The following list includes logicians, ethicists, epistemologists, analytic metaphysicians, philosophers of language, philosophers of religion, philosophers of science, etc., all of whom are theists. Be sure to explore the links, since many of these philosophers have provided their publications online. Please bear with us as we continue constructing this page.*
Last updated: 09.21.07
Marilyn McCord Adams Oxford
Robert M. Adams Oxford
William Alston Syracuse
Jennifer Ashworth University of Waterloo
Harriet E. Baber University of San Diego
Deane Baker University of Natal, South Africa
Michael Beaty Baylor University
W. David Beck Liberty University
Francis Beckwith Baylor
Michael Bergmann Purdue University
Andrei Buckareff University of Rochester
J. Budziszewski University of Texas at Austin
Calvin College Philosophy Faculty
David K. Clark Bethel
Stephen Clark University of Liverpool
Matthew Clarke University of Natal, South Africa
Paul Copan Palm Beach Atlantic University
Winfried Corduan Taylor University
Jan A. Cover Purdue University
William Lane Craig Biola University
Thomas Crisp Biola University
George Cronk Bergen Community College
Richard Davis Tyndale College
Stephen T. Davis Claremont McKenna College
Scott A. Davison Morehead State University
Keith DeRose Yale University
Reinaldo Elugardo University of Oklahoma
C. Stephen Evans Baylor
Linda L. Farmer Wright State University
Alfred J. Freddoso University of Notre Dame
R. Douglas Geivett Biola University
Harry J. Gensler John Carroll University
Jonathan Gold West Liberty State College
Douglas Groothuis Denver Seminary
Stuart C. Hackett Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Glenn A. Hartz Ohio State University
William Hasker Huntington College
Kenneth Einar Himma University of Washington
Peter Horban Simon Fraser University
John Hawthorne – Oxford
Hud Hudson Western Washington University
Jim Kanaris McGill University
Robert C. Koons University of Texas at Austin
Jeffrey Koperski Saginaw Valley State University
K.D. Kragen KaveDragen, Ink.
Peter Kreeft Boston College
Norman Kretzmann Cornell University
Steve Kumar NZ Apologetics Society
Jonathan Kvanvig Baylor
Robert A. Larmer University of New Brunswick
William F. Lawhead University of Mississippi
Brian Leftow Oxford
Mark Linville Atlanta Christian College
Scott MacDonald Cornell University
Alasdair MacIntyre Notre Dame [ more ]
Ronald McCamy Moorpark College
Hugh McCann Texas A&M
Timothy J. McGrew Western Michigan University
Pat Manfredi Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
William E. Mann University of Vermont
Gary R. Mar SUNY Stony Brook
Christopher Menzel Texas A&M
Trenton Merricks University of Virginia
Scott H. Moore Baylor University
J. P. Moreland Biola University
Wes Morriston University of Colorado, Boulder
Paul K. Moser Loyola University of Chicago
Michael Muth Westminster College
Mark Nelson University of Leeds
Joseph Novak University of Waterloo
Timothy O’Connor Indiana University
Ric Otte University of California at Santa Cruz
Alan Padgett Luther Seminary
Alvin Plantinga University of Notre Dame [ more ]
Louis P. Pojman University of Mississippi
Alexander Pruss Baylor
Hilary Putnam Harvard [more]
Del Ratzsh Calvin College
Michael C. Rea University of Notre Dame
Bruce Reichenbach Augsburg College
Nicholas Rescher University of Pittsburgh [ more ]
Greg Restall University of Melbourne
Phil Ruetz University of Rochester
Thomas Senor University of Arkansas
Daniel Howard-Snyder Western Washington University
Francis Howard-Snyder Western Washington University
James S. Spiegel Taylor University
Eleonore Stump Saint Louis University
Michael Sudduth San Francisco State University
Frederick Suppe University of Maryland
William Sweet St. Thomas University
Richard Swinburne University of Oxford
Thomas Talbott Willamette University
Charles Taliaferro St. Olaf College
Gregg ten Elshof Biola University
William Tolhurst Northern Illinois University
Dale Tuggy SUNY Fredonia
Bas van Fraasen Princeton
Peter van Inwagen University of Notre Dame
Daniel von Wachter Oriel College (Oxford)
Donald Wacome Northwestern College
William Wainwright University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bernard Walker Bethel University
C. Robert Wetzel Emmanuel School of Religion
Barry Whitney University of Windsor
Phillip Wiebe Trinity Western University
Edward Wierenga University of Rochester
David Yandell Loyola University of Chicago
Keith Yandell University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dean Zimmerman Rutgers University
*Credit goes to Richard Davis for assembling the original list of Theistic Philosophers, ours being an updated and expanded version thereof.
Looks great so far! But shouldn’t Alasdair MacIntyre be associated with Notre Dame, not Duke?
Some of these appointments are at least 4 years out of date. Kvanvig is at Baylor, as is C Stephen Evans, and Leftow is now at Oxford. There are others as well, but those are the ones that jump out at me.
Thanks guys! The list still needs a lot of work. It should be much better in a week or so. Please keep the corrections coming.
Here’s another correction, since you’re in the market for them: I’m now at the University of Melbourne, not Macquarie University.
Fixed. Thanks, Dr. Restall.
The link to Wainwright’s page presently goes to the related general faculty page, not to Wainwright in particular.
I would never have guessed that Morriston was a theist.
Thanks JB, should be fixed.
A good list. Suggest you may want to include William P. Alston (http://philosophy.syr.edu/FacAlston.htm). Many of the folks on your list have worked with or know Alston well (e.g. Peter van Inwagen, Eleonore Stump, Thomas Senor, Alvin Plantinga, among others). Alston was one of my wonderful advisers at Syracuse back in the 1980s.
Thanks for your hard work in developing this list.
Shalom,
K. D. Kragen
kdkragen.com, killware.com, plagueman.com
Wow. I’m shocked to notice that we actually didn’t include Alston. Come to think of it, Wolterstorff is also left out. Fixed.
Thanks!
here’s a list I have of theistic philosophers that aren’t on the list, in brackets will be the notable universities they’ve taught at or have been educated at:
charles taylor (oxford, mcgill, northwestern)
keith ward (cambridge, oxford)
terry eagleton (cambridge, oxford)
denys turner (cambridge, oxford, yale)
michael ignatieff (cambridge, oxford, harvard, berkeley)
terence penelhum (cambridge, oxford, yale)
janet soskice (cambridge, oxford, cornell)
jonathan sacks (cambridge, oxford)
john hick (cambridge, oxford, cornell)
ravi zacharias (cambridge, oxford)
john hedley brooke (cambridge, oxford)
john lucas (cambridge, oxford)
roger scruton (cambridge, princeton)
john haldane (cambridge, oxford)
vern poythress (cambridge, harvard)
philip clayton (cambridge, harvard, yale)
john rist (cambridge, toronto)
elizabeth burns (cambridge)
michael dummett (oxford)
peter geach (oxford)
brian davies (oxford)
john leslie (oxford)
basil mitchell (oxford, princeton)
john hare (oxford, yale, princeton)
diogenes allen (oxford, yale, princeton)
john jenkins (oxford)
leszek kolakowski (oxford, yale, berkeley)
peter harrison (oxford, yale)
paul griffiths (oxford, chicago)
robert george (oxford, harvard, princeton)
pamela anderson (oxford, yale)
michael novak (harvard, stanford)
elie wiesel (yale, columbia)
ernan mcmullin (yale, princeton)
holmes rolston (yale, colorado)
robert cummings neville (yale)
those are just the more popular ones! tons of elite theistic philosophers out there, much more than most people can imagine
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Jim Madden from Benedictine College should be added as well.
Very thoughtful, intelligent, considerate of opposing views, takes time and handles opposing views with sincerity.
http://www.benedictine.edu/benedictine.aspx?pgID=1389
You should add Kevin Timpe. He’s a rather up and coming theistic philosopher (and a really good guy).
I notice Edward Feser isn’t there. You may want to add him. I hear there’s this up and coming guy in New Zealand too.