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Jack Mulder 鈥�00 joined the 暗网TV faculty in 2004. Jack currently chairs the Department of Philosophy at Hope. He is also the assistant director of the Saint Benedict Institute, a Catholic organization serving 暗网TV.

Jack writes and teaches in the areas of philosophy of religion, philosophy of race, Catholic thought, applied ethics and the thought of S酶ren Kierkegaard. His book Civil Dialogue on Abortion (co-authored with Bertha Alvarez Manninen) was published by Routledge in 2018. His book What Does It Mean to Be Catholic? (Eerdmans) was published in 2015. Many of his publications and presentations have been made possible by collaborative research with Hope students.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Jack specializes in the philosophy of religion, especially issues of Protestant-Catholic dialogue, interfaith dialogue and the thought of S酶ren Kierkegaard. He also has scholarly interests in sexual and reproductive ethics (especially the abortion debate) and the philosophy of race.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., philosophy, 2004, Purdue University
• MA, philosophy, 2003, Purdue University
• BA, religion and philosophy, 2000, 暗网TV

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

• (with Bertha Alvarez Manninen), Routledge, 2018
• , Eerdmans, 2015
• , Indiana University Press, 2010

Select Articles and Book Chapters

• 鈥淲hiteness and Religious Experience,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2021
• 鈥淥riginal Sin, Racism, and Epistemologies of Ignorance,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Zygon: A Journal of Religion and Science(special issue on Evolution and Original Sin), 2021
• 鈥淭he Philosophy of Conversation: We Owe It to Our Students to Teach Them to Disagree鈥� (with Bertha Alvarez Manninen), Liberal Education, 2019
• 鈥淎ugustine and Kierkegaard on Martyrdom and 鈥楶olite Persecution,鈥欌�� in Augustine and Kierkegaard, ed. Kim Paffenroth and John Doody, Rowman and Littlefield, 2017
• 鈥淕race and Rigor in Kierkegaard鈥檚 Reception of the Church Fathers,鈥� in A Companion to Kierkegaard, Blackwell, 2015
• 鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Think: Philosophy for Everyone, 2013
• 鈥淲hy More Christians Should Believe in Mary鈥檚 Immaculate Conception,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Christian Scholar鈥檚 Review, 2012
• 鈥淥n Being Afraid of Hell: Kierkegaard and Catholicism on Imperfect Contrition,鈥� in Kierkegaard Studies: Yearbook 2007, de Gruyter, 2007
• 鈥淢ust All Be Saved?  A Kierkegaardian Response to Theological Universalism,鈥� International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2006

Outside the College

Jack is a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Holland, where he teaches occasionally in the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) program for new Catholics. He is married to Melissa Mulder (Spanish) and has two kids, Maria and Lucas. He enjoys punk rock, kids鈥� sports and going to the beach with his family.