C.V. FOR DR. ANGUS MENUGE

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION.  Born 6/23/64 in England; US citizen since 2005; married, two children.
2.  EDUCATION.
   1. 2003, awarded the Diploma in Christian Apologetics (DCA) from the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism and Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.
   2. 1985 to 1989.  University of Wisconsin-Madison.  M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. in philosophy (1989).  Title  of Ph.D.: "A Causal Analysis of the Intensionality of Rationalizing Explanations."
   3. 1982 to 1985.  University of Warwick, England.  B.A. (Hons.) in philosophy, Class I.  (On student exchange with University of Wisconsin-Madison between 1983 and 1984.)
3. EMPLOYMENT.
   1. Current position.  Professor of Philosophy, Concordia University Wisconsin.
   2. 1997-2004.  Associate Professor of Philosophy, Concordia University Wisconsin.
   3. Feb. 1991 to 1997.  Assistant Professor of  Philosophy, Concordia University.
   4. Oct. 1989 to Jan. 1991.  Computer programmer for British Rail, Crewe, England.
   5. Aug. 1988 to May 1989.  Fellow in philosophy at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
   6. Aug. 1985 to May 1988.  Teaching assistant in philosophy at University of  Wisconsin-Madison.
4.  RESEARCH INTERESTS.
   1. Philosophy of mind.
   2. Philosophy of science.
   3. Dialogue between faith and science.
   4. Christian Apologetics.
   5. Christianity and Culture.
   6. Intelligent Design.
5.  AREAS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
   1. Introductions to Philosophy and Ethics.
   2. History and Philosophy of Science.
   3. Logic.
   4. Christian Apologetics.
   5. Christianity and Culture.
   6. The Life and Works of C. S. Lewis.
6. ORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES.
   1. Helped organize the KFUO live form CUW event, 2/18 and 2/19, 2004.
   2. Organized the Fall 2003 Lecture series on the Vocation of Journalist with Uwe Siemon-Netto, Julia Duin and Lynn Vincent.
   3. Assisted with Fall 2002 Lecture Series on the 500th anniversary of the University of Wittenberg.
   4. Fall 2001 Lecture Series on Science and Vocation with keynote Nancy Pearcey.
   5. (With William Dembski) the conference “Design and its Critics,” June 22-24, 2000 at Concordia University Wisconsin.
   6. Fall 1999 Lecture Series on Faith Based Solutions to Social Problems with keynotes Jean Garton and Joe Loconte.
   7. Fall 1998 Lecture Series on Christian Apologetics with keynote John Warwick Montgomery.
   8. Helped with speaker selection for inauguration of President Ferry, 1997.
   9. Fall 1996 Speaker series on Christianity and Culture, with keynote Martin Marty.
7. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS.
   1. Philosophy of Science Association.
   2. Evangelical Theological Society.
   3. American Scientific Affiliation.
   4. Evangelical Philosophical Society.
   5. Board of Directors of the Cranach Institute.
   6. Wisconsin Philosophical Association.
8. HONORS.
   1. Invited expert witness at the Kansas State Science Hearings, Topeka Kansas, May 7th, 2005 to testify on the problem of methodological naturalism in the science standards.
   2. Included in the 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (Cambridge: International Biographical Centre, 2005).
   3. Included in the 2000 Outstanding Academics of the 21st Century (Cambridge: International Biographical Centre, 2004).
   4. Included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2003-2004.
   5. Fellow of the Discovery Institute for 2002.
   6. Named International Personality of the Year for 2001 by the International Biographical Centre for promoting dialogue between faith and science.
9. PUBLICATIONS.
   1. BOOKS.
      1. Vocation (St. Louis, MO, CPH, 2007).
      2. Aslan’s World: Bible Images and Themes in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2006).
      3. Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield: 2004), author.
      4. Science and the Savior (St. Louis, MO: CPH, 2004).
      5. Reading God’s World: The Scientific Vocation (St. Louis, MO: CPH, 2004), editor, and author of a chapter and the introduction.
      6. Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004), assistant to the editors, William Dembski and Michael Ruse.
      7. Christ and Culture in Dialogue: Constructive Themes and Practical Applications (St. Louis, MO: CPH, 1999), general editor, and author of a chapter and the introduction.
      8. C. S. Lewis Lightbearer in the Shadowlands: The Evangelistic Vision of C. S. Lewis (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1997), editor and author of a chapter and the introduction.
   2. ARTICLES.
      1. "Refuting the Case for Methodological Materialism," in eds. George Bealer and Robert Koons, The Waning of Materialism: New Essays (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
      2. "Philosophy Through Story Telling," Lutheran Theological Review XIX (forthcoming).
      3. "ID, Darwinism, and Psychological Unity," Philosophia Christi 10:1, Summer, 2008.
      4. Review of Michael Behe's The Edge of Evolution, Christian Research Journal (forthcoming).
      5. Review of Michael Ruse's Darwinism and its Discontents, Faith and Philosophy (forthcoming).
      6. "The Transcendent Incarnate: J. W. Montgomery's Defense of a Christocentric Weltanschauung" forthcoming in Festschrift for John Warwick Montgomery.
      7. "Reformation and the Rationality of Science," in ed. Korey Maas, Theologia et Apologia: Essays in Reformation Theology and its Defense, in honor of  Rod Rosenbladt (Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2007).
      8. "The Cook's Tale: A Naturalist's Quest for the Ingredients of Life."  Critical review essay on Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (New York: Mariner Books, 2005), Christian Research Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4, 2006, 44-46.
      9. "V is for Volk: Unmasking the Fascism of Vendetta."  Review of V is for Vendetta for the Pearcey Report, available at http://www.pearceyreport.com/archives/2006/04/.
      10. "The Role of Agency in Science." Published on-line at the North American Missions Board website, http://www.4truth.net.
      11. "A Place to Stand, A Place of Refuge: The Lutheran Contribution to Higher Education." Consensus, Volume 3, Number 5, October 2005, 1-3.
      12. "From the Wardrobe to the Stable: Lewis's Defense of the Transcendent Incarnate," in eds. Ted and James Baehr, Narnia Beckons (Nashville, TN: Broadman and Holman, 2005), 85-93.
      13. "Why Eustace Almost Deserved His Name: Lewis's Critique of Modern Secularism," in eds. Gregory Bassham and Jerry Walls The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy (Chicago and La Salle, IL: Open Court, 2005), 193-203.
      14. "From the Wardrobe to the Stable: Finding the Truth in Narnia." Higher Things vol 5 / Number 3, Fall 2005, 12-13.
      15. Review of Alberto Garcia and Victor Raj (eds.), The Theology of the Cross for the Twenty-First Century (St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House) in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Volume 48, No. 2, June 2005, 415-419.
      16. Review of Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity From its Cultural Captivity (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books (2004).  Philosophia Christi Volume 6, Number 2, 2004, 378-382.
      17. "A Mind in Full."  A Review of Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity From its Cultural Captivity (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books (2004).  Touchstone Magazine, vol.17, number 10, December 2004, 41-43.
      18. "Dennett Denied: A Critique of Dennett's Evolutionary Account of Intentionality," Progress in Complexity, Information and Design, Volume 2.3.6, October 2003.
      19. "Who's Afraid of ID?  A Survey of the Intelligent Design Movement." In eds. William Dembski and Michael Ruse, Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
      20. "Whereof one can speak, thereof one must not be silent," a review essay on John Warwick Montgomery, Tractatus Logico-Theologicus, Theologisches Lehr- und Studienmaterial 11 (Bonn, Germany: Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, 2002), Philosophia Christi vol. 6 Number 1 2004, 129-136.
      21. "Beyond Skinnerian Creatures: A Defense of the Lewis/Plantinga Critique of Evolutionary Naturalism," Philosophia Christi, Vol 5, No. 1, 2003, 143-165.
      22. "Interpreting the Book of Nature," Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, volume 55, Number 2, June 2003, 88-98.  An adapted version of this paper also appears in Reading           God’s World, cited above under books.
      23. "Indirectness and the Displacement Problem: A Reply to Walter Thorson," Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, volume 55, Number 2, June 2003, 102-103.
      24. "Reductionism, Bane of Christianity and Science," Philosophia Christi Vol 4. Number 1, 2002, 173-183.
      25. "Promoting Dialogue in the Christian Academy," Logia, Eastertide 2002 XI: 2, 19-28. 
      26. "Sex and the Civilized" (a review of Patrick Riley's Civilizing Sex), Touchstone magazine, April 2002, 45-47.
      27. "Few Signs of Intelligence: The Saga of Bill Dembski at Baylor," Touchstone magazine, May 2001, 54-55.
      28. "Rehabilitating Design in Science" (a review of Behe, Dembski and Meyer, Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe), Human Events, March 12, 2001, 16, 21.
      29. "Thinking God's Thoughts After Him: How the Bible and Science View the World." Editorial in Issues in Christian Education Spring 2001, Vol. 35, No. 1, 4-5.
      30. "Lutheran Theology Meets Intelligent Design. " Dialog: A Journal of Theology (Vol. 40:1, Spring 2001), 61-63.
      31. "Shattering the Icons of Dogmatic Darwinism" (a review of Jonathan Wells' Icons of Evolution). Human Events, December 1st, 2000, 12, 19.
      32. "Contextualizing C. S. Lewis," Modern Reformation (September/October 2000), 47-48.
      33. "Reason for Hope: The Role of Christian Apologetics," The Concordian (Summer 2000), 10-11.
      34. "Just Sentiments: Emotivism versus Traditional Morality," Touchstone (June 2000), 26-30.
      35. "Virtue, Civilization and the Restitution of Man," in Inklings Forever (Upland, IN: Taylor University Lewis and Friends Committee, 1999).
      36. Fellow Patients in the Same Hospital: Law and Gospel in the Works of C. S. Lewis," Concordia Journal, April 1999, 151-163.
      37. "Niebuhr's Christ and Culture Reexamined."  In my Christ and Culture in Dialogue: Constructive Themes and Practical Applications (St. Louis, MO: CPH, 1999), 31-55.
      38. "God's Chosen Instrument: the Temper of an Apostle."  In my C. S. Lewis Lightbearer in the Shadowlands: The Evangelistic Vision of C. S. Lewis (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1997), 115-142.
      39. "The Scope of Observation," Philosophical Quarterly 45 (1995) 60-69.  [A refutation of Bas Van Fraassen's constructive empiricism in dialogue form.]
      40. Review of Descartes' Metaphysical Physics, by Daniel Garber. (Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1992), Seventeenth Century News, 1993, 18-19.
      41. "Supervenience, By Chance? (Reply to Crane and Mellor)," Analysis 53 (1993) 228-235.