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Dr. James Danaher



Professor of Philosophy; Head, Department of Philosophy (Nyack Campus)
Dr. Danaher began teaching at Nyack in 1990
Degrees Earned:
1990 Ph.D. Philosophy, The City University of New York, New York, N.Y.

1989 M.Phil. Philosophy, The City University of New York, New York, N.Y.

1983 M.A. Philosophy, The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y.

1976 M.A. Sociology, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, N.J.

1975 B.A. Philosophy, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, N.J.

Publications:
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

2008 "Intelligent Design." Verbum. www.worldevangelicals.org

2008 "The Saint." New Blackfriars. (Forthcoming).

2008 "Modernity, Postmodernity, and the Gospel." (Rpt.) Radical Grace. (Forthcoming).

2008 "The Problem with Fundamentalism." New Blackfriars. Vol. 89, Issue 1020, March, 2008. pp. 214-216.

2008 "Our Journey into the Truth, Beauty, and Holiness of the Gospel." Evangelical Review of Theology. Vol. 32, No. 1, January, 2008. pp. 56-64.

2007 "Phenomenal Theology." New Blackfriars. Vol. 88, Issue 1018, November, 2007. pp. 709-721.

2007 "Forgiveness, Mercy and Judgment." Modern Believing. Vol. 48, No. 4, October, 2007. pp. 30-39.

2007 "Liberals and Conservatives in Christian Higher Education." Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy. Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring/Summer 2007 http://www.theandros.com/liberalconserv.html

2007 "Human and Divine Love." Modern Believing. Vol. 48, No. 2, April 2007. pp. 33-43.

2007 "Modes of Thought and a Sexist and Racist Culture." Philosophy Today. Vol. 19, No. 51, January 2007. pp. 2-6.

2007 "Modes of Reason and Christian Theology." Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy. Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 2006/2007. http://www.theandros.com/modesofreason.html

2006 "Laws of Thought." Rpt. in Essentials of Philosophy and Ethics. Ed. Martin Cohen. London: Hodder Arnold FE/HE. (Forthcoming).

2006 "Human Love Is Not Divine." Modern Believing. (Forthcoming).

2006 "A Phenomenal Understanding of Law and the Nature of Sin." Asbury Theological Journal. (Forthcoming).

2006 "Truth in the Christian Tradition: A Modern and Postmodern View." Bridges. Vol. 13, No. 1&2 Spring/Summer, 2006.

2006 Eyes That See, Ears That Hear: Perceiving Jesus in a Postmodern Context. Liguori, MI: Liguori Publications, 2006.

2006 "The Postmodern Gospel." Rpt. in Global Missiology. Vol. 3, No. 2, January, 2006. www.globalmissiology.org.

2005 "Flesh and Spirit." Evangel: The British Evangelical Review. Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 71-75.

2005 "Communism, Capitalism, and Christian Community." Christian Ethics Today. Vol. 11, No. 5, Aggregate Issue 57, Christmas, 2005. pp. 18-20.

2005 "The Postmodern Gospel." Evangelical Review of Theology. Vol. 29, No. 4, October, 2005. pp. 292-295.

2005 "Modernity, Postmodernity, and the Gospel." Verbum: World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) http://www.worldevangelicalalliance.com/commission/t_verbum.htm (Rpt.) in Christianity/Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. http://www.christianity.ca

2004 "A Contemporary Perspective on Atonement." Irish Theological Quarterly. Vol. 69, No. 3, 2004. pp. 281-294.

2004 "A Contemporary Concept of Law." One in Christ. Vol. 39, No. 4, October, 2004. pp. 64-75.

2004 "The Love of God." Evangel. Vol. 22. No. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 38-42.

2004 "Substance, Relation, and Identity." Sophia. Vol. 43. No. 1, May, 2004, pp. 73-81.

2004 "The Nature of the Good." Evangelical Review of Theology. Vol. 28, No. 2, April, 2004, pp. 174-177.

2004 "The Laws of Thought." The Philosopher. Vol. LXXXXII, No. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 3-7. www.atschool.eduweb.co.uk/cite/staff/philosopher/lawsofthought.

2003 "Language and Theology in a Postmodern Age." New Blackfriars. Vol. 84, No. 991, September, 2003, pp. 408-414.

2002 "A Christian Notion of Happiness." Evangelical Journal. Vol. 20, No. 2, Fall, 2002, pp. 66-71.

2002 "Relativism and Christian Theology." Evangelical Review of Theology. Vol. 26 No. 4, October, 2002, pp. 310-318.

2002 "Toward a Postmodern Correspondence Theory of Truth." Sophia. Vol. 41, No. 2, October, 2002, pp. 43-49.

2002 "Language and Reality - A Reply to Crouch." Locke Studies. Vol. 2, 2002, pp. 137-143.

2002 "Is Berkeley's World a Divine Language?" Modern Theology. Vol. 18, No. 3, July 2002, pp. 361-373.

2002 "The Sermon on the Mount and the Concept of Sin." Evangel. Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer 2002, pp. 38-42.

2001 "Hearing from God." Lexington Theological Quarterly. Vol. 36, No. 4, Winter 2001, pp.211-236.

2001 "Postmodern Hermeneutics and the Reconstruction of the Christian Mind." Evangel. Vol. 19, No. 3, Autumn 2001, pp. 69-76.

2001 "David Hume and Jonathan Edwards on Miracles and Religious Faith." Southwest Philosophy Review. Vol. 17, No. 2, July 2001, pp. 13-24.

2001 "A Reply to Professor Motyer." Evangel. Vol. 19, No. 3, Autumn 2001, pp. 79-80.

2001 "Human Freedom and Christian Morality." Evangelical Review of Theology. Vol. 25, No. 4, October 2001, pp. 318-322.

2001 "A Note on the Law of Contradiction and Human Freedom." Sophia. Vol. 40,
No. 1, June 2001, pp.1-5.

2001 Postmodern Christianity and the Reconstruction of the Christian Mind. Bethseda, MD: Academica Press L. C. L., 2001.

2001 "David Hume and Jonathan Edwards on: Reason, Miracles, and Religious Faith." Philosophical Inquiry. Vol. XXIII, No. 3 - 4, Summer - Fall 2001, pp.141-152.

2000 "On Forgiveness: Human and Divine." Lexington Theological Quarterly. Vol. 35, No. 2, Summer 2000, pp. 97-105.

2000 "Is There a Place for Berkeley's Ideas?" Southwest Philosophy Review. Vol. 16, No. 2, July 2000, pp. 59-71.

2000 "The Dynamics of Faith: from Hope to Knowledge." The Asbury Theological Journal. Vol. 55, No. 2, Fall 2000, pp. 75-84.

2000 "Is Communication from God Really Possible? A Conceptual Problem." Science and Christian Belief. Vol. 12, No. 2, October 2000, pp. 99-114.

2000 "A Note on the Free Will/Determinism Debate and the Law of Contradiction." Bridges. Vol.7, No. 3/4, Fall/Winter 2000, pp. 205-212.

2000 Steven L. Nock. Marriage in Men's Lives. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Journal of Marriage and the Family. Vol. 62, Number 1, February 2000, p. 280. (Review)

2000 "The Place of Berkeley's Ideas." Philosophical Inquiry. Vol. XXII, No. 3, Summer 2000, pp. 71-82.

2000 "The Ring of Gyges and the Imagination: Platonic and Christian Perspectives." Theology Today. Vol. 57, No. 1, April 2000, pp. 90-94.

1999-2000 "Berkeley's Divine Language." Aristoi. Vol. 1, No. 2, October, 1999; & Vol. 2, No. 1, March 2000, pp.4-8.

1999 "Concepts and Our Understanding of Them." Ashland Theological Journal. Vol. XXXI, 1999, pp. 93-102.

1999 "The Fallacy of the Single Real Essence." The Philosopher. Vol. LXXXVII, No. 2, Autumn 1999, pp. 5-8.

1999 "Why Wives Shouldn't Love Their Husbands." The Preacher's Magazine. Vol. 75, No. 1, September, October, November 1999, pp. 10-13.

1998 C. Steven Evans. Why Believe? Reason and Mystery as Pointers to God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. Ashland Theological Journal. Vol. 30, pp. 147-148. (Review)

1998 "The Fallacy of the Single Real Essence." Contemporary Philosophy. Vol. XX, No. 3 & 4, May/June & July/August 1998, pp. 57-60.

1998 "Love in Plato and the New Testament." European Journal of Theology. 7:2, pp. 119-26.

1998 "On Faith and Knowledge." The Covenant Quarterly. Vol. LVI, No. 1, pp. 3-10.

BIOGRAPHY LISTED IN: Who's Who in America.
Directory of American Scholars.
International Dictionary of Biography.
Who's Who Among American Teachers.


Personal Questions
Tell us about your spiritual journey.
MY CONVERSION TO A LIFE IN CHRIST:
I had an experience with the Lord when I was eighteen, but it was an experience and not a conversion into a radically new and different life. Twelve years later, I had another God experience but again without the kind of surrender that marks the beginning of a transformed life. God was faithful still and, two year later, with a third experience, there was a surrender and the beginning of a transformation that has continued for the past twenty-five years.


SCRIPTURE:
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. (Psalm 113:7-
What does your faith mean in your classroom or discipline?
THE ROLE OF A TEACHER:

The role of a teacher is not to impart information but to stimulate imagination and create interest. Intelligence is largely a matter of interest. We are all geniuses with regard to those things toward which we have a deep interest. The job of the teacher is to instill such an interest in the student. To do so, two things are essential. You have to love your subject matter and you have to love your students. Everything else in regard to teaching is superficial.

What are your favorite courses to teach?
COURSES TAUGHT:
Contemporary Continental Philosophy
The British Empiricists
The Dialogues of Plato
Logic
Modern Continental Philosophy
Aristotle and the Medievals
History of Social and Political Thought
Philosophy of Love
Feminist Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Race, Gender, & Social Class
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Sociology
Sociology of the Family
A Social History of the Sexes
Ethics
Prejudice, Discrimination, and Morality
Philosophical Hermeneutics

What is/are your favorite book(s)?
The ones that haven't been colored in yet.
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