Publications List: Dr. Douglas R. Groothuis

The complete list of publications includes:

Books

Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Christian Faith. A comprehensive apologetics textbook of over twenty five chapters. InterVarsity Press, 2011.

In Defense of Natural Theology, coedited with James Sennett. Essays by Keith Yandell, J.P. Moreland, Terence Penelhum, Robin Collins, and others. InterVarsity Press, 2005.

Dictionary of Contemporary Religion in the Western World, consulting editor. InterVarsity Press, 2002.

On Pascal. Wadsworth, 2003. Wadsworth Philosophers Series. Translated into Chinese (2004).

On Jesus. Wadsworth, 2003. Wadsworth Philosophers Series. 

Truth Decay: Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism. InterVarsity Press, 2000. Translated into Indonesian (2003).

The Soul in Cyberspace. Baker Book House, 1997; reprint Wipf and Stock, 1999. Translated into Croatian in 2003 (hardback). Translated into Chinese (2004).

Jesus in an Age of Controversy. Harvest House, 1996; reprint Wipf and Stock, 2002.  Revised and updated version of Revealing the New Age Jesus. Published also in the United Kingdom by Kingsway Publications, 1998. Translated into Indonesian, 2008.

Deceived by the Light. Harvest House, 1995; Wipf and Stock, 2002. A critique of near-death experiences.

Christianity That Counts: Being a Christian in a Non-Christian World. Baker Book House, 1994.

Revealing the New Age Jesus. InterVarsity Press, 1990. Translated into Polish, Chinese, and Romanian.

Confronting the New Age. InterVarsity Press, 1988. Translated into German and Czech.

Unmasking the New Age. InterVarsity Press, 1986. Translated into Danish, Norwegian, and French.

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Book Entries

Chapter on my view of the life of the mind in Love God With All Your Mind. Internet publication at: http://www.triapologia.com/hays/Love_the_Lord.pdf

"The Existence of God," "Christian Mind," "Culture," "Electronic Media," "Atheism," "Evil," "Religious Diversity." Everyday Dictionary of Theology, NavPress, forthcoming.

"Christian," "Religion," "Monotheism," "Truth," "Ken Wilber," "Technoshamanism," "Monism," etc. Baker Dictionary of Cults and World Religions, forthcoming.

"Metaphysical Implications of Cosmological Arguments," In Defense of Natural Theology, James Sennett and Douglas Groothuis, eds. InterVarsity Press, 2005.

 "Technology," "Blaise Pascal," "Gnosticism," "Point of Contact," "Theistic Arguments," "Cyberspace," New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics. InterVarsity Press, 2006.

 "Postmodernism," "Baha'i Faith," "Annotated Bibliography," The Apologetics Study Bible. Broadman, Holman, 2007.

"Truth Defined and Defended," Reclaiming the Center: Evangelical Accommodation in a Post-Theological Era, Justin Taylor, Millard Erickson, Paul Kjoss Helseth, eds. Crossway Publishers, 2005.

"Facing the Challenge of Postmodernism," To Everyone An Answer: A Case for
the Christian Worldview
. Francis Beckwith, William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland, eds. InterVarsity Press, 2004.

"Blaise Pascal," Great Thinkers A-Z, Julian Bagini, Jeremy Stangroom, eds. Continuum, 2004.

"Afterword" for Meltdown: Making Sense of a Culture in Crisis, Marcus Honeysett. Kregel Publications, 2004.

"Religion and Technology," "New Age Spirituality," Dictionary of Contemporary Religion in the Western World. InterVarsity Press, 2002.

Excerpt from The Soul in Cyberspace published as a chapter in Opposing Viewpoints: The Internet, Helen Cothran, ed., Greenhaven Press, 2001.

"Losing Our Souls in Cyberspace" (interview), Computers and Ethics in the Cyberage, D. Micah Hester, Paul J. Ford, eds. Prentice-Hall, 2000.

"Blaise Pascal," Paternoster Dictionary of Historical Theology. Paternoster Press, 2000.

"Blaise Pascal," The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia, Gary Ferguson, ed. Garland Publishing, 2000.

"The New Age Movement," "Walter Martin," "Francis Schaeffer," Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions. Baker, 2000.

"The Challenge of the New Age Counterfeit," Unseen Powers: Realities of Our Relation to the Spiritual Realm. Beacon Press of Kansas City, 1999. Adapted from Confronting the New Age.

"Meaning," "Blaise Pascal," The Encyclopedia of Empiricism. Greenwood Press, 1997.

"El Jesús De La Nueva Era," La Nueva Era: Una Perspectiva Christian. Andiamio, 1997. Translation of "The Shamanized Jesus" from Christianity Today.

"Near-Death Experiences May Not Be Glimpses of the Afterlife," Death and Dying: Opposing Viewpoints. Greenhaven Press, 1997. Adapted from "To Heaven and Back?" in Christianity Today.

"Are Theistic Arguments Religiously Useless?  A Pascalian Objection Examined," The Gospel and Contemporary Perspectives. Kregel Publications, 1997. Originally published in Trinity Journal (new series) 15 (1994).

"The New Age Movement," New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology. InterVarsity Press, U.K., 1994.

"The New Age Movement," The Dictionary of Christianity in America. InterVarsity Press, 1990.

 "The New Age Movement," The Concise Dictionary of Christianity in America. InterVarsity, 1992.

"Politics: Building an International Platform," The New Age Rage, Karen Hoyt, J. Isamu Yamamoto, eds. Fleming Revell, 1987.

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Books Reviewed

Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Religion, Chad Meister, Paul Copan, eds., Philosophia Christi (forthcoming).

Resurrected? An Atheist and a Theist Debate, Gary R. Habermas, Anthony G. N. Flew, ed. John F. Ankerberg. Philosophia Christi (series 2) 8, No. 2 (2006).

Meltdown: Making Sense of a Culture in Crisis, Marcus Honeysett. Philosophia Christi, (series 2) 7, no. 2 (2005).

Conceiving the Christian College, Duane Litfin. Christian Scholar's Review XXXIV, No.4 (Summer 2005).

Doubts About Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design, Thomas Woodward. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 56, no. 1 (March 2004).

Law, Darwinism, and Public Education, Francis Beckwith. Philosophia Christi (series 2) 5, no. 1 (2003).

Religion Without God, Ray Billington. Themelios 28, no. 3 (Summer 2003). Review article.

Meltdown: Making Sense of a Culture in Crisis, Marcus Honeysett. Themelios 28, no. 3 (Summer 2003).

Warranted Christian Belief, Alvin Plantinga. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Spring 2002).

Reason for the Hope Within, Michael J. Murray, ed. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43, no. 4 (December 2000).

An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy, Roger Scruton. Philosophia Christi (series 2) 1, no. 1 (1999).

Philosophers Who Believe, Kelly James Clark, ed. Themelios 20, no. 3 (May 1995).

All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture, Kenneth Myers. Christian Scholar's Review 21, no. 4 (June 1992).

The Absence of Tyranny, Lloyd Billingsley. Science in Christian Perspective, September 1987.

A Sociable God, Ken Wilber. Christian Scholar's Review 15, no. 3 (1986).

The Turning Point, Frijoff Capra. Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35, No.4 4 (December 1983).

Philosophers without gods, Louise Anthony, ed., Christian Research Journal 31: no. 4 (2008).

The Twilight of Atheism, Alister McGrath; God and Philosophy and There is a God, Anthony Flew; and God? A Debate Between an Atheist and a Christian, William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. Books and Culture, August, 2008.

God is not Great, Christopher Hitchens, Christian Research Journal 31: no. 3 (2008).

The Case for Civility, Os Guinness, Denver Post, May 18, 2008.

The God Delusion. Richard Dawkins. Christian Research Journal 30: no. 6 (2007). Review essay.

There is a God, Anthony Flew. The Denver Post, December 22, 2007.

In The Shadow of the AntiChrist: Nietzsche's Critique of Christianity. Stephen Williams. The Philosophers Magazine. 3rd quarter (2007).

Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris. Christian Research Journal 30: no. 2 (2007), Review essay.

The Gospel of Judas, Denver Post. August, 2006.

What Jesus Meant, Garry Wills. Rocky Mountain News, January 2006.

Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality, Leigh Schmidt. Rocky Mountain News, November, 2005.

True to Life, Michael Lynch. The Denver Post, February 13, 2005.

After Theory, Terry Eagleton. The Philosophers Magazine. Spring 2004.

The Resurrection of God Incarnate, Richard Swinburne, and Humble Apologetics, John Stackhouse. Books and Culture, July/August 2003.

The Question of God, Armand Nicholi. The Denver Post, 23 June 2002.       

God and the Philosophers, Thomas Morris, ed. Rocky Mountain News, 11 June 1995.

Fire From Heaven, Harvey Cox. Rocky Mountain News, 1994.

Reasonable Faith, Winfried Corduan. Christianity Today, 24 October 1994.

Reasoned Faith, Eleanore Stump, ed. First Things, March 1994.

Truth in Religion, Mortimer Adler. First Things, June/July 1991.

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Peer Reviewed/Scholarly Articles

"Who Designed the Designer? A Dialogue on Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion," Think: The Journal of The Royal Philosophical Society, Issue 21 (2008).

"Sankara's Two Level Theory of Truth: Nondualism on Trial," Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics, 1, no.1 (2008). Invited essay for the first issue of the journal.

"Intelligent Design and the State University: Accepting the Challenge." Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Volume 60, No. 4 (December 2008).

"Why Truth Matters Most," The Journal of The Evangelical Theological Society 47, no. 3 (September 2004).

"Pascal Speaks from the Grave," Think: The Journal of The Royal Philosophical Society, no. 8 (Autumn 2004).

"On Not Abolishing Faith Schools: A Response to Michael Hand and H. Siegel," Theory and Research in Education 2, no. 2 (July 2004).

"An Unwarranted Farewell To Pascal's Wager," Philosophia Christi (series 2) 4, no. 2 (2002).

"Are All Bets Off? A Defense of Pascal's Wager," Philosophia Christi (series 2) 3, no. 2 (2001).

"The Biblical View of Truth Challenges Postmodernist Truth Decay," Themelios 26, no. 1 (Autumn 2000).

"Postmodernism and Truth," Philosophia Christi (series 2) 2, no. 2 (2000).

"Do Theistic Proofs Prove the Wrong God?" Christian Scholars Review XXIX:2 (Winter 1999).

"The Postmodernist Challenge to Theology," Themelios 25, no. 1 (November 1999).

"Postmodernism on Race and Gender: An Evangelical Critique," Asbury Theological Journal, Fall 1999.

"Cyberspace, Critical Thinking, and the Return to Eloquent Realities," Inquiry 18, no. 4 (Summer 1999). Lead article of a theme issue.

"Thomas Nagel's 'Last Word' on the Metaphysics and Rationality of Morality," Philosophia Christi (series 2) 1, no. 1 (1999).

"Christian Scholarship and the Philosophical Analysis of Cyberspace Technologies," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41, no. 4 (December 1998).

"Deposed Royalty: Pascal's Anthropological Argument," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41, no. 2 (June 1998).

"Pascal's Biblical Omission Argument Against Natural Theology," Asbury Theological Journal 52, no 2 (Fall 1997).

"Proofs, Pride, and Incarnation: Is Natural Theology Theologically Taboo?" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38, no. 1 (March 1995).

"Was Moses Rational After All?" Philosophia Christi 17 (1994).

"Are Theistic Arguments Religiously Useless?  A Pascalian Objection Examined," Trinity Journal (new series) 15 (1994).

"Wagering Belief: Examining Two Objections to Pascal's Wager," Religious Studies 30 (1994).

"Bacon and Pascal on Mastery Over Nature," Research in Philosophy and Technology 14 (1994).

"Obstinacy in Religious Belief," Sophia 32, no. 2 (July 1993).

"Questioning Hume's Theory of Meaning," Kenesis 18, no. 2 (Winter 1992).

"Kant's Rejection of Divine Preformation Epistemology," Bulletin of the Evangelical Philosophical Society 15 (1992).

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General Articles

"Objections to Christianity," Christian Research Journal, Volume 32, 1 (2009).

"Swinging in Class," The Philosophers Magazine. 3rd Quarter, 2007. Article on pedagogy.

"Apologetic Nonstarters: Arguments to Avoid in Defending Christianity," Christian Research Journal 30, no. 4 (2007).

"Dangerous Meditations," Christianity Today, November 2004.

"Postmodernist Fallacies: A Response to [Merold] Westphal," The Christian Century, 26 July 2003.

"The Contemporary Jesus," Radix, Summer 2003.

"Jesus the Philosopher," Books and Culture, January/February 2003. Featured on Chronicle of Higher Education's web page: Arts and Letters Daily.

"What Would Jesus Think?" Chronicle of Higher Education, 2 October 2002.

 "It Takes More Than a Digital Village," Books and Culture, May/June 1997. Adapted from The Soul in Cyberspace.

"Nietzsche and Postmodernist Nihilism," Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship Bulletin, Number 10, January/February, 1996.

 "To Heaven and Back?" Christianity Today, 3 April 1995, 39-42. Adapted from Deceived by the Light. Reprinted in Vital Signs.

"Understanding Diversity in the World's Religions," National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, Summer 1994. 

"The Shamanized Jesus," Christianity Today, 29 April 1992.

"Apologetics, Truth, and Humility," Christian Research Journal, Spring 1992.

"Confronting the Challenge of Ethical Relativism," Christian Research Journal, Summer 1991. Reprinted in Epiphany Journal.

"Evidence That Demands a Sermon," Christianity Today, 9 March 1991.

"Gnosticism and the Gnostic Jesus," Christian Research Journal, Fall 1990. Edited and abridged from Revealing the New Age Jesus.

"Ancient Assistance Against the New Age," Christian History, Issue 26 (1990).

"Confronting the New Age," Christianity Today, 13 January 1989. Adapted from Confronting the New Age.

"Myth and the Power of Joseph Campbell," Genesis, Summer 1988. Reprinted in Spiritual Counterfeits Journal, Radix, Christian Research Journal, Artifex, and Epiphany Journal. Made into a Mars Hill monograph.

"Information and Wisdom," The Reformed Journal, February 1984.

"Revolutionizing Our Worldview," The Reformed Journal, November 1982. Reprinted in Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation.

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Newspaper Articles

"Unlike the Gospels, These Latest Tales Don't Have Deep Roots," Rocky Mountain News, May 20, 2006.

"A Few Tips on Restoring Civility" Rocky Mountain News, August 5, 2005.

" Design Critics Often Employ Straw Men," Rocky Mountain News, December 19, 2005.

"Schiavo Case Puts Human Dignity on Trial," Rocky Mountain News, March 8, 2005.

"Concept of Same-Sex Marriage Finds No Support in Scriptures," Rocky Mountain News, December 19, 2003.

"Religion Will Outlive its Would-Be Undertakers," Rocky Mountain News, December 25, 1999.

"Repentance: A Missing Value," Rocky Mountain News, March 8, 1998.

"Cult Only Skirted the Edges of Christianity," Rocky Mountain News, April 4, 1997.

"A Call for Discretion in Cyberspace," Denver Post, September 3, 1997.

"Some Scientists Closed-Minded on Creation," Rocky Mountain News, June 7, 1996

"Pro-lifers Face Defining Moment," Rocky Mountain News, December 7, 1994.

"Hypocritical Attack on Censorship," The Seattle Times, October 1, 1987.

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Monographs

Myth and the Power of Joseph Campbell. Berean Publications, 1990.

What the Bible Really Says About Sex: A Scholarly Response to the Sexual Education Council of the United States (SECUS). Focus on the Family, 1998. Co-authored with Professor Craig Blomberg.

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Booklets

Are All Religions One? InterVarsity, 1996. Translated into Danish and Portuguese.

The New Age Jesus. InterVarsity, 1992. Translated into Korean and Spanish.

The New Age Movement. InterVarsity, 1986. Translated into Polish and Korean.

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