PAUL M. GOULD
January 2016
Email: [email protected]
www.paul-gould.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., in Philosophy, Purdue University, May 2010.
M.A., in Philosophy (with honors), Talbot School of Theology, December 2003.
B.A., (with honors) Miami University (Ohio), May 1993.
Areas of specialization: Christian Apologetics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion,
Philosophical Theology
Areas of Competence: Logic, Ethics, Medieval Philosophy, Theology, Biblical Studies
Dissertation:
“A Defense of Platonic Theism”
Committee: Michael Bergmann (Chair), Jeffrey Brower, Paul Draper
EMPLOYMENT
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Christian
Apologetics: 2014-present
• Senior Research Fellow Faith and Culture, Land Center, 2015-present.
• Philosophy & Ethics Division Chair, 2015-present
• Philosophy Department Chair 2014-2015
CRU (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ): 1997-2013
• Institute for Biblical Studies, professor, 2009-2103
• Faculty Commons, Executive Team, 2009-2012
• Faculty Commons, Field Staff, 2001-2009
• Undergraduate Ministry, Field Staff, 1997-2001
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, The College at Southeastern (Wake Forest, NC): 2011-2013.
Teaching Graduate Student in Philosophy, Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN): 2005-2010.
The Brewer Chair Research Assistantship, Mark Bernstein, Purdue University, Spring 2010.
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University-Kokomo (Kokomo, IN): 2004-2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Under Contract. Cultural Apologetics: Re-establishing the Christian Voice, Conscience, and
Imagination. Zondervan.
2. Under Contract. An Introduction to Philosophy (co-authored with Jamie Dew and Kevin
Smith). Baker Academic.
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3. Under Contract. Stand Firm: Apologetics and the Brilliance of the Gospel (co-authored with
Travis Dickinson and R. Keith Loftin). B & H Academic.
4. 2014. The Outrageous Idea of the Missional Professor. Wipf & Stock.
Edited Books
1. Under Contract. Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy (co-edited with Richard Brian
Davis). Zondervan.
2. 2014. Is Faith in God Reasonable? Debates in Philosophy, Science, and Rhetoric. (co-edited
with Corey Miller). Routledge.
3. 2014. Beyond the Control of God? Six Views on the Problem of God and Abstract Objects.
Bloomsbury Publishing Group.
4. 2014. Loving God with Your Mind: Essays in Honor of J.P. Moreland. (co-edited with
Richard Brian Davis). Moody Press.
5. 2007. The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar: Redeeming the Soul, Redeeming the Mind.
(co-edited with William Lane Craig). Wheaton, IL: Crossway.
Articles
1. Forthcoming. “Logical Positivism” (500 words), “Chinese Room Argument” (500 words),
“Theism” (500 words). In The Zondervan Dictionary of Christianity and Science, eds. Paul
Copan, Tremper Longman, Mike Strauss, Chris Reese. Zondervan.
2. 2015. “Further Reflections on Academic Faithfulness: Replies to Friendly Critics,” EPS
Web Symposium, found here:
http://www.epsociety.org/library/articles.asp?pid=283&mode=detail.
3. 2014. “Theistic Activism and the Doctrine of Creation.” Philosophia Christi 16.2: 283-296.
4. 2014. “An Essay on Academic Disciplines, Faithfulness, and the Christian Scholar.”
Christian Higher Education 13 (3): 167-182.
5. 2104. “Can God Create Abstract Objects? A Reply to Peter van Inwagen,” Sophia 53 (1):
99-112.
6. 2014. “Modified Theistic Activism,” (with Richard Brian Davis) in Beyond the Control of
God? Six Views on the Problem of God and Abstract Objects. Bloomsbury Publishing
Group.
7. 2014 “Replies to Craig, Yandell, Oppy, Shalkowski, and Welty (with Richard Brian
Davis),” in Paul Gould, ed., Beyond the Control of God? Six Views on the Problem of God
and Abstract Objects. Bloomsbury Publishing Group.
8. 2014. “Introduction,” in Paul Gould, ed., Beyond the Control of God? Six Views on the
Problem of God and Abstract Objects. Bloomsbury Publishing Group.
9. 2014. “Theism, Platonism, and Explanation,” (with Stan Wallace) in Loving God with Your
Mind: Essays in Honor of J.P. Moreland.
10. 2013. “How Does an Aristotelian Substance Have its Platonic Properties? Issues and
Options,” Axiomathes 23 (2): 343-364.
11. 2012. “The Problem of Universals, Realism, and God,” Metaphysica Vol. 13:2: 183-194.
12. 2012. “The Problem of God and Abstract Objects: A Prolegomenon,” Philosophia Christi
Vol. 13:2: 255-274.
13. 2011.“Theistic Activism: A New Problem and Solution,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 13: 127139.
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14. 2007. “The Two Tasks Introduced: The Fully Integrated Life of the Christian Scholar,” in
The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar, eds. Paul Gould and William Lane Craig (Wheaton,
IL: Crossway), 17-54.
Book Reviews and Review Essays
1. Forthcoming. “Reading C. S. Lewis: A Commentary,” by Wesley A. Kort, Themelios.
2. 2015. “Urban Apologetics,” by Christopher Brooks, The Great Commission Research
Journal.
3. 2014. “God and Evil,” ed. by Chad Meister and Jamie Dew, Philosophia Christ 16.2: 460464.
4. 2013. “God and Necessity,” by Brian Leftow, Philosophia Christi 15 (2): 494-497.
5. 2013. “Creation and the Sovereignty of God,” by Hugh McCann, Faith and Philosophy 30
(3): 361-364.
6. 2013 “ Intentionality and God: A Review Essay of Scott Smith’s Naturalism and Our
Knowledge of Reality,” Philo Vol. 15.1: 97-105.
7. 2012. “The Consequences of (Some) Ideas,” Cultural Encounters Vol. 8:1:115-126. [review
essay of James Davison Hunter’s To Change the World]
8. 2011. “Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind” by Mark Noll, Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society Vol. 54.4: 874-877.
9. 2011. “Perspectives on the Doctrine of God: Four Views,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 13: 227231.
Popular Essays
1. 2015. “Is Bigger Better? C. S. Lewis, Atheism, and the Argument from Size.” Knowing and
Doing (Winter): 3, 15–18.
2. 2014. “The Church Needs Philosophers and Philosophers need the Church,” published on
April 23 at the Gospel Coalition website.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
At Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Fort Worth, TX:
Undergraduate:
Anthropology: Fall 2015
Contemporary Worldviews: Spring 2014
Characteristics of Godly Virtue: Fall 2014
Early Western Civilization Seminar: Fall 2014
Reasoning Fall 2015 (2X)
World Religions: Fall 2014
Graduate (Master’s Level):
Apologetics of C. S. Lewis: Summer 2015, in Oxford, England)
Christ & Canon: Fall 2015 (co-taught with Travis Dickinson)
Critical Thinking: Fall 2014, Fall 2015
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Cultural Apologetics: Spring 2015
God and Evil: Summer 2014
Philosophy of Religion: Spring 2015
Graduate (PhD and Dmin Level):
The Metaphysics of Creation: Spring 2015
Cultural Apologetics: Summer 2015 (Dmin Seminar)
At Southeastern College (Wake Forest, NC):
History of Ideas 1: Fall 2011, Fall 2012.
History of Ideas 2: Spring 2012 (two sections), Spring 2013.
At Purdue (West Lafayette, IN):
Introduction to Philosophy: Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009.
Introduction to Ethics: Spring 2007.
Philosophy of Religion: Fall 2006 (Teaching Assistant).
Religions of the West: Fall 2007 (Teaching Assistant).
At Indiana University, Kokomo (Kokomo, IN):
Introduction to Philosophy: Spring 2006; Fall 2004.
Introduction to Ethics: Fall 2005.
Institute for Biblical Studies:
Apologetics: Summer 2011-2013, Fall 2013 (Austin, TX).
Nature of God: Summer 2009.
Bible Study Methods: Summer 2009, 2011.
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
1. Chad Meeks, “A Soulless Science: An Inquiry Into the Limitations of Physical Science In
Detecting a Non-physical soul” (Supervisor, in progress)
2. Cody Dolinsek, “Platonic Love” (Supervisor, in progress)
3. Bradly J. Collier, “God and Fruitless Evil” (reader, defended Spring 2015)
4. John Gilhooly, “Angelic Assumption of the Body in Thomas Aquinas and Scripture”
(reader, defended 2014)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Refereed)
1. 2015. “A (Few) New Value Arguments for God,” November, National Evangelical
Philosophical Society, Atlanta, GA.
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2. 2013. “God’s Free, Rational, and Sovereign Creation of All Distinct (Necessary and
Contingent) Reality,” November, National Evangelical Philosophical Society, Baltimore,
MD.
3. 2012. Panelist response to Scott Smith’s Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality,”
November, National Evangelical Philosophical Society, Milwaukee, WI.
4. 2012. “The Problem of Universals, Realism, and God,” March, Evangelical Philosophical
Society Southeast Regional Conference, Wake Forest; November, National Evangelical
Philosophical Society, Milwaukee, WI.
5. 2011. “An Essay on Academic Disciplines, Faithfulness, and the Christian Scholar,”
November, Evangelical Philosophical Society National Conference, San Francisco.
6. 2011. “Can God Create Abstract Objects? A Reply to van Inwagen,” March, Society of
Christian Philosophers East, Fordham University.
7. 2010. “’Whatever Platonic Properties Can Do, So Too Divine Concepts’: A Reply To
Leftow”, April, Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest, Calvin College.
(SELECTED) INVITED TALKS
1. 2015: “Cultural Apologetics,” November, EPS Apologetics Conference.
2. 2015. University of Toronto, “Does Jesus Answer Life’s Biggest Questions?”, “On Being a
Missional Professor,” February, sponsored by Power to Change.
3. 2015. Tyndale University, “The Christian Platonism of C. S. Lewis,” “On Being a Missional
Professor,” invited talks to students and faculty.
4. 2014. Texas Christian University, “Evidence for the Resurrection,” March, sponsored by
CRU.
5. 2014. University of Calgary & Mount Royal University, “Does God Care?” January,
sponsored by Power to Change.
6. 2013. “Can God Create Abstract Objects? A Reply to Peter van Inwagen,” May,
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary PhD Symposium.
7. 2012. “Faith and the Academy,” October, Ratio Christi Symposium.
8. 2012. University of Florida, “Against Saving the World on Your Own Time,” January,
sponsored by Faculty Commons.
9. 2011. Charge at the Evangelical Philosophical Society Banquet, “Against Saving the World
on Your Own Time,” November.
10. 2011. University of California, Berkeley, “Is Christianity Good for the World?” November,
sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ.
11. 2011. Stanford University, “The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar,” November (to
Faculty), sponsored by Faculty Commons.
12. 2011. Symposium on Christianity and the Academy, “Integrating Christianity and the
Academy” (keynote address), October, sponsored by Ratio Christi.
13. 2011. Northeastern University, “Four Questions that leave Christians Speechless,” October,
sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ.
14. 2011. Ball State University, “Is Christianity Good for the World?” March, sponsored by
Campus Crusade for Christ.
15. 2010. Student Leadership Conference, taught 10 hours on faith and scholarship for the “Post
Graduate Track,” November, sponsored by the Tertiary Student Christian Fellowship, New
Zealand.
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16. 2010. University of Kansas, “The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar,” October (to
Faculty); “Four questions that leave Christians speechless” (to students), sponsored by
Campus Crusade for Christ.
17. 2010. Michigan State University, “Why does God Allow Suffering?” March, sponsored by
Campus Crusade for Christ.
18. 2009. National Staff Conference, Colorado, “Understanding the Theology of the Emergent
Church,” July, sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ.
19. 2009. Ohio University. “Priceless or Ordinary: Two Competing Views of Being Human,”
February, sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ.
20. 2006. University of Chicago, “Can Man Live Without God?” February, sponsored by
Campus Crusade for Christ.
21. 2005. University of Michigan, “Can Man Live Without God?” October, sponsored by
Christian Graduate Group.
22. 2005. Miami University (Ohio), “Why Does God Allow Suffering?” October, sponsored by
Campus Crusade for Christ.
23. 2005. Butler University, “Open Forum on Christianity,” April, sponsored by Campus
Crusade for Christ.
24. 2004. Northwestern University, “Postmodernism,” November, sponsored by Campus
Crusade for Christ.
25. 2004. University of Toledo, “Tough Questions about God,” October, sponsored by Campus
Crusade for Christ.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Evangelical Philosophical Society (executive committee member, 2014-present)
Society of Christian Philosophers
REFERENCES
Michael Bergmann, Purdue University
Jeffrey Brower, Purdue University
Paul Draper, Purdue University
J. P. Moreland, Biola University
William Lane Craig, Biola University
Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University