Truth, Contemporary Philosophy, and the Postmodern Turn
It is difficult to think of a topic of greater concern than the nature of truth. Indeed, truth and the knowledge thereof are the very ... » Go
JP Moreland
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- With degrees in philosophy, theology and chemisty, Dr. Moreland brings erudition, passion, and his distinctive ebullience to the end of loving God with all of one's mind. Moreland received his B.S. in Chemistry (with honors) from the University of Missouri, his M.A. in Philosophy (with highest honors) from the University of California, Riverside, his Th.M. in Theology (with honors) from Dallas Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Southern California. Dr. Moreland has taught theology and philosophy at several schools throughout the U.S. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Biola University's Talbot School of Theology.
Duhemian and Augustinian Science and the Crisis in Non-Empirical Knowledge
A salient feature of the success of any social, religious, or moral movement is the degree to which its advocates understand, shape, and employ the flow ... » Go
The Soul
In a culture in which science is believed to hold the answers to every question, spiritual realities like the soul are often ignored or ridiculed. ... » Go
JP Moreland on the Church in the West and the Secular Elite
The secularization of the culture, and the concomitant marginalization of ethics, theology, and biblical teaching to Francis Schaeffer's upper story, are my deepest concerns for ... » Go
Loving God with Your Mind
Over the past twenty-five years, no one has done more than J. P. Moreland to equip Christians to love God with their minds. In his ... » Go
Debating Christian Theism
Comprising groundbreaking dialogues by many of the most prominent scholars in Christian apologetics and the philosophy of religion, this volume offers a definitive treatment of ... » Go
The Recalcitrant Imago Dei
Materialistic naturalism has, for some years, been the received wisdom in philosophy, as well as amongst much of the educated public. Many serious philosophical arguments ... » Go
JP Moreland on Passive Liabilities and Active Power
The Ontology of naturalism knows nothing of active powers. The particulars that populate that ontology are, one and all, exhaustively characterized by passive liabilities with ... » Go
The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology
With the help of in-depth essays from some of the world’s leading philosophers, The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology explores the nature and existence of ... » Go
JP Moreland on Determinism Twice Over
This story is physically deterministic in two ways. First, the physical state of the universe (and everything in it, including you) at a particular time ... » Go
Craig and Moreland on the Renaissance of Christian Philosophy
The collapse of positivism and its attendant verification principle of meaning was undoubtedly the most important philosophical event of the twentieth century. Their demise heralded ... » Go
The God Question
A leading evangelical thinker offers this brand–new way of addressing life’s most important questions: Does God exist, and can we know Him? J.P. Moreland, distinguished ... » Go
J.P. Moreland on Consciousness and Naturalism
The simple truth is that in both science and philosophy, strict physicalist analysis of consciousness and the self have been breaking down since the mid-1980s. ... » Go
In Search of a Confident Faith
In Search of a Confident Faith is an excellent comprehensive apologetic for establishing trust in God "for real." I wanted to review this book due ... » Go
Consciousness and the Existence of God
In Consciousness and the Existence of God, J.P. Moreland argues that the existence of finite, irreducible consciousness (or its regular, law-like correlation with physical states) ... » Go
Argument from Consciousness
Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about consciousness and how it might contribute to evidence for the existence of God in light of ... » Go
J.P. Moreland on Postmodernism
Put simply, postmodernism is self-refuting. Postmodernists appear to claim that their own assertions about the modern era, about how language and consciousness work, and so ... » Go
The God Conversation
In The God Conversation veteran apologists and communicators J.P. Moreland and Tim Muehlhoff say that often the best way to win over others is with ... » Go
J.P. Moreland on Postmodernism and Anger
[P]ostmodernism leads to the institutionalization of anger. Postmodernists are preoccupied with power struggles that surround language use and social practice, and they see themselves as ... » Go
J.P. Moreland on Rival Worldviews
An important and, sadly, often neglected component of Christian apologetics is the task of showing how Christian ideas enhance and do explanatory work across the ... » Go
J.P. Moreland on Postmodernism
Postmodernism is both a historical, chronological notion and a philosophical ideology. Understood historically, postmodernism refers to a period of thought that follows and is a ... » Go
Kingdom Triangle
Here is penetrating analysis and critique of Western society’s dominant worldviews, naturalism and postmodernism, which have also influenced the church. Moreland issues a bold call ... » Go
The Lost Virtue of Happiness
Starting from the American "pursuit of happiness," Moreland (a philosophy professor at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University) and Issler (a Christian education and theology ... » Go
Philosophy Made Slightly Less Difficult
From time to time we all face life’s big questions … What is real? How do we know what we know? What is right? Who ... » Go
Beyond Death
By sharing the very latest scientific, philosophical, anthropological, ethical, and theological evidence on life after death, noted Christian scholars Habermas and Moreland present a strong ... » Go