Profile
Dr. David Reiter serves as Professor of Philosophy at Erskine College. He holds degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Ph.D.), Westminster Seminary in California (M.A.R.), and Covenant College (B.A.). He has been teaching philosophy for over thirty years and has been at Erskine since 2007. Reiter’s main interests are in philosophy of religion, epistemology, Christian apologetics, and more recently, political theology. Reiter’s published work has appeared in Ars Disputandi, The Confessional Presbyterian, Erkenntnis, Faith and Philosophy, Journal of Philosophical Research, Origins and Design, and Philosophia Christi. He has also contributed chapters to two anthologies and is contributing a chapter to a forthcoming volume dealing with political theology. Reiter believes firmly in the complementary relationship between Christian faith and philosophical inquiry.
Dr. Reiter and his wife Carla are members of Clemson Presbyterian Church (PCA). They have two adult children and two grandchildren.
Recent Publications
- 2024. “Can Liberalism Provide an Adequate Secular Justification for Respect for Persons?” in Hell Shall Not Prevail: Essays on Ecclesiocentric Postliberalism, Athanasius Press.
- “’Behold, It Is Cast Into the Fire for Fuel’ – Jonathan Edwards on the Usefulness of the Wicked,” Philosophical Approach to the Devil and Related Ideas. Routledge, 2016.
- “’Marquis’ Rejection of the Conception Thesis About Human Beings,” presentation at South Carolina Society of Philosophy annual meeting, 2016.
- “Does Calvinism Undermine Divine Aseity?” presentation at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, 2014.
- “The Modal Transcendental Argument for God’s Existence,” The Confessional Presbyterian 7, 2011.
Education and Credentials
B.A., Covenant College; M.A. in Religion, Westminster Seminary California; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln