curriculum vitae

Stephen Joel Garver
261 Rochelle Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19128
215.482.3364
garver@lasalle.edu
www.lasalle.edu/~garver date of birth:
1 September 1969   •   Abington, Pennsylvania

education:
University of Pennsylvania   •   BA 1991
        Philosophy and English

Syracuse University   •   PhD 1996
        Dissertation: Responsible Believing
        Advisor: William P. Alston

La Salle University   •   presently pursuing MA
        Theological Studies

areas of specialty:
Epistemology
Philosophical Theology
Ethics

areas of competence:
History of Philosophy
Metaphysics
Religion and Postmodernism

employment:
2002 - present   •   La Salle University
        assistant professor of philosophy

1997 - 2002   •   Gwynedd-Mercy College
        philosophy instructor

1996 - 2002   •   La Salle University
        adjunct professor of philosophy

1996   •   Cabrini College
        philosophy instructor

1996   •   Open Door Christian School
        elementary art instructor

1987 - 1993
1994 - 1996   •   New Life Youth and Family Services
        summer instructor; substitute teacher

experience:

LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

2002 - 2004  -  SPRING         two sections

Philosophy 152 - "Moral Choice"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content
part of core curriculum Doubles component
course linked with English 108 - "College Writing I"

2002 - 2004 - AUTUMN two sections

Philosophy 152 - "Moral Choice"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content
part of core curriculum Doubles component
course linked with English 107 - "College Writing I"

2002 - 2004 - AUTUMN two sections

FYO 100 - "First Year Odyssey"
one credit orientation course for incoming students
part of core curriculum

2002 - 2004 - SPRING two sections
2002 - 2004 - AUTUMN two sections

Philosophy 151 - "The Human Person"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content
part of core curriculum Doubles component
course linked with Psychology 155 - "Introduction to Psychology"

2003  -  SPRING         one section
2002  -  SUMMER II         one section
1997  -  SPRING        one section

Philosophy 267 - "Philosophical Approaches to God"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

2004  -  SPRING         one section
2002  -  SPRING         one section
1997  -  AUTUMN         one section

Philosophy 152 - "Moral Choice" (was "Moral Inquiry & Choice")
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

2004  -  SUMMER II         one section
2002  -  SPRING         one section
2001, 2000, 1998  -  SPRING
                        three sections each semester
2000  -  SUMMER II        one section
1998  -  AUTUMN        one evening section

Philosophy 151 - "The Human Person" (was "Concepts of Humanity")
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

1999 - 2001, 1997  -  AUTUMN
                        three sections each semester
1998, 1996  -  AUTUMN         two sections

Philosophy 151 - "The Human Person" (was "Concepts of Humanity")
responsible for teaching, grading, and content
students were freshmen in the Academic Enrichment Program
sections in 1999-2001 were in the "Doubles/Metro" curriculum (pilot program in 1999)

1998 - 2001 - SUMMER

Academic Enrichment Program - orientation week
responsible for guiding student groups, tutoring, evaluating writing, and other teaching

1997 - taught section on reading philosophy

1998 - taught sections on documenting sources

1998 - led large group discussion of O'Brien's The Things They Carried

1999 - led discussions on O'Brien's The Things They Carried

1999 -led discussion of Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan

2000 - led discussion on Stone's Platoon

2001 - taught sections on reading and writing philosophy

1999 - SPRING one section of each

Philosophy 308 - "Philosophy of History"
Philosophy 311 - "Problems of Knowledge" (evening)
Philosophy 206 - "Social and Political Philosophy"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

1997 - SPRING two sections

Philosophy 152 - "Moral Inquiry and Choice"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

GWYNEDD-MERCY COLLEGE

2000 - 2002 - SUMMER SESSION I
one section each session

Philosophy 308 - "The Good Society"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

2000 - 2002 - SPRING ACCELERATED
one section each session

Philosophy 305 - "Contemporary Philosophy"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

2001, 2000 - FALL ACCELERATED
one section each session

Philosophy 100 - "The Human Condition"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

1999 - SUMMER SESSION I one section

Philosophy 240 - "Logic"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

1999  -  FALL ACCELERATED        one section
1999  -  SPRING ACCELERATED        one section
1999, 1998  -  SUMMER SESSION II        one section
1997  -  AUTUMN        one section

Philosophy 101 - "Ethics: The Moral Quest"
responsible for teaching, grading, and content

CABRINI COLLEGE

1996 - SUMMER one section

"Philosophy of Love"
responsible for grading, teaching, and content

NEW LIFE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES

1996 - SUMMER one section

"Introductory Philosophy"
nine-week course introducing philosophy and critical thinking to gifted students
students were older delinquent and dependent youth, ages 15-17

1994 - SUMMER three sections

"Literature and Human Values"
nine-week course using literature to engage students in thinking about moral philosophy
students were delinquent and dependent youth, ages 11-17

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

1993  -  SPRING, AUTUMN
                        three sections each semester
1994  -  SPRING        three sections

"Philosophy 191 - "Ethics and Values Theory"
teaching assistant responsible for leading discussion sections and all grading of exams and essays

1992 - AUTUMN three sections

Philosophy 207 - "History of Western Philosophy I: Ancient"
teaching assistant responsible for leading discussion sections, assisting in designing exams, and all grading of exams and essays

committee work and university service:

2004
• faculty member of Judicial Board, La Salle University
• member, Arts and Sciences Technology Committee
• freshman advisor for incoming students as part of EARS pilot program

2003 - present
• chair, web committee and departmental webmaster, Philosophy Department, La Salle University

2003
• redesigned and updated entire philosophy department website
• Branch Out – took three separate groups of students to Branch Out service projects: 5 October, 2 November, and 7 December 2003

2002 - present
• core curriculum faculty member, involved in bi-weekly meetings, planning, and workshops

1999-2001
• participant in La Salle campus group Communio promoting issues of faith, culture, and the mission of a Catholic university.

1998
• faculty advisor, La Salle Bowling Club, La Salle University.

1997-1999
• volunteer for LaSalle University's annual "Branch Out" day of community service.

presentations and publications:

2004
• "No Shadow of Turning: Classical Theism and the Openness of God" - two lectures presented in August at the Covenant Worldview Institute - Tokyo, Japan.

• Led two theological lectures and discussions in August at Mitaka Evangelical Church - Tokyo, Japan.

• Informal presentation on classical theism and the openness of God with faculty of Nagoya Theological Seminary - Nagoya, Japan.

• "'Just War' and Christian Ethics" - lecture at Calvary Presbyterian Church – Willow Grove, PA – part of ongoing series on ethics in adult education forum – April 4, 2004

• "There Is Another King: Gospel as Politics" in Christian Body Politic: 21st Century Reformed Christian Perspectives on Church and State, ed. by H.C. Kim (Hermit Kingdom Press).

• "Radical Orthodoxy RoundTable" - invited facilitator in moderated online discussion sponsored by the Disseminary (www.disseminary.com, associated with Seabury-Western Seminary) – January and February 2004

2003
• "Postmodernism and Christian Faith" - four lectures presented in July at the Biblical Horizons Conference - Niceville, Florida.

• Invited panelist/presenter in discussion of Luigi Giussani's The Risk of Education at the International Institute for Culture, Philadelphia, PA (April 10, 2003)

• Invited participant in The Risk of Education seminar, Georgetown Conference Center (April 4-5, 2003)

2002
• Review of Robert Letham's The Lord's Supper: Eternal Word in Broken Bread, in The Dallas Morning News (January 5, 2002).

• Review of John M. Frame's No Other God: A Response to Open Theism, in The Dallas Morning News (March 2, 2002).

• Guest column, " 'Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum.' Sure About That?" in the Religion section, The Dallas Morning News (March 20, 2002).

2001
• Gave lecture "Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?" sponsored by philosophy department, Campus Ministry and Service, and Communio campus group - La Salle University.

2000
• Gave talk to a group of freshman regarding the history, place, and importance of the liberal arts.

• "Fix" - poem published in About Such Things literary magazine (volume 4, number 2: Autumn 2000).

1999
• Discussion panelist on the 1998 papal encyclical Faith and Reason - La Salle University.

1998
• "Exploring a Sixth Sense", a review of Luigi Giussani's The Religious Sense in re:generation quarterly 4:3 (Fall 1998).

• "Not In Their Genes: a review of Andrew Niccol's film Gattaca" in About Such Things literary magazine (volume 2, number 2: Autumn 1998).

• "Bahnsen on Self-Deception" in Christendom Essays, ed. by James B. Jordan.

• "Oh My God, They Killed Kenny!" - lecture sponsored by the English department and Academic Enrichment Program at La Salle University.

1997
• "An Introduction to the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar" - three lectures presented in July at the Biblical Horizons Conference - Niceville, Florida.

• "Interpreting Tarantino" in About Such Things literary magazine (volume 1, number 2: Spring 1997).

1996
• "Responsible Believing" - lecture presented as part of the Fall Philosophy Series at La Salle University.

selected web publications:
All of the following publications are available on the Web at: http://www.lasalle.edu/~garver and are listed in their order of publication on the web or in print, if earlier.

The number of documented hits is measured from the time that a counter was added to the publication in question until 6 October 2004.

2004

"D.A. Carson on Deconstruction: A Critique and Explanation" (557 hits since February 2004)
"The Early Scots Reformed on Baptism" (224 hits since May 2004)
"Ex Opere Operato" (411 hits since February 2004)
"Nominalism and the 'Modern': A Genealogical Narrative" (240 hits since February 2004)
"Sacraments and the Solas" (282 hits since February 2004)
"There is Another King: Gospel As Politics" (310 hits since February 2004)
"Turretin on Baptism" (188 hits since February 2004)

2002

translation of "Instruction in Christian Doctrine for Young Children," John Calvin (1785 hits since March 2002)

2001

"Baptismal Regeneration" (2688 hits since August 2001)
"A Brief Catechesis on Covenant and Baptism" (1491 hits since October 2001)
"Of Creation and the Freedom of God" (313 hits since August 2001)
"Fiesta and Eucharist" (146 hits since May 2001)
"Liberty of Conscience" (1012 hits since May 2001)
"Rahner and de Lubac on Nature and Grace" (1199 hits since October 2001)

2000

"Mark's Jesus and Our Suffering" (629 hits since May 2001)
"Matthean Apocalypse and the Parable of the Talents" (575 hits since September 2001)

1999

"Aristotle on Anger: Ancient Greek Ethics and Practices of the Self" (1179 hits since May 2001)
"Bahnsen on Self-Deception" (593 hits since May 2001)
"Baptism in Matthew and Mark" (698 hits since May 2001)
"Baptism: Reformed and Catholic" (2130 hits since November 2000)

1998

"A Primer on Presuppositionalism" (7179 hits since March 2000)
"A Sixth Sense: A Review of Luigi Giussani's The Religious Sense" (391 hits since October 1999)

1997

Hans Urs von Balthasar: A Sketch (15,444 hits since March 2000)
"On the 'Catholic Question'" (2409 hits since October 1999)

1996

Responsible Believing: dissertation (1276 hits since August 2001)

community service & other experience:

2004
• outside thesis reviewer and commentor for honors program Philadelphia Biblical University (Langhorne, PA).
• leader of adult scripture classes, Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA)
• mentor for several seminary students, Westminster Theological Seminary (Glenside, PA)

2003
• hosted visiting, non-degree student from Japan during Spring semester

2002
• fine arts committee member, Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA)
• co-leader of adult scripture class on the Epistle to the Philippians, Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA)
• mentor for several seminary students, Westminster Theological Seminary (Glenside, PA)

2000
• outside thesis reviewer and commentor for honors program Philadelphia College of the Bible (Langhorne, PA).

2000-2001
• member Rev. Dr. James M. Boice memorial committee Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA).
• regular substitute teacher of adult education class on the Gospel of John, Tenth Presbyterian Church.

1998-2002
• member and volunteer of Weaver’s Way Food Cooperative (Philadelphia, PA).

1999-2000
• teacher of adult education class on the book Judges Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA).

1997-2000
• volunteer for La Salle Campus Ministry Center leading scripture discussion group.

1998-1999
• diaconal board member at Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA).

1997-present
• toddler room nursery volunteer, Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA).

1996-present
• founding and core member of the Biblical Horizons web-community of scholars, pastors, seminarians, and interested laypersons.

1996 - SPRING
• substitute teacher for elementary and middle school art classes at Open Door Academy.

1995-1996
• team teacher of adult education class on Leviticus Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA).

1988-1992; 1994-1999 - SUMMERS
• worked at New Life Youth and Family Services teaching art (technique, history,appreciation) to delinquent and dependent youth, ages 11-17

associations:
American Philosophical Association
Society of Christian Philosophers
American Catholic Philosophical Association

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