Religion Evangelical Christian Name J. Moreland Website Official Site Role Philosopher | Region Western Philosophy Institutions Biola University | |
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Born March 9, 1948 (age 76) ( 1948-03-09 ) Main interests ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, theology Residence La Mirada, California, United States Education University of Missouri, University of Southern California Books Love your God with all your m, Kingdom Triangle: Recover t, Philosophical Foundations for a Chri, Scaling the secular city, The God question Similar People William Lane Craig, Gary Habermas, Norman Geisler, Lee Strobel, Paul Copan | ||
Philosophical era 20th-century philosophy Schools of thought Analytic philosophy | ||
The Proof For God Without the Bible. JP Moreland, PhD
James Porter Moreland (born March 9, 1948), better known as J. P. Moreland, is an American philosopher, theologian, and Christian apologist. He currently serves as a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University in La Mirada, California.
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Biography
Moreland specializes in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, chemistry, and Christian Philosophy having had his work published in journals such as Metaphilosophy and the American Philosophical Quarterly. He has also had his work published by presses such as Intervarsity Press, NavPress, Zondervan, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Rutgers University Press, and Prometheus.
Moreland earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors from the University of Missouri and a Master of Arts in Philosophy with highest honors from the University of California, Riverside. He received his Th.M. in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. In 1985, he received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California. His dissertation was "Universals and the Qualities of Things: A defense of Realism." His dissertation advisor was eminent Christian professor Dallas Willard. Moreland is married to Hope and together they have two children and four grandchildren.
Career
Moreland teaches at the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Center on Culture and Civil Society at the Independent Institute. He served for eight years as a bioethicist for PersonaCare Nursing Homes, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland.
He has debated Clancy Martin over the existence of God. He has also debated atheist Eddie Tabash on whether the supernatural exists.
Views
Moreland is a substance dualist, and also defends libertarian free will, as well as life after death. Moreland has defended the existence of angels and demons, arguing that he knows they exist due to both Christian doctrine and personal experience. He is an old earth creationist who is a critic of fideism.
In 2017, Moreland signed the Nashville Statement.
Books
Moreland has authored or co-authored numerous publications, including: