William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig
Craig in 2014
Born (1949-08-23) August 23, 1949 (age 75)
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
EducationWheaton College (BA)
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MA)
University of Birmingham (PhD)
University of Munich (ThD)
Notable workReasonable Faith (1994)
Spouse
Jan Craig
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(m. 1972)​
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Molinism
Neo-Apollinarianism
Institutions
Theses
  • The Kalam Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God (1977)
  • The Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus During the Deist Controversy (1984)
Doctoral advisor
Other academic advisorsNorman Geisler
Main interests
Notable ideas
Kalam cosmological argument
Websitewww.reasonablefaith.org

William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism.[2][3][4] He is a professor of philosophy at Houston Christian University and at the Talbot School of Theology of Biola University.[5]

Craig has updated and defended the Kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God.[6][7][8][9][10] He has also published work where he argues in favor of the historical plausibility of the resurrection of Jesus.[11] His study of divine aseity and Platonism culminated with his book God Over All.[12][13]

  1. ^ Craig & Carroll 2016, p. 102.
  2. ^ Loftin, R. Keith (2020). "William Lane Craig. Philosopher as Apologist". In Forrest, Benjamin K.; Chatraw, Josh; McGrath, Alister E. (eds.). The History of Apologetics: A Biographical and Methodological Introduction. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Academic. pp. 750–766. ISBN 978-0-310-55941-2. OCLC 1133205260.
  3. ^ "The Mechanics of Neo-Apollinarian Christology".
  4. ^ "Neo-Apollinarianism and Mind/Body Dualism". April 12, 2019.
  5. ^ Murashko, Alex (February 5, 2014). "Leading Apologist William Lane Craig to Join Houston Baptist U's School of Christian Thought Faculty". The Christian Post. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Schneider 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Reichenbach (2017). "In his widely discussed writings William Lane Craig marshals multidisciplinary evidence for the truth of the premises found in the kalām argument.... [much more discussion follows]"
  8. ^ Sun, Eryn (September 30, 2011). "Dawkins defends decision not to debate apologist William Lane Craig". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2019-06-12. ...[Craig is] the leading Christian apologist, famous for his revival of the Kalam cosmological argument which asserts that God caused the universe to first exist.
  9. ^ Horn, Trent (July 17, 2013). "New Support for the Cosmological Argument". catholic.com. Retrieved 2019-06-12. Although the argument fell into relatively obscurity after it was promoted in the Middle Ages, it received new life through William Lane Craig's 1979 book The Kalam Cosmological Argument. Craig has become the argument's leading proponent, and thanks to his famous debates with atheists that end up on YouTube, the kalam argument has become well-known and is vigorously dissected by critics.
  10. ^ Robinson & Baggett 2016, p. 212.
  11. ^ Habermas 1988.
  12. ^ Craig 2016.
  13. ^ McNabb, Tyler Dalton. "Review of God Over All: Divine Aseity and the Challenge of Platonism by William Lane Craig". Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies. ISSN 2572-2832.