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354Cognitive Science of Religion and Classical Theism: A SynthesisReligions 13. 2022.Launonen and Mullins argue that if Classical Theism is true, human cognition is likely not theism-tracking, at least, given what we know from cognitive science of religion. In this essay, we develop a model for how classical theists can make sense of the findings from cognitive science, without abandoning their Classical Theist commitments. We also provide an argument for how our model aligns well with the Christian doctrine of general revelation.
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194Foreknowledge & Divine EmotionsEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 14 (3): 115-128. 2022.. In this essay, we move to further advance the work done on God and emotions by RT Mullins, exploring the role exhaustive divine foreknowledge plays as it relates to God’s emotional life. Given our preliminary investigation at the intersection of divine foreknowledge and divine emotions, and focusing specifically on the neoclassical theistic conception of God, we argue that in light of God’s foreknowledge, his emotional life is dissimilar when compared to that of his creation. That said, our pr…Read more
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164Book Review: Gaven Kerr, Aquinas's Way to God (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), 1-205. (review)Heythrop Journal. forthcoming.
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144Divine foreknowledge and human free will: Embracing the paradoxInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 90 (2): 93-107. 2021.A family of objections to theism aims to show that certain key theological doctrines, when held in conjunction, are incompatible. The longstanding problem of divine foreknowledge and human freedom represents one such objection. In this essay, we provide the theist an epistemic approach to the problem that allows for the rational affirmation of both divine foreknowledge and human freedom despite their prima facie incompatibility. Specifically, we apply James Anderson’s Rational Affirmation of Par…Read more
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104Is the Problem of Divine Hiddenness a Problem for the Reformed Epistemologist?Heythrop Journal 59 (5): 783-793. 2018.The problem of divine hiddenness, currently a much-discussed topic in analytic philosophy of religion, can be summarized in the question, ‘Why is God not more obvious or apparent?’ Sometimes the problem is used to undermine theistic belief. Here we seek to add a unique contribution to the growing debate on this theme from the perspective of Reformed epistemology, particularly Alvin Plantinga's construal; moreover, we do so in a way that is theologically relevant. We conclude, with assistance fro…Read more
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77Climate Alarmism or Lukewarming? How So-Called American Conservatives Should Think About Climate ChangeEthics and the Environment 27 (1): 101-121. 2022.Abstract:In this essay we argue that, based on current scientific data, the most prudential course of future actions that an American conservative can take, is one that assumes what we call climate change alarmism. In order to establish this thesis, we first provide a basic overview of the relevant climate change science, as well as give an analysis of the alarmist and lukewarming dialectic (the two primary interpretations of the data). We then move to develop our environmental wager. Finally, f…Read more
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48Basic Beliefs, the Embryo Rescue Case, and Single-Issue VotingThe National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 21 (2): 203-208. 2021.In this essay, we respond to Dustin Crummett’s argument that one cannot consistently appeal to body count reasoning to justify being a single-issue pro-life voter if one is also committed to the usual response to the embryo rescue case. Specifically, we argue that a modified version of BCR we call BCR* is consistent with the usual response. We then move to address concerns about the relevance of BCR* to Crummett’s original thesis.
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41Classical Theism and Buddhism: Connecting Metaphysical and Ethical SystemsBloomsbury Press. 2022.As an atheistic religious tradition, Buddhism conventionally stands in opposition to Christianity, and any bridge between them is considered to be riddled with contradictory beliefs on God the creator, salvific power and the afterlife. But what if a Buddhist could also be a Classical Theist? Showing how the various contradictions are not as fundamental as commonly thought, Tyler Dalton McNabb and Erik Baldwin challenge existing assumptions and argue that Classical Theism is, in fact, compatible …Read more
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23Aquinas’s Way to God: The Proof in De Entre et Essentia. By Gaven Kerr. Pp. 205, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, £62.00 (review)Heythrop Journal 62 (6): 1122-1123. 2021.
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17Paul M. Gould, Beyond the Control of God? Six Views on the Problem of God and Abstract Objects , Bloomsbury, 2014European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (4): 234-238. 2016.
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15Paul M. Gould. Beyond the Control of God: Six Views on the Problem of God and Abstract Objects . Bloomsbury, 2014 (review)European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (1): 256-260. 2016.
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3Wiley Coyote and the Craggy Rocks Below: The Perils of a Godless EthicPhilosophia Christi 20 (18): 339-346. 2018.William Lane Craig has defended the following two contentions: (1) If theism is true, we have a sound foundation for morality, and, (2) If theism is false, we do not have a sound foundation for morality. Erik Wielenberg rejects (2). Specifically, Wielenberg argues that naturalists have resources to make sense of objective moral values, moral duties, and moral knowledge. In response to Wielenberg, I defend Craig’s second contention by arguing that Wielenberg’s theory fails to robustly capture our…Read more