Bernard J. Mauser

Pfafftown, NC
bernard.mauser@yahoo.com

Education:

Ph.D., Marquette University, Philosophy
M.A., Marquette University, Philosophy
M.A.A. Southern Evangelical, Apologetics/Philosophy (Cum Laude)
B.S. Youngstown State University

AOS: Ethics, Thomas Aquinas, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy, Natural Law, Medieval Philosophy

AOC: Metaphysics, Philosophical Theology, Epistemology, Theology, Logic

University Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor Southern Evangelical Seminary

Course: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Assistant Professor SDCC Rivendell Sanctuary Program

Recent Courses:

Critical Thinking/Logic, Economics, Theology, Philosophy, Philosophy of Math, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Biology, Psychology and the Human Person, Philosophy of Sociology, Philosophy of Aesthetics, Modern Moral and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Government and Law, Old and New Testament Survey

Other Teaching Experience

Lecturer Bethlehem College and Seminary
Liberty University
Marquette University
Cardinal Stritch University

Doctoral Dissertation:

The Ontological foundations for Natural Law theory and Contemporary Ethical Naturalism

Director: Michael Wreen         Committee: William Starr, Kevin Gibson, & Philip Devine

Publications

“Interfaith Worship: How Should Christians Respond?” Christian Research Journal, Vol. 36, Issue 4, 2013.

“Religious Pluralism: John Hick and the Elephant with Every Other Name,” Public Interest Institute Policy Study, No. 14, 7, Nov. 2014.

“Embryonic Stem Cell Research is Morally Wrong,” Public Interest Institute Policy Study,  No.8, Vol. 22,  Oct. 2015.

We Choose Life, “The Connections between Marriage, Family, and Life,” ed. Dave Sterrett, Hendrickson Publishers, 2016.

Reading to Grow: A Field Guide to the Bible, ed. Thomas A. Howe, Forthcoming in late 2017.

Publications under review

Plantinga and Aquinas on the Viability of the ‘Third Way’

Puzzling about “Some Puzzles Concerning Omnipotence”

Papers Presented

2010- “Toward a Theological Approach to Natural Law,” at the International Society of Christian Apologetics national conference.

2010- “Aquinas and Plantinga on the ‘Third-Way’,” at the Evangelical Philosophical Association national conference.

2013- “Interfaith Worship: Christian or not?” at The National Conference of Christian Apologetics.

2014- “Beware of Philosophy: The Hidden Dangers in Higher Education,” at MACHE Homeschooling Conference.

2015- “Reading to Grow: Biblical Interpretation for Everyone,” at The National Conference of Christian Apologetics.

Conference Organizer

2007- Conference on Philosophy and Christianity

2008- Conference on Christian Spiritual Formation

2009- Conference on Christian Apologetics

2014- Faith, Freedom and Christianity Economics Conference

Awards and Honors:

2003- CUM LAUDE Southern Evangelical Seminary

2014- Mini-Grant from the Acton Institute for Economics Conference

2014- Funded Scholar for the Acton Institute (Free Market Economics Conference)

2015- Chair Award for Teaching Excellence at  Liberty University

2016- Grant from the Acton Institute

2016- Funded Scholar for the Acton Institute (Free Market Economics Conference)

Professional Membership

Evangelical Philosophical Association

Evangelical Theological Society

International Society of Christian Apologetics

Society for Classical Learning

Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Languages Studied

Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, Hebrew