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Assistant Professor of Theology | Trinity College | TIU |
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CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Nathan Jacobs
Title: Assistant Professor of Theology School of Biblical and Religious Studies School: Trinity College | TIU 2065 Half Day Road Deerfield, IL 60015, USA
Phone: 847.317.7167 Email: njacobs@tiu.edu
Education: CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, PhD Candidate Dual Emphasis: Systematic Theology | Historical Theology Dissertation Title: In Defense of Leibniz’s Theodicy: Reassessing Leibniz on Free Choice and Providence in Light of the Augustinian Tradition (Readers: Richard Muller, Donald Rutherford, Ronald Feenstra, John Cooper)
TRINITY EVANGELICAL DIVINITY SCHOOL, MA (2003) Emphasis: Systematic Theology | Cognate: Church History Thesis Focus: Augustine and the Problem of Evil (Readers: Kevin Vanhoozer, Doug Sweeney)
TRINITY COLLEGE, BA (2001) Double Major: Philosophy | Humanities
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART (1996-1999) Major: Fine Arts Paitning | Minor: Fine Arts Drawing
Experience: Assistant Professor of Theology (Present) | Trinity College Part-time Professor (Present) | Trinity Graduate School Part-time Professor (Fall 2008) | Calvin Theological Seminary Part-time Professor (2007-2009) | Calvin College Part-time Professor (Fall 2007) | Kuyper College Teacher’s Assistant (Fall 2007-Spring 2009) | Calvin Theological Seminary Co-Instructor (Fall 2005) | Trinity Collage Research Assistant (Fall 2004) | Trinity College Teacher’s Assistant (Fall 2000-Spring 2002) | Trinity College Tutor (Fall 2000-Spring 2001) | Trinity College
Publications: God and the Enlightenment: Retrieving the Sacred in Modern Thought, co-editor Chris L. Firestone (under contract: University of Notre Dame Press) “Editors’ Introduction: Retrieving the Sacred in Modern Thought,” co-author Chris L. Firestone, in God and the Enlightenment (under contract) “Leibniz and the Augustinian Tradition,” in God and the Enlightenment (under contract) “Protestant Scholasticism and the Philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz,” in Reformierte Philosophie in der frühen Neuzeit, eds. Günther Frank and Herman Selderhuis (Stuttgart: Frommann-Holzboog, forthcoming) “How are Christians to be Stewards of Art?” Journal of Markets and Morality 12:2 (Fall 2009) “In Answer to Calvin Seerveld on Christian Stewardship of Art,” Journal of Markets and Morality 12:2 (Fall 2009) In Defense of Kant’s Religion, co-author Chris L. Firestone (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2008). “Contra Clayton: Toward an Augustinian Philosophy of Organism,” Faith and Philosophy 25:4 (Oct., 2008) “On ‘Not Three Gods’—Again: Can a Primary-Secondary Substance Reading of Ousia and Hypostasis Avoid Tritheism?” Modern Theology 24:3 (July, 2008) “Kant’s Apologia: A Look at the Usefulness of Kantian Insights for Christian Thought,” Philosophia Christi 9:1 (2007) “Kant on the Christian Religion,” co-author Chris L. Firestone, Philosophia Christi 9:1 (2007) “Kant’s Prototypical Theology: Transcendental Incarnation as a Rational Foundation for God-Talk,” in Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion, eds. Chris L. Firestone and Stephen R. Palmquist (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006)
Translations: Paul Tillich, “The Category of the ‘Holy’ in Rudolf Otto,” co-translator Chris L. Firestone, in Chris L. Firestone, Kant and Theology at the Boundaries of Reason (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009) Paul Tillich, “Rudolf Otto—Philosopher of Religion,” co-translator Chris L. Firestone, in Kant and Theology at the Boundaries of Reason
Reviews: David S. Pacini, Through Narcissus’ Glass Darkly: The Modern Religion of Conscience (New York: Fordham University Press, 2008), in Kantian Review (2010, forthcoming) John Hare, God and Morality: A Philosophical History (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2008), in Calvin Theological Journal (forthcoming) John S. Feinberg, The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problem of Evil (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), in Calvin Theological Journal (forthcoming) David B. Burrell, Deconstructing Theodicy: Why Job Has Nothing to Say to the Puzzle of Suffering (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2008), in Calvin Theological Journal (forthcoming) David O’Connor, God, Evil, and Design: An Introduction to the Philosophical Issues (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2008), in Calvin Theological Journal (forthcoming) Kenneth Surin, Theology and the Problem of Evil (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2004), in Calvin Theological Journal (forthcoming)
Papers: “What Hath Königsberg to Do with Byzantium? An Eastern Reply to the Problem of Post-Kantian Theology,” International Congress of Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, MI: May 2010) “A Summary of In Defense of Kant’s Religion,” American Academy of Religion: Annual Meeting: Society of Christian Philosophers: Symposium on In Defense of Kant’s Religion (Montreal: 2009) “Reply to Critics of In Defense of Kant’s Religion,” American Academy of Religion: Annual Meeting: Society of Christian Philosophers: Symposium on In Defense of Kant’s Religion (Montreal: 2009) “Leibniz and the Reformed Scholastics,” Reformierte Philosophie in der Frühen Neuzeit (Bretten/Germany: May 2009) “A Response to Terry Muck,” Trinity Consultation on Post-Christendom Spiritualities (Deerfield, IL: Oct. 2008) “Teaching Philosophy by Making One’s Classroom a Shared-Life Experience: An Interview with Nathan Jacobs,” co-author Chris L. Firestone, Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area: Scholarship of Pedagogy Symposium (Romeoville, IL: Oct. 2007) “Contra Clayton: Toward an Augustinian Philosophy of Organism,” American Academy of Religion: Midwest Regional Meeting (River Forest, IL: 2007) “Contesting Clayton: A Critique of Philip Clayton’s Emergent Panentheism,” American Academy of Religion: Midwest Regional Meeting (River Forest, IL: 2007) “On the Only Possible Reading of Kant’s Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason: Books One and Two,” Society of Christian Philosophers: Special Meeting (Houghton, NY: 2006) “On the Only Possible Reading of Kant’s Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason: Book Three,” co-author Chris L. Firestone, Society of Christian Philosophers: Special Meeting (Houghton, NY: 2006) “Kant’s Apologia,” American Academy of Religion: Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA: 2005) “Augustine and Augustinianism,” Evangelical Philosophical Society: Annual Meeting (Denver, CO: 2001) “Meet Chauncey Gardner,” American Academy of Religion: Midwest Regional Meeting (Chicago, IL: 2000) “A Theodicy,” American Academy of Religion: Annual Meeting: Evangelical Theology Group (Nashville, TN: 2000)
Talks: “Leibniz and the Evils of the Indifferentists,” Calvin Seminary Colloquium Historialis Theologicum (Grand Rapids, MI: April 2009) “Irenaeus’ Soteriology,” Kuyper College: Patristics Club (2008) “Teaching Philosophy by Making One’s Classroom a Shared-Life Experience: An Interview with Nathan Jacobs,” with Chris L. Firestone, Trinity College: Homecoming (2007) “A Genealogy of Aesthetics: Parts I & II,” Hope Presbyterian Church (2005) “Art as Action: Going Beyond Illustration,” Trinity College Fine Arts Festival, Keynote Address (2001)
Honors: Kern Fellow (May 2010) | Kern Foundation Young Scholars Book Prize Nominee (2009) | American Philosophical Association Textual Analysis Book Prize Nominee (2009) | American Academy of Religion Kern Fellow (May 2009) | Kern Foundation Institutional Assistantship (Fall 2007-Spring 2009) | Calvin Theological Seminary Muller Fellowship (Fall 2005-Spring 2007) | Calvin Theological Seminary Dean’s Scholarship (Fall 2001-Spring 2003) | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Senior Philosophy Award (2001) | Trinity College Dean’s Scholarship (Fall 1999-Spring 2001) | Trinity College President’s Scholarship (Fall 1996-Spring 1998) | Maryland Institute College of Art
Memberships: American Academy of Religion American Philosophical Association References: Chris L. Firestone, Associate Professor of Philosophy: Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Richard A. Muller, P.J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology: Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI
Douglas Sweeney, Associate Professor of Church History | History of Christian Thought and Director of the Carl F. Henry Center for Theological Understanding: Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology: Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CN | Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
