David Horner

Departments	Division of Biblical and Theological Studies Talbot School of Theology
51�� Affiliations	Faculty

Documents

Degrees

D.Phil., Oxford University
M.Phil., Oxford University
M.A., Denver Seminary
B.A., Colorado State University

Biography

David Horner has taught at the University of Oxford, Denver Seminary, and served as a Visiting Scholar and Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Colorado. He has lectured in numerous classrooms and university forums nationally and in Europe, and he has written numerous articles and book chapters on ethics, metaethics, apologetics, and ancient and medieval philosophy. He is the author of Mind Your Faith: A Student’s Guide to Thinking and Living Well (IVP Academic, 2011) and coauthor (with J. P. Moreland) of Metaethics: A Short Companion (B&H, 2024) He also serves as President of The Illuminatio Project, whose aim is to bring the light of a classical biblical vision of goodness, truth and beauty into the thinking of the church and culture through strategic research and communication.

Affiliations

American Philosophical Association
Evangelical Theological Society
Evangelical Philosophical Society
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
Society of Christian Philosophers
Society of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

Publications

Books

. InterVarsity Academic, 2011.

Articles & Chapters

“The Virtue of Zeal.” With David R. Turner. Book chapter, Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life, edited by Michael Austin and Douglas Geivett (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2012)
“Cardinal Virtues.” Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, edited by G.T. Kurian, volume I (Oxford: Blackwell, 2011).
“Values, Christian.” Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, edited by G.T. Kurian, volume IV (Oxford: Blackwell, 2011).
“C. S. Lewis is a Eudaimonist: Response to Goetz,” Invited response to Stewart Goetz, “C. S. Lewis on Pleasure and Happiness,” Christian Scholar’s Review XL:3 (Spring, 2011), 303-310.

Media Appearances

12/22/11 Point of View, with Kerby Anderson, national syndication
12/12/11 Frank Pastore show, KKLA (Los Angeles)
11/20/11 Stand to Reason radio interview

Papers and Presentations

“Too Good Not to be True: A Call to Moral Apologetics,” Evangelical Theological Society, Christian Ethics Division, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (November 17, 2011)
“The Virtue of Zeal,” with David R. Turner, Society of Christian Philosophers Pacific Regional Meetings, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon (March 4, 2011)
“Aristotle and the End of Education,” Keynote Address, Humanities Day, Ridgeview Classical Schools, Fort Collins, CO (January 22, 2011)