JASON BENJAMIN OAKES - Biola University

EDUCATION
JASON BENJAMIN OAKES
Assistant Professor of Christian Thought
Talbot School of Theology
Biola University
13800 Biola Aveue
La Mirada, CA 90639
(562) 944.0351, ext. 3518
jason.oakes@biola.edu
● Ph.D., Philosophy (Dec 2009) University of Oklahoma
Dissertation Title: In Him We Live and Move and Have Our Being: Philosophical Theology
in Nicolas Malebranche and George Berkeley
● M.A., Philosophy (2005) University of Oklahoma
Masters Exam: Ancient Philosophy and Ethics
● Visiting Graduate Student (2002-2003) St. Anne’s College, Oxford University
Studies: Ancient Philosophy and Ethics
● Masters of Divinity (2002) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Concentration: Biblical & Theological Studies
● Bachelor of Arts (1998) Oklahoma State University
Major: Philosophy
Minors: Business & Religious Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
● Graduate Teaching Assistant
Philosophy Department, University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma, 2003-present
● Research Assistant
Hugh Benson, Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Head of Department, 2007-2008
● Garrett Fellowship (Grader, Teaching Assistant, Occasional Lecturer)
Theology and Ethics, Boyce College, Louisville Kentucky, 2001-2002

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE
● Children’s Ministry Director, Wildwood Community Church, Norman OK,
January 2006 – May 2009 (part-time), Pastor: Bruce Hess
● Duty Warden, North Oxford Overseas Center, Oxford UK
September 2002 – April 2003, Directors: Tim and Judy Rous
● Student Minister, Clifton Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky
January 1999 – May 2002 (part-time), Pastor: Dr. Ton Schreiner
● Co Interim Youth Pastor, First Baptist Church, Stillwater, Oklahoma
August 1996 – May 1997
COURSES TAUGHT
● Biola University
Foundations of Christian Thought
Intergrative Seminar (co-taught with Dr. Rick Langer)
● University of Oklahoma
Introduction to Logic
Introduction to Philosophy
Critical Reasoning
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
● Member, Evangelical Theological Society
● Member, Evangelical Philosophical Society
● Member, Society of Christian Philosophers
● Session Moderator, 59 th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society
AWARDS/HONORS
● Kenneth R. Merrill Graduate Teaching Award 2006 - 2007
OU Philosophy Department, for outstanding Graduate Teacher

PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES
● An Argument for Propositional Revelation: Both Divine and Generic, April 2009, Society of
Christian Philosophers Midwestern Regional Meeting
● “God in the Quad: The Priority of Divine Revelation in the Epistemology of George
Berkeley”, Nov 2008, 60 th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological and Philosophical
Society.
● “A Few Revelations Concerning Revelation: A Philosophical Analysis of Some Issues
Related to Divine Revelation”, March 2008, Southwest Regional Meeting of the Evangelical
Theological and Philosophical Society.
● “Descartes’ Philosophy Reconciled with Augustine’s Theology: The Project of Nicolas
Malebranche and What it can Teach Us”, Nov 2007, 59 th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical
Theological and Philosophical Society.
● Commenter on “Public Faith: Political Liberalism and the Problem of Epistemological
Abstinence in John Rawls”, April 2007, Twelfth Annual University of Oklahoma Undergraduate
Conference.
● “Descartes’ Theory of Revelation and Holy Scripture”, Nov 2006, 58 th Annual Meeting of the
Evangelical Theological and Philosophical Society.
● “Plantinga, Sin, and Vanilla Theistic Belief”, April 2005, Oklahoma State University Fifth
Annual Donald G. Wester Philosophy Conference on Truth in Philosophy, Religion, and
Theology.