Ph.D. -- Religious Studies, 1988
"Schelling's Philosophy of Mythology"
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Adviser -- Prof. Van A. Harvey

Ph.D. -- Philosophy, 1980
"The Problem of Systematic Completeness in Hegel's Philosophy"
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Adviser — Prof. Errol E. Harris

B.A. — Philosophy, with Honors
Yale University, New Haven, CT

TEACHING SPECIALTIES

• Modern Religious Thought
• Philosophy of Religion
• German Idealism (esp. Kant, Hegel, Schelling)
• Philosophy of Mythology
• Comparative Religion
• Asian Religious Thought
• History of Philosophy (Eastern and Western)
• Ethics

FOREIGN RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Three years of research and writing in Munich, Germany (1982-84)
• Fluent in German and Swedish; reading knowledge of French, Italian, and Latin

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1997-present

Courses Taught (or To Be Taught):

• Basic Issues in Philosophy
• Basic Issues in Religious Studies
• Contemporary Theology
• World Religions
• Asian Religious Scriptures
• Asian Philosophy
• Psychology of Religion
• 19th Century Continental Philosophy
• History of Christianity (Early and Modern)

Assistant Professor, University of Evansville, 1992-97

Courses Taught:

• Philosophy of Religion
• Modern Religious Thought
• Asian Religious Thought
• Philosophy of Mythology
• Ancient Greek Philosophy
• Early Modern Philosophy
• 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Ethics

Instructor, Franklin College Switzerland, 1989-1991

Courses Taught:

• Philosophy of Religion
• Comparative Religion
• Modern Religious Thought
• Nineteenth Century Continental Philosophy
• Ancient Greek Philosophy
• Early Modern Philosophy
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Ethics
• Logic and Critical Thinking

Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University, 1986-1989

Courses taught:

• Philosophical Classics
• 19th Century Continental Philosophy
• 20th Century Continental Philosophy
• Philosophy of Religion
• Asian Philosophy
• Greek Philosophy

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Lilly Foundation Grant for Teaching Ethics, 1995
NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers (at Boston University), 1989
Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship (Woodrow Wilson Foundation), 1983-84
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Germany's National Grant Foundation), 1982-83

The Potencies of God(s): Schelling'sPhilosophy of Mythology,State University of New York Press, 1994.

Dance of the Dialectic: A Dramatic Dialogue Presenting Hegel's Philosophyof Religion. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1978.

"Schelling's Contributions to theDevelopment of Religious Psychology," Proceedings of theInstitute for Liberal Studies, vol. 6 (Fall, 1990), Kentucky StateUniversity.

"Schelling's Conception of DialecticalMethod: In Contradistinction to Hegel's," Owl of Minerva, vol.22, no. 1 (Fall, 1990), pp. 35-54.

Translation of Schelling's Essay, "On theSource of the Eternal Truths," Owl of Minerva, vol. 22, no. 1(Fall, 1990), pp. 55-67.

"The Paradox of Cognitive Relativism Revisited: AReply to Jack W. Meiland." Metaphilosophy 15, Nos. 3 & 4(July/October 1984).

"Jakob Boehme," electronic text published in The Ecole Initiative: AHypertext
Encyclopedia of Early Church History on the World-Wide Web

"The Eleusinian Mysteries," electronic text published in The Ecole Initiative:
AHypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History on the World-Wide Web(located at Web site http://www.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb), 1995.

"Zu Einer Dialektik der gegenseitigen Akkommodation: Versuch einer Ethikder Verschleierung als Kommunikationsstrategie," paper presented at aconverence in Berlin concerning "Der Dialogbegriff am Ende des 20.Jahrhunderts," sponsored by the Hegel Institute of Berlin, October, 1995.

"Alternative Visions of the 'Way' in Ancient China: The T'ai ChiPhilosophy and its Blossoming in Confucianism and Taoism," multi-mediapresentation for all freshman students in the University of Evansville'srequired World Cultures series (Fall, 1993-1996).

"Withholding versus Withdrawing Life-Support Mechanisms for Terminally IllPatients: A Distinction without a Difference?" paper presented at tjheTri-State Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, Evansville, Indiana, 22January, 1993.

"Schelling's Theory of the Unconscious," to be presented at a session of the Society for the Philosophy of the Unconscious, at the American Philosophical Association's Eastern Division Meeting in Philadelphia, December, 1997

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

REFERENCES

Robert F. Brown, Department of Philosophy, University ofDelaware:
(302) 831-2340. E-Mail: robert.brown@mvs.udel.edu

James J. Brummer, Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: (715) 836-2993 or (715) 836-2545. E-Mail: brummejj@uwec.edu

John W. Burbidge, Department of Philosophy, Trent University (Canada):
(705) 748-1494 or (705) 743-8020. E-Mail: jburbidge@trentu.ca

Errol E. Harris, Prof. Emeritus, Philosophy Department,Northwestern University:
(617) 441-4006 or (011 44) 9663-2107

Van A. Harvey, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University:
(415) 723-2895 or (415)-493-7951. E-Mail: hf.vah@forsythe.stanford.edu

Henry S. Levinson, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro: (910) 334-5762 or (910) 854-8189. E-Mail: levinson@iris.uncg.edu

R. Wayne Perkins, Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Evansville:
(812) 479-2455 or (812) 477-6299. E-Mail: rp7@evansville.edu

Judy Saltzman, Department of Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University:
(805) 756-5065 or (805) 528-3008.

Peter Suber, Department of Philosophy, Earlham College:
(317) 983-1200 or (317) 962-7731. E-Mail: peters@yang.earlham.edu