J. P. Moreland: Difference between revisions

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'''James Porter Moreland''' (born March 9, 1948), better known as '''J. P. Moreland''', is an American [[philosopher]], [[theologian]], and [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]]. He currently serves asis a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at [[Talbot School of Theology]] at [[Biola University]] in [[La Mirada, California]].

Moreland earned his undergraduate degree 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bds.biola.edu/faculty/cvs/jp_moreland.pdf |title=J. P. Moreland, Th.M., M.A., Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae |last1=Moreland |first1=J. P. |website=Biola University |format=PDF |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129024651/http://bds.biola.edu/faculty/cvs/jp_moreland.pdf |archive-date=November 29, 2014 }}</ref> 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 [[Dallas Willard]].<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.talbot.edu/faculty/profile/jp_moreland/ J. P. Moreland's Talbot School of Theology Faculty Page]</ref> Moreland is married to Hope and together they have two children and four grandchildren. Moreland is a fellow of the [[Discovery Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024|title=J. P. Moreland|url=https://www.discovery.org/p/moreland/|website=Discovery Institute|language=en-GB|archive-date=September 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928005808/https://www.discovery.org/p/moreland/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Moreland ishas adefended Thomistic [[substance dualism|substance dualist]],<ref>{{YouTubecite journal|9c-cjYaey60author=Reichenbach, Bruce R.|Theyear=2002|title=J. CaseP. forMoreland & Scott B. Rae, Body and Soul: Human Nature and the ExistenceCrisis in Ethics|journal=Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the SoulSociety of Christian Philosophers|url=https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1883&context=faithandphilosophy|volume=19|issue=1|pages=|doi=10.5840/faithphil200219112}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Van Dyke, Christina|year=2009|title=Not Properly a Person: The Rational Soul and also‘Thomistic defendsSubstance Dualism’|journal=Faith and Philosophy|url=https://www.pdcnet.org/faithphil/content/faithphil_2009_0026_0002_0186_0204|volume=26|issue=2|pages=186-204|doi=10.5840/faithphil200926226}}</ref> [[libertarian free will]],<ref>{{YouTubecite journal|zYLnNPYT5pkauthor=Layman, C. Stephan |year=2011|title=J. P. Moreland, The Recal eland, the Recalcitrant Imago Dei: Hum Go Dei: Human Persons and the Failure of Naturalism |journal=Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers|url=https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2437&context=faithandphilosophy|volume=28|issue=2|pages=243-246|doi=10.5840/faithphil20112829 }}</ref> as well asand [[Afterlife|life after death]].<ref>{{cite book |firstfirst1=Gary |lastlast1=Habermas |first2=J. P. |last2=Moreland |title=Beyond Death: Exploring the Evidence for Immortality |publisher=Wipf & Stock Publishers |date=January 29, 2004 |isbn=978-1592445097}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|OwB0Dtss8VU}}</ref> Moreland has defended the existence of angels and demons, arguing that he knows they exist due to both Christian doctrine and personal experience.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Do Angels and Demons Exist? - J.P. Moreland {{!}} Closer to Truth|url=https://www.closertotruth.com/interviews/2752|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.closertotruth.com}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|uZstEjPTILM}}</ref> He is an [[old earth creationist]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Stanley N. |editor-last=Gundry |editor-first2=J. P. |editor-last2=Moreland |editor-first3=John Mark |editor-last3=Reynolds |title=Three Views on Creation and Evolution (Counterpoints) |publisher=Zondervan |date=March 1, 1999 |isbn=978-0310220176}}</ref> who is a critic of [[fideism]].<ref>{{YouTube|cXDy6ZfTKZw}}</ref>

In 20171978, Moreland signed the [[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Signatories to the Chicago Statement|url=https://library.dts.edu/Pages/TL/Special/ICBI_1_typed.pdf|website=Dallas Theological Seminary|publisher=International Council on Biblical Inerrancy|access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> In 2017, he signed the [[Nashville Statement]].<ref name="Signatories">{{cite web|title=Initial Signatories|url=https://cbmw.org/nashville-statement/#signers|website=Nashville Statement|publisher=Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref>

* {{cite book |author1-last=Moreland |author1-first=J. P. |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Theistic science & methodological naturalism |editor1-last=Moreland |editor1-first=J. P. |editor1-mask=3 |title=The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for An Intelligent Designer |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=1994 |isbn=9780830816989 |oclc=29478326 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/creationhypothes0000unse/page/41 41–66] |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/creationhypothes0000unse/page/41 }}

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