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SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS:

Sabbatical, Sabbatical Research Proposal to write final draft for Finding God: Places for the Divine in a Scientific Culture. Granted for 1998-1999 academic year.

ASA/Templeton Science-Religion Lecture Series Grant ($9000). 1996-1997. The Templeton Foundation

Templeton Science-Religion Course Award Winners. Book Purchase Grant ($250). June 1995. The Templeton Foundation

Templeton Science-Religion Course Award Winners Conference. Participation Grant, June 1995. The Templeton Foundation

Templeton Science-Religion Course Award ($10,000). May 1995. The Templeton Foundation

Workshop on the Design of Academic Courses in Science and Religion. Participation Grant, January 1995. The Templeton Foundation

Sabbatical, Sabbatical Research Proposal to write draft chapters for Finding God: Places for the Divine in a Scientific Culture. Granted for Spring 1992.

Participant in NEH Summer Institute entitled "Concepts of Nature and God." Summer 1987. Institute Director: Frederick Ferré.

Western Kentucky University Award for Distinguished Contribution to the University in Research, 1986.

Sabbatical, Sabbatical Research Proposal entitled "Edmund Husserl on Intentionality." Granted for Spring 1985.

Participant in the NEH Summer Seminar entitled "Talk About God." Summer 1979. Seminar Director: William P. Alston.

Western Kentucky University Faculty Summer Research Grant (One Month) for May, 1979.

Western Kentucky University Faculty Summer Research Grant (One Month) for May, 1978.

President's Circle Dissertation Fellowship (1975-1976).

PUBLICATIONS:

Book:

Religious Explanations: A Model from the Sciences, (Duke University Press, 1985).

Articles:

"Nature, God and Scientific Method," forthcoming in Philip MacEwen, editor, Idealist Alternatives to Materialist Philosophies of Science, (Edwin Mellen Press).

"Clocks, God and Scientific Realism," in Zygon, Volume 37, Number 3, September 2002.

"Perceiving an Imperceptible God," in Religious Studies, Volume 34, Number 4, 1998.

"Between Addition and Difference: A Place for Religious Critiques of the Sciences," in Zygon, Volume 33, Number 4, December 1998.

"Philosophy 310: Religion, Science and Contemporary Life," forthcoming in John Templeton, editor, Science and Religion Courses.

"Galileo and the Church: An Untidy Affair," Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 1995..

"The Methodological Isolation of Religious Belief," in George W. Shields and Mark H. Shale, editors, Proceedings of the Institute for Liberal Studies: Science, Technology and Religious Ideas, Volume 5, Fall 1994.

"The Methodological Isolation of Religious Belief," Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Volume 1, Number 2, Summer 1994.

"General Philosophy," Chapter 2 in The Reader's Advisor, Volume 4: Philosophy and Religion, 14th Edition (New York: R.R. Bowker, 1994).

"Galileo and the Church," in Mark H. Shale and George W. Shields, editors, Science, Technology, and Religious Ideas (Lanham: University Press of America, 1994).

"Galileo and the Church," in Mark H. Shale and George W. Shields, editors, Proceedings of the Institute for Liberal Studies: Science, Technology and Religious Ideas, Volume 3, Fall 1992.

"David Hume and the Mysterious Shroud of Turin," Religious Studies, Volume 27, Number 2, June 1991.

"The Roles of Predictions in Science and Religion," International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 29, Number 1, February 1991.

"Sin, Love and Redemption: A Reply to Lloyd Steffen," forthcoming in Asian Thought in Society.

"Greh, ljubav i iskupljenje - odgovor L. Stefenu," Serbo-Croatian translation of "Sin, Love and Redemption: A Reply to Lloyd Steffen," Kulture Istoka, Volume 25, July-September 1990.

"Anthropomorphic Concepts of God," Religious Studies, Volume 26, Number 1, March 1990.

"The Sensory Presentation of Divine Infinity," Faith and Philosophy, Volume 7, Number 1, January 1990.

"Darwin and Darwinism," in Frederick Ferré, editor, Concepts of Nature and God, (Athens: NEH Publication, 1989).

"Religious Explanations: A Reply to Professor McMullin," Faith and Philosophy, Volume 5, Number 3, July 1988.

"Wittgenstein and Aristotle on Knowledge from Perception," Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 21, Number 3, Fall 1983.

"Philosophy as a Christian Vocation," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Volume 23, Number 3, September 1980.

"Introspection and the Inscrutability of Reference," Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 17, Number 4, Winter 1979.

"Toward a Christian Conception of Man," Journal of Psychology and Theology, Volume 5, Number 2, Spring 1977.

"The Role of Common Notions in Spinoza's Ethics," Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 15, Number 4, Winter 1977.

"Indeterminacy Still Lurks," Foundations of Language, Volume 14, Number 2, March 1976.

"Aristotle's Modern Conception of Man," Journal of Psychology and Theology, Volume 3, Number 2, Spring 1975.

Solicited Book Reviews:

“Review of Michael Ruse, Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science,” forthcoming in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 

“Review of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, Alone in the World?: Human Uniqueness in Science and Theology,” in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 65, Number 1, February 2009

“Review of Sahotra Sarkar, Doubting Darwin?: Creationist Designs on Evolution,” in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 64, Number 3, December 2008

“Review of Nancey Murphy and William R. Stoeger, SJ (eds.), Evolution and Emergence: Systems, Organisms, Persons,” in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 62, Number 3, December 2007

“Review of Philip Clayton and Paul Davies (eds.), The Re-Emergence of Emergence: The Emergentist Hypothesis from Science to Religion,” in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 62, Number 2, October 2007

“Review of Mikael Stenmark, How to Relate Science and Religion: A Multidimensional Model,” in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 58, Number 1, August 2005

"Review of Neil A. Manson (ed.), God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 57, Number 2, April 2005.

"Review of Nicholas Saunders, Divine Action and Modern Science," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 57, Number 1, February 2005.

"Review of John F. Haught, Science and Religion in Search of Cosmic Purpose," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 49, Number 2, April 2001.

"Review of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, The Shaping of Rationality: Toward Interdisciplinarity in Theology and Science," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 48, Number 2, October 2000.

"Review of Philip D. Clayton, God and Contemporary Science," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 46, Number 3, December 1999.

"Review of Bernard J. Verkamp, Senses of Mystery: Religious and Nonreligious," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 45.

"Physics, Genesis and the Meaning of Life: A Review of F.A. Wolf, The Spiritual Universe: How Quantum Physics Proves the Existence of the Soul," in Journal of Psychology and Theology, Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 1998.

"Review of Peter Forrest, God without the Supernatural: A Defense of Scientific Theism," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 43, Number 2, April 1998.

"Review of Jesse Hobbs, Religious Explanation and Scientific Ideology," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 40, Number 3, December 1996.

"Review of Joseph Houston, Reported Miracles: A Critique of Hume," in Religious Studies, Volume 31, Number 2, June 1995.

"Review of Mary Midgley, Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and its Meaning," International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 34, 1993.

"Review of Alan Olding, Modern Biology and Natural Theology," International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 34, 1993.

"Review of Michael C. Banner, The Justification of Science and the Rationality of Religious Belief," International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Volume 32, 1992.

"Review of T.C. Williams, The Idea of the Miraculous," Religious Studies, Volume 27, Number 2, June 1991.

"Review of Del Ratzsch, Philosophy of Science," Faith and Philosophy, Volume 5, Number 3, July 1988.

"Review of Stephen Evans, Existentialism: The Philosophy of Despair and the Quest for Hope," Journal of Psychology and Theology, Volume 13, Number 2, Summer 1985.

"Review of Erikson: Identity and Religion," Journal of Psychology and Theology, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 1984.

"Review of Christians and Religious Pluralism," Journal of Psychology and Theology, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 1984.

"Review of Studying Religion," Journal of Psychology and Theology, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 1984.

Miscellaneous:

"Instructor's Lecture Outlines for Readings in Twenty Questions," Fifth Edition, Wadsworth Publishing Company.

"NovaCalc for the Model 4," BASIC Spreadsheet program adaptation for the TRS-80 Model 4, published in 80Micro, Disk Series, October 1987.

"Review of Ayn Rand," Park City Daily News, October 18, 1987.

PRESENTATIONS:

"The True Story of Creation," American Academy of Religion, Southeastern Regional Meeting, March 2004.

"Clocks, God and Scientific Realism," American Academy of Religion, Southeastern Regional Meeting, March 2003.

"Clocks, God and Modern Realism," Society for Philosophy of Religion, Spring 2001.

"Clocks, God and Modern Realism," ILS Conference on Science and Culture, Kentucky State University, Spring 2000.

"The Gods of Modern Science," ILS Conference on Science and Culture, Kentucky State University, Spring 1999.

"Between Addition and Difference: A Place for Religious Critiques of the Sciences," McMannis Lecture Series, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, Spring 1999.

"A Little Metaphysics Goes a Long Way: Reply to Frederick Ferré," Society for Philosophy of Religion, Spring 1999.

"Between Addition and Difference: A Place for Religious Critiques of the Sciences," Sonoma State University, February 11, 1999.

"A Place for Religious Critiques of the Sciences," ILS Conference on Science and Culture, Kentucky State University, Spring 1997.

"The Methodological Isolation of Religious Belief," Society for Philosophy of Religion, Spring 1996.

"Religious Explanation and Contemporary Science," Templeton Science-Religion Course Workshop, June 1995.

"Matter, Method and God," ILS Conference on Science and Culture, Kentucky State University, Spring 1995.

"The Methodological Isolation of Religious Belief," ILS Conference on Science, Technology and Religious Ideas, Kentucky State University, Spring 1994.

"Galileo and the Church," Society for Philosophy of Religion, Spring 1993.

"Galileo and the Church," ILS Conference on Science, Technology and Religious Ideas, Kentucky State University, Spring 1992.

"An Overview of Ethics," Presbyterian Women's Association Meeting, September, 1991.

"David Hume, Miracles and the Virgin Mary," ILS Conference on Science, Technology and Religious Ideas, Kentucky State University, Spring 1991.

"David Hume, Miracles and the Virgin Mary," Society of Christian Philosophers, Eastern Region, Spring 1991.

"David Hume, Miracles and the Virgin Mary," Society for Philosophy of Religion, Spring 1991.

"The Roles of Predictions in Science and Religion," ILS Conference on Science, Technology and Religious Ideas, Kentucky State University, Spring 1990.

"The Roles of Predictions in Science and Religion," University of Montevallo Reflections Series, Spring 1990.

"The Roles of Predictions in Science and Religion," Society for Philosophy of Religion, Spring 1989.

"The Sensory Presentation of Divine Infinity," Eastern Meetings of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Spring 1988.

"Perceptual Encounters with Divine Infinity," Southeastern Meetings of the American Academy of Religion, Spring 1988.

"Roman Origins of Christmas," Presbyterian Men's Breakfast, December 1987, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

"Jesus Through the Centuries: Philosophical Influences on Concepts of Jesus," Seven Lectures, The Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Fall 1987.

"Reply to Byrnes: 'Dialogical Rationality'," Western Kentucky University Symposium with Frank Reynolds on the Liberal Arts, November 1987.

"Logic and the LSAT," Western Kentucky University Pre-Law Club, Fall 1987.

"Science and Religion," Six Lectures, The Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Spring 1987.

"The Sensory Presentation of Divine Infinity," Society for Philosophy of Religion Annual Meeting, March 1987.

"The Sensory Presentation of Divine Infinity," Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Meeting, November 1986.

"Thomas Jefferson's Vision for America," Sons of the American Revolution (Bowling Green Chapter), November 1986.

"Last of the Old or First of the New?" Wheaton Philosophy Conference, October 1983.

"Wittgenstein and Aristotle on Knowledge from Perception," Kentucky Philosophical Association, Spring 1983.

Panelist following the play, "Einstein the Man," Western Kentucky University, March 1980.

"Reply to 'Self-Ownership, Abortion and Infanticide'," Kentucky Philosophical Association, Spring 1980.

"20th Century Ethics: A Survey," Western Kentucky University Philosophy Club, November 1980.

"Emotion, Meaning and Bodies," Wheaton Philosophy Conference, October 1978.

"Practical Religion," Western Kentucky University Philosophy Club, October 1978.

"Introspection and the Inscrutability of Reference," Kentucky Philosophical Association, Spring 1978.

"Man: A Unity or Composite?" (later published as "Toward a Christian Conception of Man,") Evangelical Theological Society Southeastern Section Meetings, Spring 1978.

"Response to 'Why Should I be Moral?'," Western Kentucky University Philosophy Club, December 1977.

"Philosophy of Science," Western Kentucky University Biology Club, Fall 1977.

"The Role of Common Notions in Spinoza's Ethics," Western Kentucky University Philosophy Colloquium, Fall 1976.

"Knowledge of God through Analogy," Western Kentucky University Philosophy Club, Fall 1976.

EDITORIAL CONSULTATIONS:

General Advisory Board, Association for Science andCulture
Journal Advisory Board, Association for Science and Culture
Web Site Advisory Board, Association for Science and Culture
Journal of Psychology and Theology, Editorial Consultant
Fields of Knowledge, Science and Religion Consultant
Longmans Publishing, Philosophy Consultant
McGraw-Hill, Philosophy Text Consultant

RECENT UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

2006-2007:

Department Library Committee
Departmental Rank and Promotion Committee
Departmental Tenure Committee

2005-2006:

University Advisory Committee on Faculty Continuance
University Advisory Committee on Faculty Grievance
Potter College Faculty Development Committee
Departmental Rank and Promotion Committee
Departmental Tenure Committee

2004-2005:

University Advisory Committee on Faculty Continuance
University Advisory Committee on Faculty Grievance
Department Library Committee
Departmental Rank and Promotion Committee
Departmental Tenure Committee

2003-2004:

Society for the Study of Science and Culture Advisory Board
Society for the Study of Science and Culture Website Advisor
Society for the Study of Science and Culture WWW Journal Advisory Board
University Advisory Committee on Faculty Continuance
University Advisory Committee on Faculty Grievance
Department Library Committee
Departmental Rank and Promotion Committee
Departmental Tenure Committee

2002-2003:

Society for the Study of Science and Culture Advisory Board
Society for the Study of Science and Culture Website Advisor
Society for the Study of Science and Culture WWW Journal Advisory Board
University Advisory Committee on Faculty Continuance
University Advisory Committee on Faculty Grievance
Potter College Professional Development Committee
Department Library Committee
Departmental Rank and Promotion Committee
Departmental Tenure Committee

2001-2002:

Society for the Study of Science and Culture Advisory Board
Society for the Study of Science and Culture Website Advisor
Society for the Study of Science and Culture WWW Journal Advisory Board
Potter College Professional Development Committee
Departmental Rank and Promotion Committee
Departmental Tenure Committee

2000-2001:

Society for the Study of Science and Culture Advisory Board
Society for the Study of Science and Culture Website Advisor
Society for the Study of Science and Culture WWW Journal Advisory Board
Potter College Professional Development Committee
Departmental Rank and Promotion Committee
Departmental Tenure Committee
University Academic Probation Committee

1999-2000:

Society for the Study of Science and Culture Advisory Board
Society for the Study of Science and Culture Website Advisor
Society for the Study of Science and Culture WWW Journal Advisory Board
Potter College Dean's Advisory Committee
Departmental Rank and Promotion Committee
Departmental Tenure Committee
University Academic Probation Committee

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