CURRICULUM VITAE
Nicholas F. Gier, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3016
Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Religious Studies
Senior Fellow in the Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Tel: 208-882-4561 (home);885-6284 (office); 885-8950 (FAX); ngier@uidaho.edu
EDUCATION
B. A. with honors, Oregon State University, 1966.
Honors Thesis: "T. S. Eliot and the Four Quartets."
M.A., Claremont Graduate School, 1969.
M.A. thesis: "Process Theology and the Death of God."
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1973.
Doctoral Dissertation: "Heidegger and the Ontological Differenz."
Graduate Studies, University of Copenhagen, 1966-67; University of Heidelberg, 1970-71.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Merit Citation for Outstanding Service, Associated Students of the University of Idaho,
1976.
Who's Who in Religion, 1977, 1990.
President, Northwest Conference on Philosophy, 1982-84.
Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, 1987, 1991.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Rotary Foundation Fellowship to Denmark, 1966-67.
Fulbright Graduate Fellowship to Germany, 1970-71.
University of Idaho "Seed" Grants, $2,000, 1974; $2,500, 1985; $5,000, 1991.
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, $2,500, 1980.
Association for the Humanities in Idaho Grant, $5,285, 1982.
Franklin J. Matchette Foundation Grant, $1,000, 1982.
Humanities Faculty Summer Seminar (NEH), $2,000, 1985.
Humanities Core Curriculum Faculty Development Grant (NEH), $5,000, 1985.
Martin Institute Research Grants, $2,000, 1992: $5,404, 1994; $3,680, 1995; $1,480, 1997.
Niwano Pease Foundation, ¥ 500,000, 1993
BOOKS AUTHORED
God, Reason and the Evangelicals: The Case Against Evangelical Rationalism. Lanham,
Maryland: University Press of America, 1987, xxx + 371 pgs.
Wittgenstein and Phenomenology: A Comparative Study of the Later Wittgenstein, Husserl,
Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press,
1981, xix + 268 pgs.
JOURNALS EDITED
With T. James Kodera, guest editors of Dialogue and Alliance 1:3 (Fall, 1987).
Theme: "Encounters between Asian and Western Conceptions of the Ultimate."
BOOK CHAPTERS
Parts III & IV of the "Introduction" of The Theology of Altizer: Critique
and Response, ed. John Cobb. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970, pp. 27-44.
"Process Theology and the Death of God" in The Theology of Altizer, pp.
164-193.
"Religious Liberalism and the Founding Fathers" in Peter Caws, ed., Two
Centuries of Philosophy in America. Oxford: Blackwell, 1980, pp. 22-45.
"Humanistic Self-Judgment and After-Death Experiences" in Geddes MacGregor, ed.,
Immortality and Human Destiny. New York: Paragon House, 1985, pp. 3-20.
"Gandhi, Ahimsa, and the Self" in S. Mukherjee and S. Ramaswamy, eds., Facets
of Mahatma Gandhi. New Delhi: Deep & Deep, 1994, vol. 4, pp. 108-125. Reprinted
from Gandhi Marg (see below).
JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Prehension and Intentionality," Process Studies 6 (1976), pp. 197-213.
"The Savior Archetype," Journal of Dharma 4 (1979), pp. 255-267.
"Wittgenstein and Forms of Life," Philosophy of the Social Sciences 10
(1980), pp. 241-258.
"Wittgenstein and Heidegger: A Phenomenology of Forms of Life," Tijdschrift
voor Filosofie (Belgium) 43 (1981), pp. 269-305.
"Wittgenstein, Intentionality, and Behaviorism," Metaphilosophy 13
(1982), pp. 46-64.
"Humanism as an American Heritage," Free Inquiry 2:2 (Spring 1982), pp.
27-29.
"Dialectic: East and West," Indian Philosophical Quarterly 10 (January,
1983), pp. 207-218.
"Titanism: Radical Humanism--East and West," Dialogue and Alliance 1:3
(Fall, 1987), pp. 53-69.
"The Color of Sin/The Color of Skin: Ancient Color Blindness and the Philosophical
Origins of Modern Racism," Journal of Religious Thought 46:1 (Summer-Fall,
1989), pp. 42-52.
"Religious Syncretism and Unification Theology," Currents 2:1 (Summer,
1990), pp. 10-14.
"Wittgenstein's Phenomenology Revisited," Philosophy Today 34:4 (1990),
pp. 273-288.
"Never Say Never: A Response to Harry P. Reeder's 'Wittgenstein Never Was a
Phenomenologist,'" Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 22:1
(January, 1991), pp. 80-83.
"Three Types of Divine Power," Process Studies 20:4 (Winter, 1991), pp.
221-232.
"Foundations and Forms of Life: A Discussion of Gertrude Conway's Wittgenstein on
Foundations," International Philosophical Quarterly 32:1 (March, 1992),
pp. 119-125.
"On the Deification of Confucius," Asian Philosophy 1:3 (1993), pp.
43-54.
"Gandhi, Ahimsa, and the Self," Gandhi Marg 15:1 (April-June,
1993), pp. 24-38.
"The Virtue of Non-Violence: A Buddhist Perspective," Seikyo Times
(February, 1994), pp. 28-36.
"Hindu Titanism," Philosophy East & West 45:1 (January, 1995), pp.
73-96.
"Ahimsa, the Self, and Postmodernism," International Philosophical Quarterly
35:1 (March, 1995), pp. 71-86.
"Xunzi and the Confucian Answer to Titanism," The Journal of Chinese
Philosophy 22:2 (June, 1995), pp. 129-151.
"Gandhi and Mahayana Buddhism" (in Japanese), Journal of Oriental Studies
35:2 (1996), pp. 84-105.
"Jaina Superhumanism and Gnostic Titanism," Scottish Journal of Religious
Studies 17:2 (Autumn, 1996), pp. 139-158.
"Gandhi: Premodern, Modern, or Postmodern?" Gandhi Marg 17:3 (Oct.-Dec.,
1996), pp. 261-281.
"The Yogi and the Goddess," forthcoming in International Journal of Hindu
Studies 1:2 (June, 1997).
BOOK REVIEWS
Nicholas J. Yonker, God, Man, and the Planetary Age in Process Studies 8
(1978), pp. 128-130.
David Rubinstein, Marx and Wittgenstein in Canadian Philosophical Reviews 2
(1983), pp. 201-203.
William L. McBride and Calvin O. Schrag, eds., Phenomenology in Pluralistic Context
in Canadian Philosophical Reviews 5 (1985), pp. 65-69.
Harry P. Reeder, Language and Experience: Descriptions of Living Language in Husserl
and Wittgensteinin in International Studies in Philosophy 20:3 (1987), pp.
139-40.
Charles M. Sherover, Time, Freedom, and the Common Good in The Personalist Forum
6:2 (Fall, 1990), pp.195-198.
James C. Edwards, The Authority of Language: Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and the Threat of
Philosophical Nihilism in Canadian Philosophical Reviews 11:3 (June 1991), pp.
181-183.
David R. Griffin, William A. Beardslee, and Joe Holland, Varieties of Post-Modern
Theology in Religious Studies Review 17:3 (July 1991), p. 243. (Booknote)
Paul C. Bube, Ethics in John Cobb's Process Theology in Religious Studies Review
17:3 (July 1991), p. 242. (Booknote)
David R. Griffin, God and Religion in the Postmodern World in Religious Studies
Review 17:3 (July 1991), pp. 243-244. (Booknote)
S. Teghraman, A. Serafini, and E.M. Cook, eds., Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Symposium on the
Centennial of His Birth in Canadian Philosophical Reviews 11:6 (December 1991),
pp. 430-32.
Robert Kane and Stephen H. Phillips, eds., Hartshorne, Process Philosophy and Theology
in Religious Studies Review 17:3 (July, 1992), p. 240. (Booknote)
Santiago Sia, ed., Charles Hartshorne's Concept of God in Religious Studies
Review 17:3 (July, 1992), p. 240. (Booknote)
George R. Lucas, Jr., The Rehabilitation of Whitehead in Journal of the American
Academy of Religion 59:4 (Winter, 1991), pp. 846-849.
David R. Griffin, Evil Revisited in Religious Studies Review (1993).
(Booknote)
Joachim Schulte and Gran Sundhölm, eds., Criss-Crossing a Philosophical
Landscape in Canadian Philosophical Reviews 13:5 (October, 1993), pp. 266-68.
Wendy Doniger, ed., Purana Perennis, Asian Folklore Studies 53:1 (Spring,
1994), pp. 191-193.
Thomas E. Hosinski, Stubborn Fact and Creative Advance: An Introduction to the
Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead in Religious Studies Review 21:1
(January, 1995), p. 37.
Adrian MacFarlane, The Grammar of Fear and Evil in International Philosophical Studies
INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
"Heidegger and Theology," presented to the theology faculty, Å University, May,
1972.
"Wittgenstein as Lebensphilosoph," Seminar for Austro-German Philosophy,
University of Manchester, March, 1979.
"An Introduction to Process Theology," presented to the theological faculty,
University of Copenhagen, March, 1979.
"Wittgenstein and Merleau-Ponty on the A priori," Society for Philosophy and
Psychology, University of Copenhagen, April, 1979.
"Wittgenstein and Phenomenology," presented to the philosophy faculty,
University of Oslo, April, 1979.
"Wittgenstein, Intentionality, and Behaviorism," Seminar for Austro-German
Philosophy, London School of Economics, May, 1979.
"The Temptation of Belief," Institute of Systematic Theology, University of
Copenhagen, October, 1985.
Eight Lectures on Contemporary American Theology at the Institute for Philosophy of
Religion and Ethics, Å University, April, 1986.
"Confucianism and Titanism," Shaanxi Teachers University, Xian, China, July,
1992. First presented at the International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, University of
Hawaii, July, 1989.
"Wittgenstein and Deconstruction," Department of Philosophy, Tokyo University at
Komaba, April, 1993. First presented at Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Lewis and
Clark College, November 1989.
"Three Types of Divine Power," Indian Association of Christian Philosophers,
Dharmaram College in Bangalore, October, 1992. First presented at the Pacific Northwest
American Academy of Religion, University of Washington, May 1991.
"Gandhi, Ahimsa, and the Self," Department of Gandhian Studies, Panjab
University, December, 1992.
"The Virtue of Non-Violence," Department of Studies in Religion, University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July, 1995.
"Gandhi's Philosophy: Premodern, Modern, or Postmodern," National Seminar on the
Significance of Mahatma Gandhi Today, Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in
Philosophy, University of Madras, October, 1995.
"Jaina Superhumanism and Gnostic Titanism," Eighth International Congress of
Vedanta, Miami University of Ohio, November, 1996.
NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
"Religious Liberalism and the Founding Fathers," The Bicentennial Symposium of
Philosophy, New York City, October, 1976.
"Wittgenstein, Intentionality, and Behaviorism," American Philosophical
Association, Pacific Division, San Francisco, March 29, 1980.
"Kant's Anticipation of Linguistic Philosophy," Kant Bicentennial Symposium,
Gonzaga University, March, 1981.
"Titanism: Radical Humanism--East and West," Society for Asian and Comparative
Philosophy in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 17, 1984.
Invited Commentator for two papers at a conference on "Christian Humanism and Secular
Humanism," University of Dayton, October, 1986.
"On Making God's Acquaintance," Society of Christian Philosophers, Midwestern
Regional Meeting, Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 8, 1987.
"Sin Color and Skin Color," national meeting of the American Academy of
Religion, University of Chicago, November, 1988.
"Gandhi, Nonviolence, and the Self" at Consortium on Peach Research Education
and Development Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1993.
"The Virtue of Nonviolence: The Buddha and Virtue Ethics" for Soka Gakkei
International, Santa Monica, November, 1993.
"Gandhi and Mahayana Buddhism," Soka Gakkei International, Santa Monica, March
1995.
"The Yogi and the Goddess," presented at the Society for Asian and Comparative
Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March, 1995.
"Xunzi and the Confucian Answer to Titanism," International Society for Chinese
Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, March, 1996.
REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
"A Heideggerian Critique of Altizer's Concept of Eternal Death," Northwest
Conference on Philosophy, Washington State University, November 1972.
"Intentionality and Prehension," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Gonzaga
University, November 1974.
"Two Types of Existentialism," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Seattle
Pacific University, November 1976.
"Wittgenstein and Forms of Life," Inland Empire Philosophy Colloquium, Gonzaga
University, April 1978.
"Libertarianism: Left and Right," Idaho Political Science Convention, University
of Idaho, February 1980.
"Philosophical and Historical Background of `Status offender' Problem,"
Association for the Humanities in Idaho, April 1981.
"Dialectic: East and West," Inland Empire Philosophy Colloquium, Washington
State University, April 1982.
"Last Judgment as Self-Judgment," Pacific Northwest American Academy of
Religion, University of Washington, April 22, 1983.
"The Myth of God Incarnate Revisited: The Man-God and Evangelical Rationalism,"
presidential address at the Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Eastern Washington
University, November 3, 1984.
"Abortion, Persons, and the Image of God," Pacific Northwest American Academy of
Religion, University of Calgary, May 3, 1985.
"Whither Theology? Reconstruction not Deconstruction," Pacific Northwest
American Academy of Religion, Vancouver School of Theology, May 1989.
"The Geometry of Creation," Northwest Math Teachers Conference, Seattle, October
1989.
"God's Power and Our Freedom," invited address at the Philosophy Forum,
University of Montana, April 1991.
"On The Deification of Confucius," Inland Empire Philosophy Colloquium,
Washington State University, April, 1992.
"Ungodly Abuse: Job, His Wife, and their God," Pacific Northwest American
Academy of Religion, Walla Walla College, May 1992.
"Kant, Autonomy, and Divine Power" at the Pacific Northwest Division of the
American Academy of Religion, University of Alberta, May, 1993.
"Gandhi and Buddhism on Non-Violence" for Soka Gakkei International, Seattle,
January, 1994.
"The Yogi and the Goddess: Hindu Titanism and Feminism" at the Pacific Northwest
Division of the American Academy of Religion, University of Portland, April 30, 1994.
"Buddhism, Humanism, and Titanism," Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the
American Academy of Religion, St. Martin's College, April, 1995.
"Gandhi's Philosophy: Premodern, Modern, or Postmodern?" Pacific Northwest
Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, University of Great Falls, May,
1996.
"Zhuangzi, Nietzsche, and Titanism," Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the
American Academy of Religion, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, May,
1997.
"The Star of India: Cross-Cultural Geometry