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Randal Rauser www.randalrauser.com C/O Taylor Seminary 11525 23 Ave Edmonton, AB, Canada T6J 4T3 1-780-431-4428 (work) [email protected] [email protected] PROFESSIONAL HISTORY TAYLOR SEMINARY: (2014-present) Full Professor of Historical Theology (2007-2014) Associate Professor of Historical Theology (2003-2007) Assistant Professor of Historical Theology BRIERCREST COLLEGE: (2002-2003) Assistant Professor of Philosophy (1 Year Sabbatical Replacement Position) ACADEMIC HISTORY EDUCATION 1999-2003 PhD, King’s College, London Dissertation: “Trinity, Mind and World: A Theological Epistemology of Mediation” Supervisor: Prof. Colin Gunton 1996-1999 MCS, Regent College, Vancouver, GPA 3.824 Major: Interdisciplinary Christian Studies Thesis: “Contraception and the Catholic Church: An Enquiry” Supervisor: Prof. Edwin Hui 1993-1996 BA, Trinity Western University, GPA 3.52 Double Major: English and Intercultural Religious Studies Graduated with Distinction AREAS OF SPECIALITY Trinitarian Theology Theological Epistemology and Theological Method Christian Worldview Apologetics 1 PUBLICATIONS MONOGRAPHS 2015: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? Rethinking Christian Attitudes toward Atheism (Cascade) 2013: What on Earth do we Know about Heaven? (Baker) 2013: God or Godless? One Atheist, One Christian, and twenty irreverent, interesting, and somewhat informative debates , coauthor John Loftus (Baker) 2012: The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver, and Other Apologetics Rabbit Trails (InterVarsity Press) 2011: You’re Not as Crazy as I Think: Dialogue in a world of loud voices and hardened opinions (Biblica) 2009: Theology in Search of Foundations (Oxford University Press) 2009: Finding God in The Shack: Conversations on an Unforgettable Weekend (Paternoster) Translations: Portuguese 2008: Faith Lacking Understanding: Theology Through a Glass Darkly, Faith in an Emerging Culture Series (Paternoster) 2006: Christian Philosophy A to Z, coauthor with Daniel Hill (Edinburgh University Press) Reviews: Ars Disputandi, The Lord God Exists Blog 2001: Let Reason Be Your Guide? A Brief Introduction to Reformed Epistemology, RTSF Monographs (Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship) PUBLISHED TEACHING CURRICULUM 2003: Introduction to Theology: Part I (Briercrest Distance Learning) PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES 2013: “The Antitheist meets the Shepherd: A response to Yoram Hazony’s The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture.” Journal of Analytic Theology (online) 2009: “Let Nothing Live That Has Breath: On the Problem of Divinely Commanded Genocide,” Philosophia Christi 2009: “Learning in War Time? Indoctrination in Focus on the Family’s ‘The Truth Project™,” Christian Scholar’s Review 2 2008: “Worshipping a Flying Teapot? What to Do When Christianity Looks Ridiculous,” The Other Journal (online journal) URL: http://www.theotherjournal.com/article.php?id=294 2006: “Ecumenism, Eucharist, and an Antirealism We Can Live With,” Canadian Evangelical Review, 23-41. 2005: “Rahner’s Rule: An Emperor Without Clothes?” International Journal of Systematic Theology 1 : 79-92. 2003: “Logos and logoi Ensarkos: Christology and a Problem of Perception,” International Journal of Systematic Theology 5 : 133-46. 2003: “Can there be Theology without Necessity?” Heythrop Journal, 44 : 131-46. 2002: “Is the Trinity a True Contradiction?” Quodlibet, 4, no. 4 (online journal) URL: http://www.quodlibet.net/rauser-trinity.shtml BOOK CHAPTERS 2012: “The Prayer that Prayed Me,” in David Marshall, Faith Seeking Understanding: Essays in Memory of Ralph Winter and Paul Brand, William Carey Library 2009: “Theology as a Bull Session,” in Oliver Crisp and Michael Rea, ed., Analytic Theology, Oxford University Press ANTHOLOGIZED ARTICLES 2010: “Worshipping a Flying Teapot? What to Do When Christianity Looks Ridiculous,” in Andrew David, Christopher J. Keller, and Jon Stanley, eds., ‘God Is Dead’ and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself: Theological Engagements with the New Atheism (Wipf and Stock) POPULAR ARTICLES 2013: “Facing Evil: Why Christians and atheists need each other.” Belief Net (May) at http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Facing-Evil.aspx 2009: “Does the world need another revision of the NIV?” Christian Post (Sept) at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090910/does-the-world-need-another- revision-of-the-niv/index.html 2009: “Is there asbestos in The Shack?” Christian Post (Sept) at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090903/is-there-asbestos-in-the- shack/index.html 2009: “Did Jesus die for little green men?” Christian Post (Aug) at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090827/did-jesus-die-for-little-green- men/index.html 2009: “Is faith the product of an irrational mind?” Christian Post (Aug) at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090826/is-faith-the-product-of-an-irrational- mind/index.html 3 2009: “How intelligent design is misrepresented by its friends,” Christian Post (Aug) at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090821/how-intelligent-design-is- misrepresented-by-its-friends/index.html 2009: “Does the Trinity make sense (and does it matter)?” Christian Post (Aug) at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090819/does-the-trinity-make-sense-and- does-it-matter/index.html 2009: “Was Jesus Christ Free to Sin?” Christian Post (July) at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090727/was-jesus-christ-free-to- sin/index.html 2009: “Why Jesus was Not Tempted (and Why it Matters)”, Christian Post (July) at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090723/why-jesus-was-not-tempted-and- why-it-matters-by-randal-rauser/index.html 2008: “The ‘New Atheism’ as ‘Good News’” Faith Weblog (Jan.), at http://www.christianity.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=5307 2008: Ask a Theologian Column: “How Could I Be Happy in Heaven with a Loved One in Hell?” Faith Today (Jan.-Feb), 38. 2006: “Sponsor an African child and save the arctic narwhal, and why I choose to do both” Faith Today (Jan-Feb). 2005: “Ecumenical discussion probes Catholic encounter with evangelicals,” Christian Week, (March 18, 2005), 5. DICTIONARY ENTRIES 2008: “Soul, origin of,” in New Dictionary of Theology. (InterVarsity Press) BOOK REVIEWS 2013: Matthew Levering, Predestination: Biblical and Theological Paths in Scottish Journal of Theology 2013: Bruce G. Epperly, Process Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed in Scottish Journal of Theology 2013: Gerald O’Collins, Rethinking Fundamental Theology in Scottish Journal of Theology 2008: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, The Trinity: Global Perspectives in International Journal of Systematic Theology, 10, no. 2 2007: James Beilby, Epistemology as Theology in Ars Disputandi (May 31, 2007) [online] URL: http://www.arsdisputandi.org/publish/articles/000281/article.pdf 2007: Stanley Grenz, Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology in International Journal of Systematic Theology, 9, no. 1. 2004: William Alston, A Sensible Metaphysical Realism in Philosophia Christi, 6, no. 1 4 2004: George Lindbeck, The Church in a Postliberal Age in Canadian Evangelical Review, no. 28 2004: Andrew Moore, Realism and Christian Faith: God, Grammar, and Meaning, in Religious Studies, 40, no. 4 2003: William Lane Craig and J.P. Moreland, eds., Naturalism: A Critical Analysis, in International Journal of Systematic Theology, 5, no. 3 2003: Stanley Grenz, The Social God and the Relational Self in Themelios 28, no. 3 2002: Willem J. van Asselt and Eef Dekker, eds., Reformation and Scholasticism: An Ecumenical Enterprise in Canadian Evangelical Review, no. 23 2002: Gabriel Fackre, The Doctrine of Revelation in International Journal of Systematic Theology 4, no. 2 2002: Stanley Grenz, Renewing the Center: Evangelical Theology in a Post-Theological Era in Studies in Religion, 31, no. 3-4 2002: Clark Pinnock, Most Moved Mover in Canadian Evangelical Review, no. 24 BLOGGING I regularly blog at my website: http://randalrauser.com/blog/ I also blogged at the Christian Post from March 2009-October 2011: http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/tentativeapologist COURSES TAUGHT TAYLOR SEMINARY (Graduate) Christian Apologetics Christian Worldview Church History to 1500 Church History since 1500 Contemporary Theology Systematic Theology I (Prolegomena to Anthropology) Systematic Theology II (Christology to Eschatology) Trinity and Life The Person and Work of Christ Christian Ethics Calvin’s Institutes (1 credit directed study) The Doctrine of Hell (1 credit directed study) BRIERCREST COLLEGE (Undergraduate) 5 Introduction to Theology I Introduction to Philosophy I (Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology) Introduction to Philosophy II (Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Social Philosophy) Philosophy of Religion ACADEMIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS Date Topic Location 2013 Nov “The Antitheist meets the Shepherd” Evangelical Philosophical Society, Baltimore, MD 2011 Oct “The Philosopher and the Seminary” Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ 2011 Mar “Nonsense! In the Realm of Theology.” Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ 2011 Mar Roundtable Discussion with Philosophy of Rutgers University, New Religion and Metaphysics Group Brunswick, NJ 2010 Nov “‘I want to give the baby to God,’ Three Theses EPS/SBL Conference, on God and devotional child-killing.” Atlanta, GA 2008 Nov “Theology as a Bull Session.” ETS Conference, Providence, RI 2007 Nov “Can Evangelicals Handle the Truth? ETS Conference, San Diego, Indoctrination in Focus on the Family’s CA The Truth Project.” 2004 Nov “If Trinitarianism Were False, Would Monism ETS Conference, San Be True?” Antonio, TX 2004 May “Supervenience of the Mind or Resurrection of AAR,