W. Christopher Stewart is Vice President of Grant Programs at Templeton Religion Trust. Before moving to Nassau to assist with the establishment of TRT’s grant-making platform in 2013, he was Professor of Philosophy, and Associate Dean of Biblical Studies, Theology, and Philosophy at Houghton College in Houghton, NY. Dr. Stewart completed his Ph.D. in the…
David William Brown FBA FRSE, is an Anglican priest and British scholar of philosophy, theology, religion, and the arts. He taught at the universities of Oxford, Durham, and St. Andrews before retiring in 2015. He is well-known for his non-punitive theory of purgatory, his defense of specific versions of social Trinitarianism and kenotic Christology, his…
Nathan A. Jacobs is a philosopher, artist, and filmmaker. He is a Visiting Scholar of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky. Jacobs holds advanced degrees in Philosophy, Historical and Systematic Theology, Church History, and Fine Art. He has served as a professor and lecturer at such schools as Calvin College and Seminary, Trinity College and…
Christopher R. Brewer (1980–2025) was the President of Theoventure, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Divinity, University of St Andrews. Dr. Brewer received his Ph.D. in Divinity from the University of St. Andrews with a thesis on natural theology and the arts. He was the editor or co-editor of six volumes, including…
C. Stephen Evans is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University. He is one of the United States’ leading experts on Søren Kierkegaard. Evans has also published extensively on subjects including philosophy of religion and the relationship of psychology and Christianity. Evans holds a B.A. with High Honors (philosophy), from Wheaton College, an M.Phil. (philosophy) from Yale…
Timothy Pawl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He works on metaphysics and philosophical theology. In metaphysics his work focuses on truthmaker theory, modality, and free will. In philosophical theology, Pawl has published on transubstantiation, Christology, and divine immutability. His work has…
Andrew Torrance is a Lecturer in Theology at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. With Alan Torrance, he is the co-founder of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology. His work focuses on the doctrine of creation, Christian conversion, and science and faith. His work has appeared in Modern Theology, Zygon, Religious Studies, Journal…
Lester L. Grabbe is a retired American scholar and Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, England. As an historian of ancient Judaism, he has authored several standard treatments. He founded and convenes the European Seminar on Methodology in Israel’s History, and publishes the proceedings in the sub-series European…
Ian Alexander McFarland is Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He holds degrees from Trinity College (Hartford), Union Theological Seminary (New York), the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Yale University, and Cambridge. He previously taught at the University of Aberdeen and the Candler School of Theology, where he was the inaugural…
Michael Rea is Rev. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame. He has taught at the University of Notre Dame since 2001. His research focuses primarily on topics in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and analytic theology. He has has written or…
Nicholas Thomas Wright is a leading English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian, and retired Anglican bishop. In academia, he is published as N. T. Wright, but is also known as Tom Wright. Between 2003 and his retirement in 2010, he was the Bishop of Durham. He then became Research Professor of New Testament and Early…
Michael J. Murray oversees the program departments of the John Templeton Foundation. Before joining the Foundation, he was the Arthur and Katherine Shadek Humanities Professor of Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College. He received his BA from Franklin and Marshall and his MA and Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on…