Eric Reitan, Professor and Graduate Student Advisor

EReitan

Office: 257 Social Sciences & Humanities

Telephone: 405-744-7753

Email: eric.reitan@okstate.edu

Spring 2023 Office Hours:

EDUCATION

AWARDS

2004 Arts & Sciences Junior Faculty Award
First Place, Essay Competition, 2014 Writing Competition of the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. For “Slumber Parties.”
2014 Outstanding Writer Award, Rose State Writing Conference (won first place in both Young Adult Fiction and General Fiction)

BOOKS

God’s Final Victory: A Comparative Philosophical Case for Universalism. With John Kronen. Continuum Publishers (September 2011). Continuum Studies in Philosophy of Religion series.
Is God a Delusion? A Reply to Religion’s Cultured Despisers. Wiley-Blackwell (December 2009)
- Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2009

ACADEMIC ARTICLES:

“A Deontological Theodicy? Swinburne’s Lapse and the Problem of Moral Evil,” in Faith and Philosophy vol. 31 (2014), pp. 181-203.
“Wisdom and Ethics in a Modern Land Grant University.” With Scott Gelfand and Steve Harrist. In The Modern Land Grant University, ed. Robert J Sternberg (Purdue University Press, 2014), pp. 315-330.
“Species of Hell.” With John Kronen. In The Problem of Hell: A Philosophical Anthology, ed. Joel Buenting (Ashgate Publishers, 2010), pp. 199-218.
“Moving the Goal Posts? The Challenge of Philosophical Engagement with the Public God Debates,” in Philo: A Journal of Philosophy vol. 13 (2010), pp. 80-93.
“Defining Terrorism for Public Policy Purposes: The Group-Target Definition,” in Journal of Moral Philosophy vol. 7 (2010), pp. 253-278.
- Reprinted in Just War Theory, Brill (2013)
- Reprinted in Global Justice and International Affairs, Brill (2012)

OTHER RECENT ARTICLES

“Does NIH Head Francis Collins Believe in Intelligent Design?” In Religion Dispatches, February 4, 2014.
Scholarly Dialogue: “Chris Tilling and Eric Reitan on Universalism.” The Evangelical Universalist Forum, March-November 2012.
“Santorum’s War on Satan…er, on Higher Education.” In Religion Dispatches, February 28, 2012.
“Beyond Retribution: Bin Laden’s Death in its Cosmic Context.” Religion Dispatches, May 5, 2011.
“Unreasonable Doubt: Vincent Bugliosi Defends Agnosticism.” Religion Dispatches, April 18, 2011.
“Pastor Rob Bell Catches Hell from Conservatives.” Religion Dispatches, March 3, 2011.

“Gay Suicide and the Ethic of Love: A Progressive Christian Response.” Religion Dispatches, October 12, 2010. Reprinted in The Humanist, January/February 2011.

SPRING 2023 CLASS SCHEDULE