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William Lane Craig
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William Lane Craig is an American philosopher, university teacher, writer, and apologist born in Peoria in 1949. He is a Baptist who speaks and writes in English. Craig has received the Humboldt Prize and works in the fields of philosophy, theology, and metaphysics. He is employed by Biola University.
He was educated at the University of Birmingham, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Wheaton College. Craig is the author of 102 works, including On Guard, Systematic Philosophical Theology, Volume 2b, Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, Atonement, and Systematic Philosophical Theology: Volume II on God.
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- Works
- 102
Top works
- On Guard
- On Guard
- Systematic Philosophical Theology, Volume 2b
- Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology
- Atonement
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1949-08-23 ) August 23, 1949 (age 76) , Peoria, Illinois , US
- Spouse
- Jan Craig ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 )
- Education
- Wheaton College ( BA ) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School ( MA , MA ) University of Birmingham ( PhD ) LMU Munich ( ThD )
- Theses
- The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God: Historical and Critical Analyses (1977) The Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus During the Deist Controversy (1984)
- Doctoral advisor
- John Hick (Birmingham), Wolfhart Pannenberg (Munich)
- Other advisor
- Norman Geisler
- Discipline
- Philosophy theology
- School or tradition
- Analytic philosophy Molinism neo-Apollinarianism Wesleyanism
- Institutions
- See list Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1980–1986) Westmont College (1986–1987) University of Louvain (1987–1994) Biola University (1996–2020, 2021–present) Houston Christian University (2014–2024)
- Main interests
- Philosophy of religion natural theology philosophy of time Christian apologetics systematic theology Apollinarism Reformed epistemology Cartesian dualism metaphysical libertarianism
- Notable works
- Reasonable Faith (1994)
- Notable ideas
- Kalam cosmological argument
- Website
- www .reasonablefaith .org
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- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Craig
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Peoria
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Award
- Humboldt Prize
- Field of work
- metaphysics
- Official website
- www.reasonablefaith.org
- Image
- William Lane Craig.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
William Lane Craig (/kreɪɡ/; born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, and theologian. He is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology of Biola University.
Craig earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Birmingham in 1977 and a second doctorate in theology from LMU Munich in 1984. He was a professor of the philosophy of religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School from 1980 to 1986, a professor of religious studies at Westmont College from 1986 to 1987, and a researcher at KU Leuven from 1987 to 1994. After joining the faculty of the Talbot School of Theology, he also taught as a professor of philosophy at Houston Christian University from 2014 to 2024.
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