USNA Faculty Profiles


  Christopher J. Eberle
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
(410) 293-6018
eberle@usna.edu

Department of Leadership, Ethics, & Law
Luce Hall (Mail Stop 7-B), 112 Cooper Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5022
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Education  |  Professional Experience | Publications  |  Book Reviews  |  Honors | Invited Papers |  Referee Work  | Professional Memberships  | Other Professional Activities    | Curriculum Vitae on Word


Education
Profile

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1997. 

  • M.A., Philosophy, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1989.

  • B.A., Philosophy, Gettysburg College, 1987.
Professional Experience
Profile

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy, United States Naval Academy, 2005-present.

  • Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, 2004-2005.

  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy, United States Naval Academy, 2001-2005.

  • Fellow, Pew Evangelical Scholars Program, 1999-2000.

  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois, 1994-2001.

 
Publications
Profile

  • “Respect for Persons and the Doctrine of Religious Restraint,” Philosophy and Social Criticism, forthcoming.

  • “Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom: Religious Reasons in Public,” Journal of Legal Commentary, forthcoming.

  • (With Terence Cuneo) “Religion and Politics,” Stanford Online Encyclopedia of Philosophy, forthcoming

  • “Basic Human Worth: Religious and Secular Perspectives,” New Waves in Philosophy of Religion, Erik Weilenberg and Yujin Nagasawa, eds., Ashgate, forthcoming

  • “God, War and Conscience,” Journal of Religious Ethics, 35/3 (September, 2007).

  • “Book Discussion of A.C. Grayling, Among the Dead Cities and Harry Stout, Upon the Altar of the Nation, Journal of Military Ethics, 6/1 (2007): 75-80.

  • “Religion and Politics,” Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd ed., Donald Borchardt, ed., (New York, NY: MacMillan Press, 2006).

  • “Religion, Pacifism and the Doctrine of Restraint,” Journal of Religious Ethics, 34/2 (June 2006): 203-224.

  • “What Does Respect Require?,” Religion in the Liberal Polity, Terence Cuneo, ed., Notre Dame, IL: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004.

  • Religious Conviction in Liberal Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

  • “Religion and Liberal Democracy,” Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy, Robert Simon, ed., Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.

  • “What Respect Requires – And What It Does Not,” Wake Forest Law Review, 36/2 (Summer, 2001): 305-51.

  • “Why Restraint is Religiously Unacceptable,” Religious Studies, 35/3 (September, 1999): 247-76.

  • “Liberalism and Mysticism,” The Journal of Law and Religion, 13/1(December, 1998): 189-238.

  • “The Autonomy and Explanation of Mystical Experience,” Religious Studies, 34/3 (September, 1998): 299-316.

  • “God’s Nature and the Rationality of Religious Belief,” Faith and Philosophy, 14/2 (April, 1997): 152-69.

  • Social Establishment, Religious Belief and Autonomy.  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1997.

  • Rationalization: Paradox or Partiality?  Master’s Thesis, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1989.

 

 
Book Reviews
Profile

  • A.C. Grayling, Among the Dead Cities, Ethics  117 (2006): 356-363

  • Lucas Swaine, The Liberal Conscience, Ethics, 116 (2006): 813-819

  • Paul Weithman, Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship, Ethics, 116 (2006): 611-614

Honors Awarded Within Last Ten Years
Profile

  • Invited Participant, Human Personhood Conference, University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of American Religion, May, 2007, Director: Christian Smith.

  • Invited Participant, Emory University Roundtable on Religion and Law, April, 2006.

  • Invited Participant, Emory University Roundtable on Religion and Law, April, 2005.

  • Fellowship, Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, 2004-2005.

  • Invited Participant, Erasmus Institute Conference on Justice: Human and Divine.  Director: Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University.

  • Naval Academy Research Grant, 2002-2004.

  • Invited Participant, Emory University Roundtable on Religion and Law, March, 2004.

  • Pew Charitable Trust Summer Seminar, Religion and Culture, Calvin College, June 25– July 27, 2001, Director: Christian Smith.

  • Fellowship, Pew Evangelical Scholars Program, 1999-2000.

  • Pew Charitable Trust Summer Seminar, Political Theory After Liberalism, Calvin College, June 29 –August 6,1998, Director: Nicholas Wolterstorff.

 
Invited Papers
Profile

  • “Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: Religious Reasons in Public Life,” 14th Annual Symposium: Religion and Morality in the Public Square, St. Johns University Law School, March, 2007.

  • “Basic Human Worth,” Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, March 2007.

  • “Critical Response,” Opening Plenary Session of the International Symposium for Military Ethics,” January 25-26, 2007, Springfield, Virginia.

  • “Response to Michael Perry and Jerry Gaus,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Divisional Meeting, Washington D.C., December, 2006. 

  • “Response to Jerry Gaus’ ‘A Reply to Christopher Eberle's Religious Convictions in Liberal Politics,’” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2006.

  • “Respect for Persons and the Doctrine of Restraint,” Conference on Religion and Political Liberalism II: The Christian Foundations of Liberal Society, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, June 2006.

  • “Religion, Pacifism and the Doctrine of Restraint,” 30th Midwest Philosophy Colloquium, University of Minnesota/Morris, February, 2006.

  • “Religious Conviction in Military Service,” Law and Philosophy Conference, Arizona State University, February 29, 2004.  Also delivered at Calvin College and Valparaiso University November, 2004.

  • “What Difference Does God Make to Natural Law Theorizing?,” University of San Diego, March 10, 2003.

  • “Religion and War,” Wheaton College Philosophy Conference, Wheaton College, October 30, 2002.

  • “The Argument from Religious Warfare,” Morality, Religion and Culture Conference, Calvin College, January 16, 2003.

  • “The Normative Case for Restraint,” Religiously Based Morality: Its Proper Role in American Public Life?, Wake Forest University School of Law, October, 2000.

  • “What Does Respect Require?,” Political Theory After Liberalism, Calvin College, Spring, 1999.

 

Referee Work

Profile

  • Christian Scholars Review, Journal of Law and Religion, Journal of Politics, Journal of Social Philosophy, Religious Studies, Routledge, Oxford, Cambridge, Emory, Princeton.


 
Professional Memberships

Profile

  • American Philosophical Association, 1997 to present.

  • Society of Christian Philosophers, 1995 to present.

Other Professional Activities

Profile

  • Ethics Instructor, Flag University, Naval PostGraduate School, March, 2007.

  • Subject Matter Expert on Ethics in the Military, Professional Development and Training Conference, Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains, 2003-2004, 2005-2006.

  • Co-investigator, “Culture, Morality and Religious Effects in Social Life,” funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Director: Christian Smith.