William Lane Craig
William Lane Craig was an American philosopher, university teacher, writer, apologist and theologian (born 1949). He was born at Peoria.
William Lane Craig in brief
- Born
- 1949
- Known for
- philosopher, university teacher, writer, apologist and theologian
- Place of birth
- Peoria
Contents
Formation and teaching
William Lane Craig studied at University of Birmingham, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College.
Career and activity
William Lane Craig worked in philosophy, theology and metaphysics.
He was employed by Biola University and Houston Christian University.
Catalogued works
53 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1814 to 2016.
Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology. Reasonable Faith. The Kalām Cosmological Argument. The Son Rises: The Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom. On Guard. Systematic Philosophical Theology, Volume 2b. Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology. Atonement. Systematic Philosophical Theology : Volume II on God. Systematic Philosophical Theology. Systematic Philosophical Theology, Volume IIa. The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents from Aristotle to Suarez. Hard Questions, Real Answers. Time and Eternity. Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar Redeeming the Soul Redeeming the Mind. Does God Exist? God and Cosmology. What Is the Bible? Do Numbers Exist? Is goodness without God good enough? Fe Razonable. Is God Real? Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology. God? Fundamentos Filosoficos para una Cosmovision Cristiana. Ex-Nihilo. Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 2. The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 1. Cosmological Argument from Plato to Leibniz. On Guard for Students. On Guard Study Guide. In Quest of the Historical Adam. Reasonable Faith Study Guide. How Do We Know God Exists? Kalam Cosmological Argument. Contending with Christianity's Critics. Einstein, Relativity and Absolute Simultaneity. God Is Great, God Is Good. Four Views on Divine Providence. Foi raisonnable. Come let us reason. Ophelia (Shakespeare's Hamlet), dated 1910, wood engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 24.65.3. Design for Stage Scene: King Lear, dated block cut 1908, printed 1923, woodcut; second state, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 24.65.5. The Ghost–The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, Act 1, Scene 1, dated ca. 1928, woodcut on vellum; proof, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 53.648.12. Coverlet, dated 1850, cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1916.384a. Le Mur s'en va (The wall goes away), dated 1969, synthetic polymer on acrylic plastic, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1970.94. The torture of William Lithgow in the dungeons of the Inquisition in Malaga in 1620. Line engraving with etching by W. Raddon after Craig., dated 30 July 1814, held by Wellcome Collection. God and design : the teleological argument and modern science / [edited by] Neil A. Manson., dated 2003, held by Wellcome Collection. Vol I Birth Control and Sex Education, dated 1931-1940, held by Wellcome Collection. Transgender studies quarterly. Volume 3, Numbers 1-2, Trans/Feminisms / edited by Talia M. Bettcher and Susan Styker., dated 2016, held by Wellcome Collection. Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 10, dated May 1902 - October 1902, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 65 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Craig, William Lane (1918–2016) William Craig was born on 13 November), The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, 2005. William Lane Craig The Middle-Knowledge View, Arguing About Religion, 2009. Genetics and the Historical Adam: A Response to William Lane Craig, 2015. William Lane Craig, Open Questions, 2010. Analysis and Examination of William Lane Craig’s Viewpoint on the Relationship between Religion and Ethics, Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2024. Is God’s Moral Perfection Reducible to His Love?, Religions, 2023. Objectively Wrong! An Aristotelian Response to William Lane Craig's Moral Argument for God's Existence, TheoLogica, 2026. Craig and Kalam Cosmological Argument, Comparative Theology, 2011. The significance of God’s (non)existence to human existence according to W. L. Craig, Soter: Religijos Mokslo Žurnalas, 2026. No Trouble, TheoLogica, 2021. Is God the Son Begotten in His Divine Nature?, TheoLogica, 2019.
Digitised editions and texts
11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Fundamentos Filosóficos Para Una Cosmovisión Cristiana. Craig Y JP Moreland (2018) — Internet Archive. The Son Rises Historical Evidence For The Resurrection Of William L Craig (2017) — Internet Archive. Wlc And JP Moreland Philosophical Foundations For A Christian Worldview (2017) — Internet Archive. William Lane Craig, God Over All Divine Aseity And The Challenge Of Platonism (2016) — Internet Archive. William Lane Craig, Quentin Smith Theism, Atheism, And Big Bang Cosmology (1970) — Internet Archive. William Lane Craig Reasonable Faith (2008) — Internet Archive. Time And Eternity Exploring God's Relationship To Time (2001) — Internet Archive. Paul Copan, William Lane Craig The Kalām Cosmological Argument Scientific Evidence For The Beginning Of The Universe 2 (2017) — Internet Archive. Reasonable Moral Faith A History Primer And Argument, David Baggett And William Lane Craig,2026 (1900) — Internet Archive. Craig, The Only Wise God The Compatibility Of Divine Foreknowledge And Human Freedom (2000) — Internet Archive. Dennis Jowers , Stanley N. Gundry Four Views On Divine Providence (2011) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
William Lane Craig studied at University of Birmingham, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is philosophy, theology and metaphysics.
Employment is recorded with Biola University and Houston Christian University.
Distinctions recorded are Humboldt Prize.
Chronology
- 1949William Lane Craig born at Peoria.
- 1970William Lane Craig, Quentin Smith Theism, Atheism, And Big Bang Cosmology digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2008William Lane Craig Reasonable Faith digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2016William Lane Craig, God Over All Divine Aseity And The Challenge Of Platonism digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2017The Son Rises Historical Evidence For The Resurrection Of William L Craig digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2017Wlc And JP Moreland Philosophical Foundations For A Christian Worldview digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2018Fundamentos Filosóficos Para Una Cosmovisión Cristiana. Craig Y JP Moreland digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
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- 1.
“William Lane Craig”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1233528: William Lane Craig
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