CURRICULUM VITAE DOUGLAS KEITH BLOUNT Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 2825 Lexington Road Lexington, Kentucky 40280 Phone: (502) 897-4157 Email: dblount@sbts.edu Web: blountlystated.com Education Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophy), University of Notre Dame, 1998. Dissertation: An Essay on Divine Presence. Director: Thomas P. Flint. Readers: Alvin Plantinga, Eleonore Stump and Philip Quinn. Master of Arts (Philosophy), University of Notre Dame, 1991. Master of Arts (Philosophy), Baylor University, 1988. Bachelor of Arts (History), Baylor University, 1986. Faculty Appointments 1 Employment History Professor of Christian Apologetics, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 2017-present. Professor of Christian Philosophy and Ethics, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 2015-2016. Professor of Theological Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, 2008-2015. Tenure awarded 1 July 2011. Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1998-2007. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Criswell College, Dallas, Texas, 1992-1998. Administrative Appointments Chair, Department of Apologetics and World Religions, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 2017-present. Assistant Dean for Ethics and Philosophical Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas 2002-2007. Chair, Department of Philosophy of Religion, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1998-2002. Chair, Department of Theology, Criswell College, Dallas, Texas, 1996-1998. Ministerial Appointments Interim Senior Pastor, Harrison Hills Baptist Church, Lanesville, Indiana, March 5 to June 30, 2017. Associate Teaching Pastor, First Baptist Church, Burleson, Texas, 2006-2015. Teaching Pastor, Redemption Evangelical Church, Burleson, Texas, 2007-2010.
Associate Minister for Adult Education, First Baptist Church, Texas, 2004-2006. Books Apologetics and the Death of Modernity, in process. 2 Publications With Joseph D. Wooddell, eds. The Baptist Faith and Message 2000: Critical Issues in America s Largest Protestant Denomination. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007. Articles On this Side of the Jordan: Suffering for Righteousness Sake, Journal of Discipleship and Family Ministry (forthcoming). Idealism and Science in Idealism and Christian Philosophy, ed. James S. Spiegel and Steven B. Cowan (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016), 153-63. Good (and Beautiful) News for Postmodern Apologists, Caesura: Journal of Philological & Humanistic Studies 2 (2015), 5-15. With J. Lanier Burns, J. Scott Horrell, and Glenn R. Kreider, contributing writers. Exploring Christian Theology, Volume 3: The Church, Spiritual Growth, and the End Times, ed. Nathan D. Holsteen and Michael J. Svigel. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House, 2014. With Nathan D. Holsteen, Glenn R. Kreider, and Michael J. Svigel. Part One: How Firm a Foundation: Revelation, Scripture, and Truth, in Exploring Christian Theology, Volume 1: Revelation Scripture, and the Triune God, ed. Nathan D. Holsteen and Michael J. Svigel. Bloomington, Minnesota: Bethany House, 2014, 23-123. With Benjamin H. Arbour. The Camel s Nose: Open Theism and Biblical Interpretation, Bibliotheca Sacra 171 (2014), 274-88. What Does It Mean to Say that the Bible Is True? in In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture, ed. Steven B. Cowan and Terry L. Wilder (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2013), 47-62. Receiving Evil from God in Why, O God? Suffering and Disability in the Bible and the Church, ed. Larry J. Waters and Roy B. Zuck (Wheaton: Crossway, 2011), 217-29. Foreword in Joseph D. Wooddell, The Beauty of the Faith: Using Aesthetics for Christian Apologetics (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2010), vii-viii. A New Kind of Interpretation: Brian McLaren and the Hermeneutics of Taste in Evangelicals Engaging Emergent: A Discussion of the Emergent Church Movement, ed. William D. Henard and Adam W. Greenway (Nashville: B&H, 2009), 109-28. Rattle and Film: U2, Nietzsche and Salvation in the Blues in Faith, Film, and Philosophy: Big Ideas on the Big Screen, ed. Douglas Geivett and James Spiegel (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2007), 239-55. The Trinity: Is it possible that God be both One and Three? in The Apologetics Study Bible, ed. Ted Cabal et al. (Nashville: Holman Bible, 2007), 1459-60. Article II: God in The Baptist Faith and Message 2000: Critical Issues in America s Largest Protestant Denomination, ed. Douglas K. Blount and Joseph D. Wooddell (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007), 13-24.
Togas, Tulips and the Philosophy of Openness, Southwestern Journal of Theology 47 (2005), 177-89. Providence in Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 2d revised edition, ed. Chad Brand, Charles Draper, and Archie England (Nashville: Holman Bible, 2003), 1340-42. Wealth and Materialism in Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 2d revised edition, ed. Chad Brand, Charles Draper, and Archie England (Nashville: Holman Bible, 2003), 1661-62. Überhobbits: Tolkien, Nietzsche, and the Will to Power in The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All, ed. Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson (Chicago: Open Court, 2003), 87-98. For the Bible Tells Me So: The Rationality of Inerrancy, Areopagus Journal 2 (2002), 21-28. On the Incarnation of a Timeless God in God and Time: Essays on the Divine Nature, ed. Gregory E. Ganssle and David M. Woodruff (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 236-48. A Mere Christian, and a Baptist Too in Why I Am A Baptist, ed. Tom J. Nettles and Russell D. Moore (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2001), 173-79. Apologetics and the Ordinances of the Church, Southwestern Journal of Theology 43 (2001), 68-83. Swinburne and the Doctrine of Divine Timelessness, Philosophia Christi, 2d ser., 2 (2000), 35-52. The Authority of Scripture in Reason for the Hope Within, ed. Michael J. Murray (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999), 399-422. Euthanasia, Capital Punishment and Mistakes-Are-Fatal Arguments, Public Affairs Quarterly 10 (1996), 279-90. Editing Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Bibliotheca Sacra, 2013-2015. Managing Editor, Southwestern Journal of Theology, 2003-2007. Member, Advisory Board, Philosophia Christi, 1998-2003. Issue Editor, Southwestern Journal of Theology, 43:2 (2001). Reviews Review of S. Donald Fortson III and Rollin G. Grams, Unchanging Witness: The Consistent Christian Teaching on Homosexuality in Scripture and Tradition (Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Academic, 2016),, forthcoming. Review of J. P. Moreland, Christianity and the Nature of Science (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1989), Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45 (2002), 742-43. Review of Gregory A. Boyd, Satan and the Problem of Evil: Constructing a Trinitarian Warfare Theodicy (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2001), Religious Studies Review 28 (2002), 347. Review of Stephen T. Davis, ed., Philosophy and Theological Discourse (New York: St. Martin s Press, 1997), Philosophia Christi, 2d ser., 3 (2001), 557-59. Review of Craig Van Gelder, ed., Confident Witness Changing World: Rediscovering the Gospel in North America (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1999), Southwestern Journal of Theology 42 (2000), 115-16. Review of Philip Sampson, et al., eds., Faith and Modernity (Irvine, California: Regnum Books International, 1994), Southwestern Journal of Theology 42 (2000), 116. 3
Review of Philip Clayton, God and Contemporary Science (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998), Southwestern Journal of Theology 42 (1999), 93-94. Review of Kelly James Clark, ed., Philosophers Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of 11 Leading Thinkers (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1993), Criswell Theological Review 7 (1993), 134-36. Review of Thomas V. Morris, Our Idea of God: An Introduction to Philosophical Theology (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991; Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1991), Criswell Theological Review 6 (1992), 157-58. Presentations With Benjamin H. Arbour, Steven B. Cowan, and James S. Spiegel. Panel Discussion: Idealism and Christian Philosophy, Evangelical Philosophical Society, November 15-17, 2016. With Robert Gagnon and Marcus Johnson. Panel Discussion: The Church and Its Call to Sexual Holiness, moderated by Andrew Schmutzer, Evangelical Theological Society, Midwest Region, April 11, 2015. The End of Man: Homosexuality and Humanity s Telos, presented as a plenary address to the Evangelical Theological Society, Midwest Region, April 10, 2015. Scripture, Science and Interpretation: Reading One Divine Book in Light of the Other, presented as the Moody Theological Lecture, Moody Bible Institute, April 9. With Garry Deweese, Vern S. Poythress, Paul D. Wegner, Tim L. Anderson, and Denny Burk. Panel Discussion: Pedagogical Best Practices for the Doctrine of Inerrancy, moderated by Jason Oakes, Evangelical Theological Society, November 19-21, 2013. With Benjamin H. Arbour. The Camel s Nose: Open Theism and Biblical Interpretation, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, November 17-19, 2010. With Benjamin H. Arbour. The Camel s Nose: Open Theism and Biblical Interpretation, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, Southwest Region, March 27-28, 2010. For Christ s Sake: Appropriating and Infiltrating Popular Culture for the Kingdom of God, presented at Christian Faith and the Arts, a conference sponsored by the Center for Leadership Development, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, February 24, 2006. Response to Gene Merrill s The Old Testament Word: Creator et Redemptor, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, November 16-18, 2005. It Just Doesn t Make Sense: Wrestling with God s Will in a Tragic World, presented as a plenary address at the Theological Symposium, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, September 20-21, 2005. Religious Language and the Philosophy of Openness, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, November 17-19, 2004. Desperately Seeking Bombadil: On Behalf of Ents and Oliphaunts, presented as the third in a series, entitled Slouching Towards Gondor: Middle Earth and the Kingdom of God, for the Caulkins Lectureship, Western Baptist College, Salem, Oregon, November 8-10, 2004. American Idol: Popular Culture and the Kingdom of God, presented as the second in a series, entitled Slouching Towards Gondor: Middle Earth and the Kingdom of God, for the Caulkins Lectureship, Western Baptist College, Salem, Oregon, November 8-10, 2004. 4
What would Frodo do? Philippians 2 and the Ethics of Middle Earth, presented as the first in a series, entitled Slouching Towards Gondor: Middle Earth and the Kingdom of God, for the Caulkins Lectureship, Western Baptist College, Salem, Oregon, November 8-10, 2004. J. R. R. Tolkien s Lord of the Rings as Christian Apologetic, presented at Set Forth Your Case, a conference sponsored jointly by the Evangelical Philosophical Society and Johnson Ferry Baptist Church of Marietta, Georgia, November 20-22, 2003. A Philosophical Response to Wolfhart Pannenberg on the Early Christian Appropriation of Greek Thought, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, November 14-16, 2001. Preparing the Way for a Response to Open Theism, Presidential Address presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, Southwest Region, March 9-10, 2001. Openness and the Love of God, presented at the Day-Higginbotham Lectures, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, February 8-9, 2001. On the Incarnation of a Timeless God, presented at the biennial meeting of the Baptist Association of Philosophy Teachers, September 22-24, 2000. Berkeley and the Incarnation, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, November 17-19, 1999. On the Incarnation of a Timeless God, presented to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, November 17-19, 1999. Divine Presence and the Incarnation, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, Southwest Region, March 26-27, 1999. Berkeley and the Divine Nature, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, November 19-21, 1998. Virtue and Healthy Ministry, presented at the Eurasian Symposium 98, February, 1998. What Has Certainty To Do With Knowledge? Prolegomena to an Evangelical Response to Post-Modernism, presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, November 20-22, 1997. God, Time, and Simultaneity, presented as the annual Philosophy of Religion Lecture for the Department of Philosophy, Dallas Baptist University, November 5, 1996. Are There Places God Hasn t Been? presented to the Evangelical Theological Society, November 16-18, 1995. Euthanasia, Capital Punishment and Mistakes-Are-Fatal Arguments, presented at The Christian Stake in Dignity and Dying, a conference sponsored by the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, July 13-15, 1995. Ordained, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1996. Licensed, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1983. 5 Ministerial Credentials Professional Affiliations Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention Research Fellow, 2003-2013. Evangelical Philosophical Society Member, Executive Committee, 1998-2003. Evangelical Theological Society Chairman, Southwest Region, 2000-2001
Vice Chairman, Southwest Region, 1999-2000, (with Michael J. Svigel) 2010-2011 Secretary-Treasurer, Southwest Region, 1998-2001 International Berkeley Society Society of Christian Philosophers 6