. An increasing number of Christian theologians are integrating emergence theory into their work. I argue that, despite the range of theological commitments and methodological approaches represented by these scholars, each faces similar problematic tendencies when their Christian doctrines are combined with emergence theory. It is concluded that the basic logic of emergence theory, w…Read more