Dr. Christopher Ben Simpson
Office: Chapel 108
Phone: 217 732-7788 ext. 2383
Education
- Ph.D. in Theology, University of Nottingham
- M.A. in Religious Studies, University of Iowa
- M.A. in Contemporary Christian Theology and Philosophy, Lincoln Christian Seminary
- B.A. in Religion, Eastern New Mexico University
Appointed to Faculty: 2005
Instruction and direction at LCU:
- Teaches in the interdisciplinary studies program in the undergraduate school, focusing on the disciplines of theology and philosophy
- Teaches advanced courses in theology and philosophy for the undergraduate school as well as the seminary
- Directs the philosophy major in the undergraduate school and assists in the direction of the undergraduate honors program
Courses
- ID201 Ancient Civilization
- ID202 From Early Church to Medieval World
- ID301 The Emerging Modern World
- ID302 The Modern and Postmodern World
- ID318/TH610/PH610 Kierkegaard
- ID320 Theology and Postmodernity
- PH301/PH701 Modern Philosophy
- PH302/PH702 Contemporary Philosophy
- PH314/PH714 Metaphysics and Epistemology
Selected Publications:
- “A Way Between Freeplay and Totality: Kierkegaard on Faith and the Other”in Søren Kierkegaard and the Word(s): Essays on Hermeneutics and Communications (2003)
- All Things Shining: Desmond’s Metaxological Metaphysics and The Thin Red Line” in System and Poetics: The Themes in the Work of William Desmond (2007)
- “The Subjectivity of Truth and the Grandeur of Reason” in The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition and Universalism (2009)
- Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern: William Desmond and John D. Caputo (IUP, 2009)
- Caputo: A (Very) Critical Introduction (Eerdmans, forthcoming)
- The Truth is the Way: Kierkegaard’s Theologia Viatorum (current project)