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Robert M. Frazier
Office Phone: 724-847-6702
rmfrazie@geneva.edu
Disciplines/Field of Instruction
- Philosophy
- Biblical Studies
Degrees Received
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, 1993, State University of New York at Buffalo, Dissertation: Holding and Modifying Beliefs: Critical Thinking and the Problem of Minimal Rationality.
- M.A. in Theological Studies in Old Testament Literature, 1981, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
- B.A. in Biblical Studies, 1978, Gordon College.
Courses Taught
- Aristotle
- Plato
- Cicero
- Augustine
- Kierkegaard
- Early Modern Philosohpy
- Kant
- C.S. Lewis
- Pragmatism
- Logic
- Ethical Theories
- Epistemology
- Introduction to Philosophy
- The Art of Inquiry
- Polotoical Philosophy
- Democratic Political Thought
- Christian Understanding of Life
- Contemporary Religious Thought
- Nietzsche
- History of the Reformation
- Business Ethics
- Humanities
- Aquinas and Medieval Philosophy
- Austin and Wittgenstein
- Introducation to the Old Testament
Presentations/Publications
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“Pittsburgh Baseball: The Stuff of Heroes.” Geneva Review (September,2005).
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“Augustine’s Public Philosophy.” Evangelical Theological Society, 2006.
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“Foreword” in Rev. Joseph Hill, John Calvin on Suffering: Understanding the Love of God. (Webster, NY: The Evangelical Press, 2005).
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“Gnothi Seauton and the Limiting Effects of Noetic Sin: An Augustinian View.” Evangelical Theological Society, November, 2005.
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“Prophetic Consciousness in an Age of Affluence.” The Walter Vail Watson Lectures on Reformed Theology, Lancaster, NY, October, 2005.
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“Inhabiting the Void: Smith’s Assessment of Radical Orthodoxy,” Geneva College colloquium on James Smith’s Introducing Radical Orthodoxy, March, 2006.
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“Considering the Tie that Binds: The Scottish Presbyterian and Neocalvinism Divide.” Paper prepared for the Trustees of Geneva College, April, 2006.
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“The State of Just War Theory.” Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church, May, 2005.
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“Are We Intellectually Obligated to Believe Morally.” Faculty paper given at Geneva College, January 1997.
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“Wisdom Revisited.” Paper given at the Breakfast Seminar for Theological Reflection, Canisius College, Buffalo, Spring, 1995.
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“ The Limitations of Belief Formation.” Philosophy Colloquium, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, fall, 1993.
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“Traditions of Memory.” Commencement address, Consortium of the Niagara Frontier, Fall, 1989.
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“Intellectual Passion: The Focus of the Educated Person.” Commencement address, Consortium of the Niagara Frontier, Wyoming Correctional Facility, Spring, 1989.
Current Projects
- I am engaged in two writing projects. The first concerns Augustine’s political philosophy and the second is a look at the notion of the noetic effects of sin. It is my hope that both of these will become book length manuscripts.
Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.
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American Philosophical Association
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Evangelical Theological Society
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Evangelical Philosophical Society
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Society of Christian Philosophy
Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.
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I continue to have the opportunity to preach several Sundays each month. I served in a variety of pastoral positions from 1980-2004 and still find preaching as a great love. I returned to my home town of Beaver Falls in 1995 to pastor and long to see her renewed: spiritually, economically and socially. I believe Geneva, and those associated with it, have a significant role to play in the revitalization of the local community and Western PA.
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I enjoy spending as much time as possible with my two grandchildren, Chase and Cadence. I have been blessed with a wonderful wife (Marina), four amazing children (Megan, Abby, Tim and Daniel) and two fine sons-in law (Brent and Craig). I love musicals, jazz and big band music. I am awed at the beautiful, wonder-filled at the good and true, and delighted by the excellence of my colleagues.