Ph.D., Philosophy, Temple University, 1985 (Dissertation: Contact with Reality: An Examination of Realism in the Work of Michael Polanyi (Joseph Margolis, supervisor))
M.A., Humanities/Philosophy, Western Kentucky University, 1976
PHI 305 - Contemporary Philosophy: The Analytic Tradition
PHI 306 - Post Modern Philosophers
PHI 308 - Contemporary Philosophy: The Continental Tradition
PHI 353 - Philosophy of Science
PHI 355 - Philosophy for Theology
PHI 356 - Knowledge and Reality
PHI 410 - Senior Seminar
PHI 491 - Women Philosophers
Books
The Practices of a Healthy Church: Biblical Strategies for Vibrant Church Life and Ministry, Donald J. MacNair with Esther L. Meek. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing Company (1999).
Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People. Chicago: Brazos Press, 2003.
A Little Manual for Knowing. Eugene, OR: Cascade Press, 2014.
Current project: Contact with Reality: Michael Polanyi’s Realism and Why it Matters. Eugene, OR: Cascade Press, forthcoming 2017.
Some Recent Publications
“A Reformed View of Life and Learning: Covenant Epistemology.” In Gary W. Jenkins and Jonathan Yonan, eds., Liberal Learning and the Great Christian Traditions. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2015.
“Honoring True Otherness in a Still-Antipluralist Culture.” In Scott W. Sondquist and Amos Yong, eds., The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015.
Book Review of Dana Wright, et al., The Logic of the Spirit: Essays on the work of James Loder. Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical XLII: 2 (2015-16), 61-66.
“A Little Manual for Knowing.” Interview with Ken Myers, Mars Hill Audio, Fall 2014
“A How-To for Knowing (Ad)ventures and Surprising Self-Discovery.” Summer Institute course on my work, at The Seattle School for Theology and Psychology, Seattle, WA, May 21-23, 2015
“Culture Care and Covenant Epistemology.” Fujimura Institute Fellow Presentation, Artist Makoto Fujimura’s Culture Care Summit, Cairn University, Philadelphia, PA, June 21-23, 2015
“Covenant Realism: The Love at the Core of All Things.” Plenary Speaker for the Annual Meetings of the American Scientific Association, Tulsa, OK, July 24-26, 2015
“Inviting the Real: Epistemology for Artists and other Knowers.” Keynote Lectures for Dallas Theological Seminary’s Arts Conference, October 20-25, 2015. The event also included meeting with a class all week, Q&A with Seminary Faculty, podcast interview, book signings, and multiple personal appointments with students and faculty. Four videos at http://www.dts.edu/media/play/how-knowing-and-the-creative-act-works-meek-esther/