
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.
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- Journal of Psychology and Theology, Editorial Consultant
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- Department Library Committee
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2005-2006:
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2004-2005:
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2003-2004:
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- University Advisory Committee on Faculty Grievance
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- 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
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2001-2002:
- Society for the Study of Science and Culture Advisory Board
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2000-2001:
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