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Dr. E. David Cook
Aurthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith & Learning
On faculty since 2003

Phone: 630-752-5314
Fax:
630-752-7777
Email: David.Cook@wheaton.edu


Education

B.A. (Summa cum laude) Arizona State University 1968 Philosophy of Religion/Philosophy

M.A. (First Class Honours) Edinburgh University 1970
Mental Philosophy

Ph.D. New College, Edinburgh University 1973

M.A. Oxford University 1984

D. Litt. Honorary Degree Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts 1999

 
Professional and Personal Interests
For Cook, philosophy is a means of loving God with our minds as well as our heart and soul and strength. His desire is to help Christians in particular and everyone in general to think, to think critically, to think creatively and to integrate faith and practice. We are called to do the truth and to be salt and light. Wheaton and Oxford provide contrasting settings to enable that work to be done fully and properly.

Courses Taught

  • The Christian Mind
  • Contemporary Moral Problems
  • Theological Ethics for Counselors
  • Medical Ethics
  • Epistemology
  • Environmental and Medical Ethics

    Independent Studies Directed
  • Contraception (Ethics of)

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Center for Applied Christian Ethics (senior fellow)
  • Trinity Forum (senior fellow)
  • Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity (fellow)
  • Tyndale Fellowship (member)

Research

His interest in his new role as the Arthur Holmes professor of the Integration of Faith and learning is to help develop the Christian mind and to facilitate faith-learning integration for students, faculty and alumni. He broadcast widely especially with the BBC on ethical and medical issues and has had his own radio and television series. His books include 'The Moral Maze', 'Blind Alley Beliefs', 'Dilemmas of Life', 'Patients' Choice', 'Question Time' and others as well as a wide range of chapters and articles. His latest published writing is on transplantation and resource allocation. Currently he is working on a new Christian ethics text and a book on contraception. He advises the Archbishops and the British Government and is a member of the UK Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority. He lectures internationally and preaches in a wide variety of denominations.

Papers Published and/or Presented (selected)

    Books
  • The Moral Maze, Romanian edition 2004
  • Blind Alley Beliefs, Turkish edition, 2005
  • The Moral Maze, Spanish edition, 2005
  • Not Just Science (ed. D F Chappell and E D Cook) Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2005
  • Contraception, IVP, Leicester and Downers Grove, with editor, 2005
  • Consultant editor, Children of Prometheus, (ed. D Russ, P.Adman) Trinity Forum Publications 2005

    Articles
  • 'The Individual versus the Common Good', Ethical Eye: Transplants ( ed P. Morris), Council of Europe Publishing, 2003 pp 258- Translated into over thirty languages.
  • 'The Ethics of QALYS in Cost Allocational Ethics', Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds: Economics and Ethical Issues (eds. A Towse, C Pritchard, N Devlin), Kings Fund, Office of Health Economics, London, 2003, pp76-84
  • 'Salt and Light', Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, 2004.
  • 'Christians and Voting', Kairos Journal, www.kairos.org
  • 'Moral Problems', Q section, ChicagoTribune, Sept.2004
  • 'Moral Problems', Q section, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 2004
  • 'Introduction' with D F Chappell, Not Just Science, (eds. D F Chappell, E D Cook), Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2005, pp15-26
  • 'What Are the Philosophical Implications of Christianity for the Natural Sciences?', with R O'Connor, Not Just Science, (eds. D F Chappell, E D Cook), Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2005, pp 48-60
  • 'How Does Society Interact with Science?', with D F Chappell, Not Just Science, (eds. D F Chappell, E D Cook), Zondervan, Grand Rapids,2005 pp79-96
  • 'What Are the Limits in Bioengineering?', Not Just Science, (eds. D F Chappell, E D Cook) Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2005, pp115-118
  • 'How Should the Christian's Foundational Beliefs Shape the Work of Scientists?', Not Just Science, (eds. D F Chappell, E D Cook), Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2005, pp289-296
  • 'Conclusion", with D F Chappell, Not Just Science, (eds. D F Chappell, E D Cook), Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2005, pp297-300
  • 'Direct-to-Consumer Online Genetic Testing and the four Principles: an analysis of the ethical issues', K Wasson, E D Cook, KJ Helzlsouer, with editor Ethics and Medicine.
  • 'Abortion', Dictionary of Apologetics, IVP, Leicester, 2006
  • 'Ethics', Dictionary of Apologetics, IVP, Leicester, 2006
  • 'Existentialism', Dictionary of Apologetics. IVP, Leicester, 2006
  • 'Logic', Dictionary of Apologetics, IVP, Leicester, 2006
  • 'Moral Argument for God', IVP, Leicester, 2006
  • 'Utilitarianism', Dictionary of Apologetics, IVP, Leicester, 2006
  • 'Pharma-nanotechnology' submitted by invitation as part of CBHD book on Remaking Humanity for 2006 publication 'Making All Things New', Making All Things New: the Good, the true and the Beautiful' ( ed. H. Poe) currently with publisher- proceedings of CS Lewis Triennial Conference.
  • 'Neuro-Ethics in Perspective', Whitefield Briefing, Oxford, 2006.

    Reviews
  • 'The Soul of the Embryo', David Jones, Theology, 2005
  • ' Aiming to Kill', Nigel Biggar, Third Way, 2005

    Interviews
  • Medical Ethics, ChristianPost.org, 2005