| Curriculum Vitae Dennis W. Jowers, Ph.D. e-mail: dennisjowers@hotmail.com Employment Associate Professor of Theology & Apologetics (September 2004) Faith Evangelical Seminary 3504 North Pearl Street Tacoma, WA 98407 Courses Introduction to Greek 2 (Winter Quarter 2010; a quarter-long, classroom course) World Religions, Basic Elements of Greek 3, & Natural Theology (Winter Quarter 2010; week-long, module courses) Cultic Groups and Views & Introduction to Greek 1 (Fall Quarter 2009; quarter-long, classroom courses) Introduction to Writing and Terminology & Basic Elements of Greek 2 (Fall Quarter 2009; week-long, module courses) Intermediate Greek Grammar (Summer Quarter 2009; a quarter-long, classroom course) Greek Readings & Comparative Religions (Spring Quarter 2009; quarter-long, classroom courses) Greek Tools 2 (Spring Quarter 2009; week-long, module course) Introduction to Greek 2 (Winter Quarter 2009; a quarter-long, classroom course) Prolegomena to Apologetics, Elements of Greek 3, and Greek Tools 1 (Winter Quarter 2009; week-long, module courses) Philosophy of Religion & Introduction to Greek 1 (Fall Quarter 2008; quarter-long, classroom courses) Introduction to Academic Writing & Elements of Greek 2 (Fall Quarter 2008; week-long, module courses) Intermediate Greek Grammar (Summer Quarter 2008; a quarter-long, classroom course) Greek Readings & "Faith and Reason" (Spring Quarter 2008; quarter-long, classroom courses) Greek 5 & "Logic and Critical Thinking" (Spring Quarter 2008; week-long, module courses) Introduction to Greek 2 (Winter Quarter 2008; a quarter-long, classroom course) Prolegomena to Apologetics & Greek 4 (Winter Quarter 2008; week-long, module courses) Introduction to Greek 1 & Christian Evidences (Fall Quarter 2007; quarter-long, classroom courses) Greek 3 & Introduction to Theological Research (Fall Quarter 2007; week-long, module courses) Greek Readings (Summer Quarter 2007, directed study) Theology 1: Prolegomena & Bibliology (Summer Quarter 2007; a week-long, module class) Introduction to Greek 2 & "Theology 3: Angelology, Anthropology, & Soteriology" (Spring Quarter 2007; quarter-long, classroom courses) World Religions (Spring Quarter 2007; a week-long, module class) Introduction to Greek 1 & "Theology 2: God, Christ, & the Holy Spirit" (Winter Quarter 2006-7; quarter-long, classroom courses) Greek Exegesis 1 & "Theology 1:Prolegomena & Bibliology" (Fall Quarter 2006; quarter-long, classroom courses) Greek Readings (Summer Quarter 2006; a quarter-long, classroom course) Theology 1: God & Revelation (Summer Quarter 2006; a week-long, module class) Introduction to Greek 1 & Introduction to Greek 2 (Spring Quarter 2006; quarter-long, classroom courses) Theology 2: God, Christ, & the Holy Spirit (Winter Quarter 2005/6, a quarter-long, classroom course) Theology 1: God and Revelation (Fall Quarter 2005, a quarter-long, classroom course) Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin (Summer Quarter 2005; a quarter-long, classroom course) The Coherence of Christianity (Spring Quarter 2005; a quarter-long, classroom course) The Coherence of Christianity (Winter Quarter 2004/5; a week-long, module course) Christian Evidences (Winter Quarter 2004/5; a quarter-long, classroom course) Online Courses through Scholar360 Christian Evidences, Comparative Religion, Cultic Groups & Views, Faith & Reason, Introduction to the Book of Romans, Philosophy of Religion Youth Pastor (August 2004) Korean Peace Presbyterian Church Denomination: Korean American Presbyterian Church (KAPC) Rev. Daniel Pak, senior pastor 4040 NE 105th Street Seattle, WA 98125 Videos of sermons available online: Dennis Jowers on blip tv Adjunct Professor of Theology (August 2004) Western Reformed Seminary 5 South G Street Tacoma, Washington 98405 Courses Introduction to Traditional Logic (Winter Semester 2006, a semester-long classroom course) The Early Church; Theology 3: Man, Sin, and Salvation; & The Consistency of Scripture (Fall Semester 2005, semester-long classroom courses) Modern Church History: Part Two & General Epistles: Part Two (Summer 2005; week-long module courses) Theology 2: Doctrine of God & American Church History (Spring Semester 2005, semester-long classroom courses) Modern Church History: Part One & General Epistles: Part One (Winter 2005; week-long module courses) Modern Church History, Theology 1: Doctrine of the Word of God, Theology of Francis Turretin, and Survey of Theology 1 (Fall Semester 2004, semester-long classroom courses) Adjunct Faculty Mentor (May 2004) Columbia Evangelical Seminary P.O. Box 1189 Buckley, Washington 98321 Education University of Edinburgh Ph.D. (Systematic Theology) 2004 Dissertation Title: "The Revelation of the Trinity: Karl Rahner's Position and an Evangelical Alternative." Supervisors: Dr. Michael Purcell and Dr. John McDowell University of Edinburgh M.Th. (Systematic Theology) 2001 Thesis Title: "Karl Rahner's Theological Method as a Response to Gnoseological Concupiscence and Cryptogamic Heresy." Available from ProQuest Digital Dissertations University of Chicago A.B. (Philosophy) 1999 Academic Publications Books Four Views on Divine Providence, editor with introduction and conclusion, to be published by Zondervan. Reasons for Our Hope: An Introduction to Christian Apologetics with Dr. H. Wayne House to be published by Broadman & Holman. Karl Rahner's Trinitarian Axiom: "The Economic Trinity is the Immanent Trinity and Vice Versa." Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. Sample pages at Google Books Articles "In what sense does Calvin affirm, 'Extra ecclesiam nulla salus'?" in Gerard Mannion and E. A. J. G. Van der Borght (ed.), The Society of Christ: Perspectives on Calvin's Ecclesiology, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans (forthcoming). "The Conflict of Freedom and Concupiscence: A Difficulty for Karl Rahner's Theological Anthropology," Heythrop Journal (forthcoming). "The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Biblical Canon," Trinity Journal, 30 (2009), 49-65. "Scripture, Authority, and the Formation of Doctrine: Evangelical Reflections," Studia Oecumenica 8 (2008), 121-150. "The Meaning of Morphe in Philippians 2:6-7," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 49:4 (2006), 739-766. "A Test of Karl Rahner's Axiom, 'The Economic Trinity is the Immanent Trinity and Vice Versa,'" Thomist, 70:3 (2006), 421-55. "An Exposition and Critique of Karl Rahner's Axiom: 'The Economic Trinity is the Immanent Trinity and Vice Versa'," Mid-America Journal of Theology, 15 (2004), 165-200. Full text available online: www.midamerica.edu/resources/journal/15/jowers.pdf "The Reproach of Modalism: A Difficulty for Karl Barth's Doctrine of the Trinity," Scottish Journal of Theology 56:2 (2003), 231-46. "The Theology of the Cross as Theology of the Trinity: A Critique of Jurgen Moltmann's Staurocentric Trinitarianism," Tyndale Bulletin 52:2 (2001), 245-266. Full text available online: www.tyndalehouse.com/Bulletin.htm "Divine Unity and the Economy of Salvation in the De Trinitate of Augustine," Reformed Theological Review 60:2 (2001), 68-84. "Aquinas on the Trinity," A Virtual Seminar in Theology, January 2001, www.jiscmail.ac.uk. "Anselm's Proslogion: One, Simple Proof?" Quodlibet Journal 1:4 (1999), www.quodlibet.net/jowers-anselm.shtml. "Metaphysics and the Question of Animal Intelligence in the Thought of Descartes," Proceedings of the Friesian School: Fourth Series, 1999, www.friesian.com/jowers.htm. Encyclopedia Entries "The Eucharistic Theology of John Calvin" in Alfred J. Andrea et al, ed., ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO (forthcoming). "Afterlife. II. a. Patristic and Medieval Times and Reformation Era" in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception: Volume 1 (ed. Hans-Josef Klauck et al; Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, 2008). "Apologetics. III. Christianity. b. Latin Patristics and Early Medieval Times" in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception: Volume 1 (ed. Hans-Josef Klauck et al; Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, 2008). "State of Nature" in G. T. Kurian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, Oxford: Blackwell (forthcoming). "Hans Kung" in G. T. Kurian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson (forthcoming). "Karl Rahner" in G. T. Kurian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson (forthcoming). "Apologetics" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Atonement" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Christ, Natures and Attributes" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Conditional Immortality" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Deism" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Docetism" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Justification, Biblical Doctrine of" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Modalism" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Monarchianism" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Neo-Orthodox Christianity" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Polytheism" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Socinianism" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Trinitarian Controversies" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). "Trinity" in H. Wayne House (ed.), Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (forthcoming). Papers Presented "The Key of Knowledge (Luke 11:52) in Latin Patristic and Medieval Exegesis," Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 21–24, 2009. "A Biblical-Theological Case for the Divine Persons' Comprehensive Equality," Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 18–20, 2009. "Cappadocian Influences on Karl Rahner's Theology of the Trinity," Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 18–20, 2009. "Evangelical Theological Ethics: A Contemporary Approach," co-authored with Bonn Clayton and read by Mr. Clayton at the Annual Meeting of the World Evangelical Alliance's Theological Commission, Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 22–25, 2009. "Three Approaches to Vindicating the Doctrine of the Trinity's Coherence," Pacific Northwest AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, April 24–6, 2009. "The Indivisibility of the Divine Acts Ad Extra: The Meaning, Rationale, and Implications of an Ancient Theological Principle," Northwestern Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, George Fox University, Portland, Oregon, March 7, 2009. "Is Denying the Principle of the Indiscernibility of Identicals a Viable Strategy for Vindicating the Doctrine of the Trinity's Coherence?", Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, November 19, 2008. "The Limits Imposed on Freedom by Concupiscence: A Difficulty for Karl Rahner's Non-Interventionist Soteriology," Pacific Northwest AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, May 2-4, 2008. "The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Biblical Canon," Northwestern Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon, March 15, 2008. "Does the Nature of Truth Entail the Existence of an Omniscient Being? An Outline of a New Theistic Argument Based on Fitch's Theorem," Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, November 14-16, 2007. "Schleiermacher's Critique of Athanasian Trinitarianism: An Overview and Response," Pacific Northwest AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, May 4, 2007, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. "The Canonicity of Ecclesiastes: A Review of the Rabbinical Evidence," Northwestern Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Corban College, Salem, Oregon, February 24, 2007. "The Unction of Christ with the Holy Spirit as a Difficulty for Augustine's Pneumatology," Augustine and Augustinianisms Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 16, 2006. "Karl Rahner's Version of the Psychological Analogy of the Trinity," Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 18, 2006. "Scripture, Authority, and the Formation of Doctrine: Evangelical Reflections," Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 6-8, 2006. "The Reduction of Efficient to Formal Causality," Pacific Northwest AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, May 6, 2006. "Immutable in Himself, Yet Mutable in Another? A Paradoxical Aspect of Karl Rahner's Doctrine of God," Northwestern Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Northwest Baptist Seminary, Tacoma, Washington, March 4, 2006. "The Power of God and the Wisdom of God: The Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 1:24 in Augustine's De Trinitate 6-7," Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, November 17, 2005. "The Trinitarian Structure of Divine Self-Communication," Pacific Northwest AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, April 30, 2005. "A Scriptural Test for Karl Rahner's Axiom, 'The Economic Trinity is the Immanent Trinity and Vice Versa,'" Northwestern Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Multnomah Bible College & Seminary, Portland, Oregon, March 5, 2005. "An Attempt to Derive the Axiom, 'In God All Things Are One, Where No Opposition of Relation Intervenes,' from Scriptural Premises Alone" (revised version), Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 18, 2004. "Can One Maintain the Priority of Uncreated to Created Grace without Compromising Divine Transcendence? Remarks on an Argument of Karl Rahner," Scottish Universities Postgraduate Studies Day, University of Glasgow, June 2, 2004. "Is an Absolutely Transcendent Deity Necessarily Unknowable? The Answer of Karl Rahner," Scottish Postgraduate Philosophy Association Conference on Transcendence and Tradition, University of Dundee, May 29, 2004. "Jesus and the Authority of the New Testament in the Gospel of John," Society for the Study of Theology Annual Conference, University of Exeter, March 30, 2004. "Does Karl Rahner Derive His Axiom, 'The Economic Trinity is the Immanent Trinity and Vice Versa,' from Premises Inconsistent with Classical, Christian Orthodoxy?" Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 19, 2003 "An Attempt to Derive the Axiom, 'In God All Things Are One, Where No Opposition of Relation Intervenes,' from Scriptural Premises Alone," Postgraduate Student Conference, University of Aberdeen, June 6, 2003. "The Identity of Assumption and Creation in Christ: A Problematic Aspect of Karl Rahner's Christology," Society for the Study of Theology Annual Conference, University of Newcastle, April 8, 2003. "The Meaning and Motivation of Karl Rahner's Axiom: 'The Immanent Trinity is the Economic Trinity and Vice Versa'," Postgraduate Student Conference, University of Edinburgh, June 7, 2002. Honors William Honyman Gillespie Scholarship (University of Edinburgh, 2002-2004) National Merit Scholarship (University of Chicago, 1993-1996) College Honors Scholarship (University of Chicago, 1993-1996) Telluride Associate (Williams College, Summer Program 1992) Symposiums Speaker, Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 6-8, 2006 (see "Papers Presented" for details) Invited participant, Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 1-3, 2004; September 30-October 2, 2005; October 6-8, 2006; October 12-14, 2007; October 17-19, 2008; October 2-4, 2009. Teaching Abilities Systematic Theology, Historical Theology/Church History, Greek, Philosophy/Apologetics, Latin Languages Latin, Greek (Attic & Koine), Biblical Hebrew, French (reading), German (reading), Spanish (reading) Professional Organizations Evangelical Theological Society Society of Biblical Literature American Academy of Religion Evangelical Philosophical Society Society of Christian Philosophers Christian Theological Research Fellowship Offices Held Evangelical Theological Society Models of God Consultation, 2008-10 (chairman) Resolutions Committee, 2006-2009 (chairman), 2005 (member) Pacific Northwest American Academy of Religion Theology & Philosophy of Religion Group, 2006-9 (co-chair) Nominating Committee, 2006-12 (member) Denominational Affiliation Korean American Presbyterian Church (KAPC) (I am the youth pastor at Korean Peace Presbyterian Church, a Seattle KAPC church.) Online Resources My collection of online theology resources Judy's science teaching resources |
