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Craig is a [[Molinism|Molinist]] who embraces a [[reformed epistemology]] and is inclined towards [[progressive creationism]],<ref name="Q154">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8045 |title=Is Intelligent Design Viable |accessdate=2010-06-28 |work=Note: reference question #4 |author=Craig, W.L.}}</ref> although he is open to where the evidence leads. He has published on the [[Historicity of Jesus|historicity of the resurrection accounts of Jesus]] and the philosophy of [[time]] for which he advocates a tensed or [[A-series and B-series|A-Theory of time]] and a [[Lorentz ether theory|Neo-Lorentzian interpretation]] of the [[Theory of Relativity]].<ref name="Closer">{{cite news | url=http://www.closertotruth.com/participant/William-Lane-Craig/24 | title=William Lane Craig | publisher=Closer to Truth: Cosmos, Consciousness, God website |year=2009 | first=Robert Lawrence | last=Kuhn | authorlink = Robert Lawrence Kuhn |accessdate = 2009-04-19}}</ref> In addition, he argues extensively for a finely tuned theistic universe,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.arn.org/docs/odesign/od172/cosmos172.htm | title=Cosmos and Creator |publisher=[[Origins & Design]] | date=March 1, 1996 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2009-04-24}}</ref> a personal cause of the universe, and a theistic objective morality.
Craig is a [[Molinism|Molinist]] who embraces a [[reformed epistemology]] and is inclined towards [[progressive creationism]],<ref name="Q154">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8045 |title=Is Intelligent Design Viable |accessdate=2010-06-28 |work=Note: reference question #4 |author=Craig, W.L.}}</ref> although he is open to where the evidence leads. He has published on the [[Historicity of Jesus|historicity of the resurrection accounts of Jesus]] and the philosophy of [[time]] for which he advocates a tensed or [[A-series and B-series|A-Theory of time]] and a [[Lorentz ether theory|Neo-Lorentzian interpretation]] of the [[Theory of Relativity]].<ref name="Closer">{{cite news | url=http://www.closertotruth.com/participant/William-Lane-Craig/24 | title=William Lane Craig | publisher=Closer to Truth: Cosmos, Consciousness, God website |year=2009 | first=Robert Lawrence | last=Kuhn | authorlink = Robert Lawrence Kuhn |accessdate = 2009-04-19}}</ref> In addition, he argues extensively for a finely tuned theistic universe,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.arn.org/docs/odesign/od172/cosmos172.htm | title=Cosmos and Creator |publisher=[[Origins & Design]] | date=March 1, 1996 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2009-04-24}}</ref> a personal cause of the universe, and a theistic objective morality.


His work in [[Christian apologetics]] includes promotion of [[intelligent design]],<ref name="Craig/Ayala Debate">{{cite web |url=http://rfmedia.org/av/video/is-intelligent-design-viable-craig-vs-ayala-1/ |title=Is Intelligent Design Viable |accessdate=2010-06-28 |author=Ayala, Francisco, Craig, W.L. |year=2009}}</ref> [[new atheism]],<ref name="reasonablefaith new atheism">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8088 |title=The New Atheism and Five Arguments for God |accessdate=2010-06-28 |author=Craig, W.L. |year=2010}}</ref> [[liberal theology]],<ref name="Australian Presbyterian">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5391 |title=The Challenge of History |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> [[metaphysical naturalism]], [[logical positivism]], [[postmodernism]],<ref name="reasonablefaith Q67">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6479 |title=Do We Live in a Post-Modern Society? |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> [[moral relativism]], [[Mormonism]],<ref name="Reasonable Faith">{{cite web | title = Critique of the Mormon Doctrine of Creation | accessdate = 06/28/2010 | url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5381}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast | url=http://www.rfmedia.org/RF_audio_video/RF_podcast/The_Mormon_View_of_Creation.mp3 | title=The Mormon View of Creation |website=http://www.reasonablefaith.org |publisher=Reasonable Faith}}</ref><ref name="reasonablefaith.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8237 |title=Counterfeit Claims to the Witness of the Spirit |accessdate=2010-06-28 |author=Craig, W.L.}}</ref> [[Islam]],<ref name="reasonablefaith.org Q&A">{{cite web |url=http://reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7421 |title=Is the Islamic Conception of God Morally Inadequate?}}</ref> and the [[Jesus Seminar]].
His work in [[Christian apologetics]] includes critiques of [[evolution]] via [[natural selection]],<ref name="Craig/Ayala Debate">{{cite web |url=http://rfmedia.org/av/video/is-intelligent-design-viable-craig-vs-ayala-1/ |title=Is Intelligent Design Viable |accessdate=2010-06-28 |author=Ayala, Francisco, Craig, W.L. |year=2009}}</ref> [[new atheism]],<ref name="reasonablefaith new atheism">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8088 |title=The New Atheism and Five Arguments for God |accessdate=2010-06-28 |author=Craig, W.L. |year=2010}}</ref> [[liberal theology]],<ref name="Australian Presbyterian">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5391 |title=The Challenge of History |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> [[metaphysical naturalism]], [[logical positivism]], [[postmodernism]],<ref name="reasonablefaith Q67">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6479 |title=Do We Live in a Post-Modern Society? |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> [[moral relativism]], [[Mormonism]],<ref name="Reasonable Faith">{{cite web | title = Critique of the Mormon Doctrine of Creation | accessdate = 06/28/2010 | url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5381}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast | url=http://www.rfmedia.org/RF_audio_video/RF_podcast/The_Mormon_View_of_Creation.mp3 | title=The Mormon View of Creation |website=http://www.reasonablefaith.org |publisher=Reasonable Faith}}</ref><ref name="reasonablefaith.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8237 |title=Counterfeit Claims to the Witness of the Spirit |accessdate=2010-06-28 |author=Craig, W.L.}}</ref> [[Islam]],<ref name="reasonablefaith.org Q&A">{{cite web |url=http://reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7421 |title=Is the Islamic Conception of God Morally Inadequate?}}</ref> and the [[Jesus Seminar]].


Craig maintains an Atlanta-based ministry called ''Reasonable Faith'', with 25 local chapters.<ref name="reasonablefaith chapters">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reasonable_faith_chapters |title=List of Reasonable Faith Chapters |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> Its website of the same name offers resources in the field of Christian apologetics, including articles, newsletters, and transcripts of debates.
Craig maintains an Atlanta-based ministry called ''Reasonable Faith'', with 25 local chapters.<ref name="reasonablefaith chapters">{{cite web |url=http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reasonable_faith_chapters |title=List of Reasonable Faith Chapters |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> Its website of the same name offers resources in the field of Christian apologetics, including articles, newsletters, and transcripts of debates.

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William Lane Craig
Born (1949-08-23) August 23, 1949 (age 74)
Peoria, Illinois
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolAnalytic Philosophy
Main interests
Philosophy of religion, Natural theology, Philosophy of time, Christian Apologetics
Notable ideas
Kalam cosmological argument

William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American Evangelical Christian apologist, theologian, and analytic philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of religion, historical Jesus studies, and the philosophy of time. He is a contemporary proponent of natural theology, often participating in debates on the existence of God. In 1979, he authored The Kalam Cosmological Argument, a defense of the argument with the same name. He is currently a Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University.[1]

Biography

Craig was born in Peoria, Illinois, and became a Christian at the age of sixteen. Craig received a BA in communications from Wheaton College, Illinois in 1971 and two MA degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, in 1975 and 1976, in philosophy of religion and church history. He earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, England in 1977 and Th.D. under Wolfhart Pannenberg at the University of Munich in 1984. From 1980 to 1986 he was an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He also briefly held the position of associate professor of Religious Studies at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California in 1986. Between 1987 and 1994 Craig pursued further research at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Since 1994 he has been a Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, California. He is a fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, which is the hub of the intelligent design movement,[2] and a fellow of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design (ISCID).[3]

Craig suffers from a neuromuscular disorder called Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease. It is a hereditary disorder, which is autosomal dominant and X chromosome linked (meaning that his mother was a carrier of the mutant allele and passed it to him) that involves the slow disintegration of the myelin sheaths around the nerves in the forearms and legs, resulting in progressive muscular atrophy.[4]

Professional activities

Craig has been participating in debates concerning the existence of God for over 20 years, some of which have been subsequently published as books. During his career, Craig has debated the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus with Bart D. Ehrman,[5] Robert M. Price,[6] on the existence of God with Christopher Hitchens,[7] Antony Flew,[8] Quentin Smith,[9] as well as having debated the biblical scholar, former Catholic priest, and co-founder of the Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan. Craig has also debated Muslims concerning the concept of God.[10]

Craig is a Molinist who embraces a reformed epistemology and is inclined towards progressive creationism,[11] although he is open to where the evidence leads. He has published on the historicity of the resurrection accounts of Jesus and the philosophy of time for which he advocates a tensed or A-Theory of time and a Neo-Lorentzian interpretation of the Theory of Relativity.[12] In addition, he argues extensively for a finely tuned theistic universe,[13] a personal cause of the universe, and a theistic objective morality.

His work in Christian apologetics includes critiques of evolution via natural selection,[14] new atheism,[15] liberal theology,[16] metaphysical naturalism, logical positivism, postmodernism,[17] moral relativism, Mormonism,[18][19][20] Islam,[21] and the Jesus Seminar.

Craig maintains an Atlanta-based ministry called Reasonable Faith, with 25 local chapters.[22] Its website of the same name offers resources in the field of Christian apologetics, including articles, newsletters, and transcripts of debates.

Bibliography

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Scholarly books

  • The Kalam Cosmological Argument. London: MacMillan. 1979. ISBN 157910438X / ISBN 978-1579104382
  • The Cosmological Argument from Plato to Leibniz. London: MacMillan. 1980. ISBN 1579107877 / ISBN 978-1579107871
  • The Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus during the Deist Controversy. Toronto: Edwin Mellen. 1985. ISBN 0-88946-811-7
  • The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents from Aristotle to Suarez. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 1988. ISBN 9004085165 / ISBN 978-9004085169
  • Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus. Toronto: Edwin Mellen Press. 1989. ISBN 0889466165/ ISBN 978-0889466166
  • Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom: The Coherence of Theism I: Omniscience. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 1990.
  • The Tensed Theory of Time: A Critical Examination. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2000.
  • The Tenseless Theory of Time: A Critical Examination. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2000.
  • God, Time and Eternity. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2001.
  • Time and The Metaphysics of Relativity. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2001.

Popular books

  • The Son Rises: Historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. Chicago: Moody Press. 1981.
  • Apologetics: An Introduction. Chicago: Moody Press. 1984. ISBN 0802404057
  • The Only Wise God: The Compatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom. Grand Rapids: Baker Bookhouse. 1987.
  • Knowing the Truth About the Resurrection. Ann Arbor: Servant. 1988.
  • No Easy Answers. Chicago: Moody Press. 1990.
  • Reasonable Faith. Wheaton: Crossway. 1994. rev. 3rd ed. 2008.
  • God, Are You There?. Atlanta: RZIM. 1999.
  • Time and Eternity: Exploring God's Relationship to Time. Wheaton: Crossway. 2001.
  • What Does God Know? Atlanta: RZIM. 2002.
  • Hard Questions, Real Answers. Wheaton: Crossway Books. 2003.
  • On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision. Colorado Springs: David C. Cook. 2010.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Talbot School of Theology Faculty Page". Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. ^ "William Lane. Craig, Fellow - CSC". Center for Science and Culture (Discovery Institute). 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  3. ^ "ISCID Fellows". International Society for Complexity, Information and Design. 2009. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  4. ^ "Maintaining Physical Stamina". Reasonable Faith. 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  5. ^ Craig, W.L.; Eherman, Bart D. (2006). "Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Craig, W.L.; Price, Robert M. (1999). "Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?". Retrieved 2010-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Craig, Hitchens ask 'Does God Exist?'". Whittier Daily News. April 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  8. ^ Craig, W.L.; Flew, Anthony. "Does God Exist?". Retrieved 2010-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Craig, W.L.; Smith, Quentin (2003). "Does God Exist?". Retrieved 2010-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "50+ Christian vs. Muslim Debates". 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  11. ^ Craig, W.L. "Is Intelligent Design Viable". Note: reference question #4. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  12. ^ Kuhn, Robert Lawrence (2009). "William Lane Craig". Closer to Truth: Cosmos, Consciousness, God website. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  13. ^ "Cosmos and Creator". Origins & Design. March 1, 1996. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  14. ^ Ayala, Francisco, Craig, W.L. (2009). "Is Intelligent Design Viable". Retrieved 2010-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Craig, W.L. (2010). "The New Atheism and Five Arguments for God". Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  16. ^ "The Challenge of History". Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  17. ^ "Do We Live in a Post-Modern Society?". Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  18. ^ "Critique of the Mormon Doctrine of Creation". Retrieved 06/28/2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  19. ^ "The Mormon View of Creation". http://www.reasonablefaith.org (Podcast). Reasonable Faith. {{cite podcast}}: External link in |website= (help)
  20. ^ Craig, W.L. "Counterfeit Claims to the Witness of the Spirit". Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  21. ^ "Is the Islamic Conception of God Morally Inadequate?".
  22. ^ "List of Reasonable Faith Chapters". Retrieved 2010-06-28.

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