About Chad Meister

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EDUCATION

1. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 1993 – May 2002)
• Ph.D. in Philosophy (with honors)
• Dissertation Title: “Essence, Individuation, and Artifact: An Aristotelian Model for Familiar Concrete Particulars”
• Dissertation Advisor: Owen Goldin
2. Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois (June 1993)
• M.A. in Christian Thought/Philosophy of Religion (with honors)
• Thesis Title: “Science and Theology: On Formulating a Critical Realist Model of Integration”

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

• Philosophy of Religion
• Philosophical Theology
• Ancient Philosophy
• Christian Apologetics

EMPLOYMENT

1. Associate Professor and Director of Philosophy Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana (January 2006 - Present)
2. Assistant Professor of Philosophy Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana (August 2002 – 2006)
   • Logic and Critical Thinking
   • Exploring the Christian Faith
   • Introduction to Philosophy
   • Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
   • Metaphysics
   • Philosophy of Mind
   • Philosophy of Religion
   • Christian Apologetics
   • Values, Ethics, and Leadership (MBA course)
   • Ethical Theory and Moral Choice (MATS course)
   • Christian Apologetics (MATS course)
   • History of Christian Thought (MATS course)
3. Associate Faculty in Philosophy Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana (August 1998 – 2002)
4. Logic and Critical Thinking
5. Introduction to Philosophy
6. Exploring the Christian Faith
7. Philosophy Instructor Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 1996 – May 1998)
   • Logic
   • Philosophy of Human Nature
8. Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois (August 1994 – May 1998)
   • Ethics
   • Logic
   • Introduction to Philosophy
   • World Religions (guided study course)

AWARDS & HONORS

• Sabbatical, Bethel College, Fall, 2007
• Tenure, Bethel College, 2007
• Lilly Endowment & Bethel College First Book Writing and Research Grant (2005-2006)
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2005)
• Bethel Scholars Grant for Research (Summer, 2004)
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2004)
• Teaching Assistantships - Marquette University (1996-1998)
• Research Grant - National Endowment for the Humanities: “Distance Learning: Strategies for Teaching
• Ancient and Medieval Languages” (1996)
• Research Assistantships - Marquette University (1995-1996)

SELECT PUBLICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL PAPERS

Books

• The Oxford Handbook of Religious Diversity, edited by Chad Meister (forthcoming, Oxford University Press)
• Introducing Philosophy of Religion (forthcoming, Routledge)
• Christian Thought: An Historical Introduction, co-authored with James Stump (forthcoming, Routledge)
• Reasons for Faith: Making a Case for the Christian Faith, co-edited with Norman Geisler (Crossway, 2007)
• The Philosophy of Religion Reader, edited by Chad Meister (Routledge, 2007)
• Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues, co-edited with Paul Copan (Blackwell, 2007)
• The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, co-edited with Paul Copan (Routledge, 2007)
• Building Belief: Constructing Faith from the Ground Up (Baker, 2006)

Professional Papers and Published Essays

1. “God, Evil, and Freedom of the Will: Parts I and II,” feature article in the Christian Research Journal, Fall, 2007
2. "Open Theism," in Reasons for Faith: Making a Case for the Christian Faith, edited by Norman L. Geisler and Chad V. Meister (Crossway, 2007).
3. Review of Christian Philosophical Theology by Stephen T. Davis (Oxford University Press, 2007), for Religious Studies (forthcoming)
4. “Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion” with Paul Copan in Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues, edited with Paul Copan (Blackwell, 2007)
5. “Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion” with Paul Copan in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (Routledge, 2007)
6. “Religious Diversity, Exclusivism, and Some Pluralistic Options,” International Society of Christian Apologetics, Charlotte, North Carolina, June, 2006
7. “Truth, Evangelicalism, and the Bible,” in the Christian Apologetics Journal, Volume 5.1 (Spring 2006)
8. Review of In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment, co-edited by James F. Sennett and Douglas Groothuis (IVP, 2005), for the Christian Research Journal, fall 2006
9. “Resurrecting Plato: Restoring Classical Philosophy in Higher Education,” EPS, November, 2005

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Philosophical Association (1996 – present)
• Society of Christian Philosophers (1996 – present)
• Evangelical Philosophical Society (2000 – present)
• American Academy of Religion (2004 – present)

RELATED EXPERIENCE

1. Editor, Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics (ISCA), 2007-present
2. Director, Bethel College Philosophy Department, 2006-present
3. Vice President, Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS), 2005-present
4. Vice Chair, Midwest Regional Meetings of EPS, 2005-present
5. Chaired Central Division American Academy of Religion Conference Session (2004)
6. Chaired Central Division American Philosophical Association Conference Session (2004)
7. Chaired Central Division American Philosophical Association Conference Session (2003)
8. Board Member, Executive Committee of the EPS, 2003-present
9. Book Review Editor for Philosophia Christi, 2003-present
10. Referee for Blackwell and Routledge

COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

• AIDS Outreach Faculty Representative, Bethel College Student Organization, 2006-present
• AIDS Ministries Volunteer, South Bend, 2006-present
• Committee Member, Academic Policy and Curriculum Committee, 2006
• Right to Life Committee, Bethel College Chapter, 2004-2006
• Spiritual Life Committee, Bethel College, 2002-present
• Racial Harmony Committee, Bethel College, 2002-2004
• Board Member, Luvability (organization focused on serving the developmentally challenged in the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan communities), 2001-2003
• Director, Urban College (minority-centered outreach), Bethel College, 1999-2002