CONTRIBUTORS

Michael Austin is Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky. He is the coeditor of Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everday Life (Eerdmans, 2012), and the author of Wise Stewards: Philosophical Foundations of Christian Parenting (Kregel, 2009). Mike blogs regularly at: www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone.

Paul Copan is Professor and Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and has served as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. He is the author or editor of over twenty-five books, including The Rationality of Theism (Routledge, 2003), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (Routledge, 2012), When God Goes to Starbucks (Baker, 2008), and Is God a Moral Monster? (Baker, 2011). His website is: www.paulcopan.com.

Richard Brian Davis is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Tyndale University in Toronto, Canada. He is the editor of Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and coeditor of 24 and Philosophy: The World According to Jack (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). Rich blogs at: tyndalephilosophy.com.

Mike Erre is the Lead Pastor at First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California. He has a Masters in the Philosophy of Religion from Talbot School of Theology, and is the author of The Jesus of Suburbia (Thomas Nelson, 2006), Death by Church (Harvest House, 2009), and Why the Bible Matters (Harvest House, 2010).

W. Paul Franks is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tyndale University in Toronto, Canada. His scholarly research has focused on original sin, the problem of evil, and critiques of Christian postmodernism. He has published articles in Enrichment Journal, Philosophia Christi, and Sophia. Paul blogs at: tyndalephilosophy.com.

Robert Garcia is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University. He is the coeditor of Is Goodness without God Good Enough? A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009).

Stewart Goetz is the Ross Frederick Wicks Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Purpose of Life: A Theistic Perspective (Continuum, 2012), Freedom, Teleology, and Evil (Continuum, 2008), and (with Charles Taliaferro) A Brief History of the Soul (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), and Naturalism (Eerdmans, 2008).

Paul Gould is on staff with CRU and teaches philosophy, apologetics, and the history of ideas. He is the editor of Beyond the Control of God? Six Views on the Problem of God and Abstract Objects (Bloomsbury Publishing Group, forthcoming) and coeditor of Is Faith in God Reasonable? Debates in Philosophy, Science, and Rhetoric (Routledge, forthcoming) and The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar: Redeeming the Soul, Redeeming the Mind (Crossway, 2007). His website is: www.paul-gould.com.

Doug Groothuis is Professor of Philosophy and director of the Christian Apologetics and Ethics MA program at Denver Seminary. He is the author of eleven books, including Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (InterVarsity, 2011), Truth Decay (InterVarsity, 2000), and On Jesus (Wadsworth, 2003).

Klaus Issler is Professor of Christian education and Theology in the PhD program in Educational Studies at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is the author of Living into the Life of Jesus (InterVarsity, 2012), Wasting Time with God (InterVarsity, 2001), and (with J. P. Moreland) The Lost Art of Happiness (NavPress, 2006).

Michael Keas is Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Southwestern Seminary (SBC), adjunct professor in Biola’s MA Science and Religion program, and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute. He has contributed essays to scholarly journals and anthologies, including Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Michigan State University Press, 2003).

J. P. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is a prolific author with 30 books and hundreds of publications to his credit. Some of his recent titles include Love Your God with All Your Mind, 15th Anniversary Edition (NavPress, 2012), The God Question: An Invitation to a Life of Meaning (Harvest House, 2009), Consciousness and the Existence of God: A Theistic Argument (Routledge, 2008), and Kingdom Triangle (Zondervan, 2007). His website is: www.jpmoreland.com.

Tim Muehlhoff is a Professor of Communication at Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is the author (with Todd V. Lewis) of Authentic Communication: Christian Speech Engaging Culture (InterVarsity, 2010), and (with J. P. Moreland) The God Conversation: Using Stories and Illustrations to Explain Your Faith (InterVarsity, 2007).

Timothy Pickavance is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is the coauthor of Metaphysics: The Fundamentals (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming).

Scott B. Rae is Professor of Christian Ethics and the Dean of Faculty at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is the author or coauthor of nine books, including Business for the Common God (InterVarsity, 2011), Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics (Zondervan, 2009), and (with J. P. Moreland) Body and Soul: Human Nature and the Crisis in Ethics (InterVarsity, 2000).

R. Scott Smith is Associate Professor of Ethics and Christian Apologetics at Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is the author of Truth and the New Kind of Christian (Crossway, 2005), and Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality: Testing Religious Truth-Claims (Ashgate, 2012).

Stan Wallace is the Executive Director of Cooperative Studies, Inc. He is the editor of Does God Exist? The Craig-Flew Debate (Ashgate, 2003).