JOSEPHM.HOLDENPresident/ProfessorofApologetics&TheologyVeritasInternationalUniversity

ACADEMICPOSITIONS

EDUCATION

BOOKS

2004-2005 OregonTheologicalSeminaryAdjunctFacultyinTheology&Apologetics

2002-2004 FaithEvangelicalSeminaryAdjunctLecturer(CarlsbadExtensionSite)

2002-Present CalvaryBibleCollege(Murrieta,CA)AdjunctFacultyinTheology&Apologetics

2011 PhD(Theology)-UniversityofWales(UK)Dissertation:TheEternalSimplicityofDivineLove:AnEvaluationofOpenTheismAgainstthePatristicDoctrineofGod

1997/2003 MA/MDiv(Apologetics)-SouthernEvangelicalSeminaryThesis:AnExaminationandEvaluationoftheJesusseminarViewoftheGospelSayingsofJesusChrist&IslamicStudies

RESEARCHINTERESTS

Prolegomena&BibliologyApologeticsTheologyDoctrineofGodBiblicalStudiesEthicsPhilosophyofReligionThomisticPhilosophyAncientNearEasternArchaeology

714.966.8500

jholden@ves.edu

3000W.MacArthurBlvdKwaveBuilding,Suite207SantaAna,CA92704

CONTACT

2008-Present VeritasInternationalUniversityCo-founder/President/ProfessorofApologetics&Theology

2004-2012 AzusaPacificUniversityAdjunctFacultyinTheology&Ethics

2003 BA(GeneralStudies)-WesternIllinoisUniversity1995 BBS(BiblicalStudies)-CalvaryChapelBible

College

Holden/Dembski/Luskin(Gen.eds.),TheHarvestHandbookofScience&Faith(HarvestHouse,2021)Holden/Collins(Gen.eds.),TheHarvestHandbookofBibleLands(HarvestHouse,2019)Holden(Gened.),TheHarvestHandbookofApologetics(HarvestHouse,2018)McDowell(Gen.ed.)&Holden,Burroughs,Carlson,Johnson,Kunkle(Assoc.eds.),TheApologeticsStudyBibleforStudents(Broadman&Holman,2010,2017)Holden/Geisler,ThePopularHandbookofArchaeology&theBible(HarvestHouse,2013)House/Holden,ChartsofApologetics&ChristianEvidences(Zondervan,2007)Geisler/Holden,LivingLoud:DefendingYourFaith(Broadman&Holman,2002)

ACADEMICSOCIETYInternationalSocietyofChristianApologetics(ISCA)

JOSEPHM.HOLDENPresident/ProfessorofApologetics&TheologyVeritasInternationalUniversity

BOOKCONTRIBUTIONS

“ChurchofGod,SeventhDay”and“CalvaryChapelMovement”inGeorgeThomasKurianandSarahClaudineDay,eds.TheEssentialHandbookofDenominationsandMinistries.GrandRapids,MI:BakerPublishing,2017.“ArchaeologyandOldTestamentCriticism,”inJoshMcDowellandSeanMcDowell,NewEvidencethatDemandsaVerdict(UpdatedandRevised,ThomasNelson,2017).“OpenTheism,Analogy,andReligiousLanguage,”inTerryL.Miethe,ed.,IAmPutHerefortheDefenseoftheGospel:Dr.NormanGeisler,AFestschriftinHisHonor.PickwickPublications,Eugene,OR:2016.“Forward”inNormanGeislerandDavidFarnell,eds.,TheJesusQuest:TheDangerFromWithin.XulonPress,2014.“TheJamesOssuary:TheEarliestWitnessofJesusandHisFamily”(SeeThePopularHandbookofArchaeologyandtheBible(HarvestHouse,2013).“IsJesus’sHometown(Nazareth)aMyth?”SeeThePopularHandbookofArchaeologyandtheBible(HarvestHouse,2013)“EngagingtheMuslim,”inH.WayneHouseandDennisJowers.ReasonsforOurHope:AnIntroductiontoApologetics(Nashville,TN:Broadman&Holman,2011),407-417.“TheJesusofWorldReligions”inH.WayneHouse,TheJesusWhoNeverLived:ExposingFalseChristsandFindingtheRealJesus(HarvestHousePublishers,2008):ResearchContributor.“AnInterviewwithTheologyandArchaeologyExpertJosephHolden,”inHowtheBibleWasWritten,SpecialCollectorsEdition.Winter/Spring2016,BeckettEntertainment.“CarlosCasteneda,”“Runes”,“Tawrat”,“Zabur”,inH.WayneHouse,Gen.ed.Baker’sDictionaryofCultsandWorldReligions.GrandRapids,MI:BakerBooks,forthcoming.“WhytheDeadSeaScrollsMatter”and“EvangelizingMuslims”inCalvaryChapelJournal.(No.1,Vol.1,June2008).

RESEARCHINTERESTS

Prolegomena&BibliologyApologeticsTheologyDoctrineofGodBiblicalStudiesEthicsPhilosophyofReligionThomisticPhilosophyAncientNearEasternArchaeology

714.966.8500

jholden@ves.edu

3000W.MacArthurBlvdKwaveBuilding,Suite207SantaAna,CA92704

CONTACT

ACADEMICSOCIETYInternationalSocietyofChristianApologetics(ISCA)

RADIOMINISTRY

KWAVE107.9FM-guesthostofPastor'sPerspective,liveapologeticsradiocall-inprogram(2006-present)

KRTM(KSDW)88.9FM-HostofLivingEpistlesprogramairedweeklyinSouthernCalifornia(2006-2009)

CSNRadio-Guesthostonliveapologeticscall-inprogramToEveryManSanAnswer(2006-2008)

KRTM(KSDW)88.9FM-GuestcommentatoronWordInLifeprogramwhichairedweekly(2005).

Dr.HoldenhasbeenInterviewedonnumerousradiobroadcastsaroundthecountry.

CONFERENCES

Dr.Holdenhashostednumerousannualconferences,includingtheVeritasInternationalUniversityNationalApologeticsConference,thataddressvarioustopicsinnumerousdisciplinesincludingapologetics,ethics,theologyandphilosophy.