The educators of the Department of Philosophy at Messiah frequently publish and present quality scholarship in their field and in the context of their vibrant Christian faith.

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Submissions from 2019

The Fine-Tuning Provides Evidence for God’s Existence, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2018

The Argument from Physical Constants: The Fine-Tuning for Discoverability, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2017

The Teleological Argument, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2016

Methodological Theism, Robin Collins

Saving our Souls from Materialism, Robin Collins

The fine-tuning for discoverability, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2014

Extraterrestrial intelligence and the incarnation, Robin Collins

Nature as a Source of Non-Conflictual Mimetic Desire, Robin Collins

The Connection Building Theodicy, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2013

Modern Cosmology and Anthropic Fine-tuning: Three Approaches, Robin Collins

The Fine-Tuning Evidence is Convincing, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2012

Non-Violent Atonement, Robin Collins

Response to Peter Van Inwagen, "Causation and the Mental", Robin Collins

The Fine-Tuning of the Cosmos: A Fresh Look at Its Implications, Robin Collins

Theism and Naturalism, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2011

A Scientific Case for the Soul, Robin Collins

Prayer and Open Theism: A Participatory, Co-Creator Model, Robin Collins

The Energy of the Soul, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2009

Divine Action and Evolution, Robin Collins

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God and the Laws of Nature, Robin Collins

The Teleological Argument: An Exploration of the Fine-Tuning of the Universe, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2008

Contributions from the Philosophy of Science, Robin Collins

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Modern Physics and the Energy-Conservation Objection to Mind-Body Dualism, Robin Collins

The Teleological Argument, Robin Collins

The shocking non sequitur, Tim Schoettle

Submissions from 2007

Argument from Design, Robin Collins

A series of three contributions to God or Blind Nature?:Philosophers Debate the Evidence, Robin Collins

The multiverse hypothesis: A theistic perspective, Robin Collins

The Teleological Argument, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2006

The design argument: Between science and metaphysics, Robin Collins

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The Many-Worlds Hypothesis As an Explanation of Cosmic Fine-Tuning: An Alternative to Design?, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2005

Design and the Designer: New Concepts, New Challenges, Robin Collins

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How to Rigorously Define Fine-Tuning, Robin Collins

'Hume, Fine-Tuning and the ‘Who Designed God?’ Objection, Robin Collins

The many-worlds hypothesis as an explanation of cosmic fine-tuning: An alternative to design?, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2004

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Theism or Pantheism? A Review Essay on John Leslie’s Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2003

Evidence for fine-tuning, Robin Collins

Evolution and Original Sin, Robin Collins

The teleological argument, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2002

Design and the Many-Worlds Hypothesis, Robin Collins

God, Design, and Fine-Tuning, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2001

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An Evaluation of William A. Dembski’s The Design Inference: A Review Essay, Robin Collins

Submissions from 2000

Girard and Atonement: An Incarnational Theory of Mimetic Participation, Robin Collins

Scientific Naturalism, Robin Collins

Character-dependent duty: An anabaptist approach to ethics, Caleb Miller

Submissions from 1999

A Scientific Argument for the Existence of God: The Fine-Tuning Design Argument, Robin Collins

Eastern Religions, Robin Collins

Creation, redemption and virtue, Caleb Miller

Submissions from 1996

An Epistemological Critique of Bohmian Mechanics, Robin Collins

Submissions from 1994

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Against the Epistemic Value of Prediction Over Accommodation, Robin Collins