Faculty & Staff

Bible, Christian Ministries & Philosophy

Esther L. Meek

Professor of Philosophy

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
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies/Philosophy, Cedarville College, 1975

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.
Loving to Know: Introducing Covenant Epistemology. Eugene, OR: Cascade Press, 2011.
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.

“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.
“Review of Neil Gascoigne and Tim Thorton, Tacit Knowledge.” Notre Dame Philosophical Review, http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/44250-tacit-knowledge/.

“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/
Podcast Interview with David Peck, Sochangenow, February 2, 2016. https://face2facelive.ca/esther-meek/
“Inviting the Real for Artists and Other Knowers.” Special Lecture, Culture House, Kansas City, KS, September 10, 2016

With Robert Frazier, organizes and hosts the Annual Dr. Byron I. Bitar Memorial Lectures
Vice-Chair, Board of Aliquippa Impact, Aliquippa, PA
Advisory Council, Uncommon Grounds Café, Aliquippa, PA
Visiting Professor of Apologetics, Redeemer Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX
Fujimura Institute Fellow