CURRICULUM VITAE

James S. Spiegel, Ph.D.

Employer:
Taylor University
236 West Reade Ave.
Upland, IN 46989

Representation:
Wolgemuth & Associates, Inc.
8600 Crestgate Circle
Orlando, FL 32819

Personal Background

Born: July 26, 1963
Spouse: Amy Spiegel
Children: Bailey, Samuel, Magdalene, and Andrew

Education

• Ph.D., Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, 1993. Philosophy.
  Major area: History of Modern Philosophy; Minor area: Ethics
  Dissertation: The Apologetics of George Berkeley, Charles McCracken, director
• M.A., University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1988. Philosophy.
  Thesis: “The Complex Nature of Evaluative Terms in Some of Their Uses”
• B.S., Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1985. Biology (cum laude).

Teaching Positions

• Taylor University, Professor of Philosophy and Religion (2003-present)
• Taylor University, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion (1998-2003)
• Taylor University, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion (1993-1998)
• Moorhead State University, Instructor of Philosophy (1992-1993)

Teaching Experience

• Regular Courses: Introduction to Philosophy, History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy, Contemporary Moral Issues, Principles of Ethics, Aesthetics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, American Philosophy
• Other Courses: Introduction to Logic, Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Feminist Philosophy, Existentialism, Philosophy in Literature, History of Baseball in America

Professional Scholarly Organizations

• American Catholic Philosophical Association (since 2000)
• American Philosophical Association (since 1989)
• American Scientific Affiliation (1996-2000)
• Association of Practical and Professional Ethics (since 2000)
• Evangelical Philosophical Society (since 1990)
• Friends of Edwards (since 1994)
• International Berkeley Society (since 1991)
• Society of Christian Philosophers (since 1989)
• Southwestern Philosophical Society (since 1994)

Publications

Books:

• What’s It All About? A Christian Introduction to Philosophy, co-authored with Steve Cowan (Broadman and Holman, forthcoming in 2009)

• Gum, Geckos, and God: A Family’s Adventure in Space, Time, and Faith (Zondervan Press, 2008)

• Faith, Film, and Philosophy: Christian Reflections on Contemporary Film, co-edited with Doug Geivett (InterVarsity Press, 2007)

• The Benefits of Providence: A New Look at Divine Sovereignty (Crossway Books, 2005)

• How to be Good in a World Gone Bad: Living a Life of Christian Virtue (KregelPress, 2004)

• Hipocrisia: Problemas Morais e Outros Vicios, translated by Luiz Felipe Coimbra Ribeiro (Textus Press, 2002)

• Hypocrisy: Moral Fraud and Other Vices (Baker Books, 1999)

Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Book Reviews:

• “Dialogue and Disagreement After 9/11″ (co-authored with Ryan Pflum), a chapter in The Impact of 9-11: The Day that Changed Everything? (Palgrave Macmillan Press, forthcoming in 2009)

• “To Do the Good is to Know It: The Epistemic Ramifications of Behavior,” a chapter in Participating in the Divine Nature (InterVarsity, forthcoming in 2009)

• “Descartes,” “Fasting,” “Fruit of the Spirit,” “Original Sin,” “George Berkeley,” “Divine Providence,” “Virtue,” “Openness Theology,” and “Hypocrisy,” articles in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (forthcoming in 2008)

• “A Posteriori,” “A Priori,” “Argument,” “Law of Contradiction,” “Law of Excluded Middle,” “Paradox,” “Reductio ad Absurdum,” “Sufficient Condition,” and “Validity,” articles in the Holman Dictionary of Philosophy (Broadman and Holman, forthcoming in 2008)

• “What Would Have Been and What Could Be: Counterfactuals in It’s a Wonderful Life and Run Lola Run,” a chapter in Faith, Film and Philosophy (InterVarsity, 2007)

• “Getting Better: The Beatles and Virtue Ethics,” a chapter in The Beatles and Philosophy (Open Court, 2006)

• Review of The Beauty of the Infinite, (by David Bentley Hart), Christian Scholar’s Review, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Winter, 2006)

• “With God (and Augustine and Socrates) on Our Side,” a chapter in Bob Dylan and Philosophy (Open Court, 2005)
• “Theistic Evolution: A Reasonable Compromise?” Areopagus Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2 (May-June, 2005)

• “To Fight or Not to Fight: Approaching Gay Marriage in the Public Square,” The Other Journal (2004)

• “Teaching the Art of Disagreement at the Christian College,” Growth (Spring, 2004)
• “Good Art and Bad Art: What is the Difference?” Areopagus Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1 (January-February, 2004)

• Review of Good Eating (by Stephen H. Webb) in Encounter Vol. 64, No. 3 (Summer, 2003)

• “The Theological Aesthetic of American Beauty,” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Vol. 4 (Summer, 2003)

• “Advocating for the Devil: Hearing Al-Qaeda’s Case Against the United States,” Journal of Religion and Society, Vol. 5 (2003)

• “Humility as Moral Irony,” Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter, 2003)

• “Cinematic Lessons in Christian Theology,” Journal of Religion and Film, Vol. 6, No. 2 (October, 2002)

• “Does God Take Risks?” chapter in God Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents God (Zondervan Press, 2002)

• “The Philosophical Theology of Theistic Evolutionism,” Philosophia Christi, Series II, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring, 2002)

• “Can a Christian be Coherently Both Morally Pro-life and Politically Pro-choice?” Christian Scholar’s Review, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Fall, 2000)

• “The Quest for Moral Integrity,” Koinonia (Fall, 2000)
• Review of On God and Dogs, (by Stephen H. Webb), Christian Scholar’s Review, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Summer, 1999)

• “Towards a New Aesthetic Vision for the Christian Liberal Arts College,” Christian Scholar’s Review, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Spring, 1999)

• “The Christian Psychology of George Berkeley,” Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Winter, 1998)

• Review of A Passion for Wisdom (by R. C. Solomon and K. M. Higgins), Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 21, No. 4 (December, 1998)

• “Aesthetics and Worship,” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter, 1998)

• “A Berkeleyan Approach to the Problem of Induction,” Science and Christian Belief, Vol. 10, No. 1 (April, 1998)

• “The Theological Orthodoxy of Berkeley’s Immaterialism,” Faith and Philosophy, Vol. 13, No. 2 (April, 1996)

• “Socrates: A Messianic Type for the Gentiles,” Philosophia Christi, Series I, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall, 1995)