R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews, Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki). He has published over 60 essays on various topics in philosophical theology related to models of God, philosophy of time, personal identity, the problem of evil, disability theology, the Trinity, and the incarnation. He has published multiple books including, The End of the Timeless God (Oxford University Press, 2016), God and Emotion (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Eternal in Love: A Little Book About a Big God (Cascade 2024), and From Divine Timemaker to Divine Watchmaker: Explorations in God's Temporality (Routledge 2024). Mullins has held research and teaching fellowships at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Cambridge, the University of St Andrews, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Helsinki. When not engaging in philosophical theology, he is often found at a metal show.

 

Academic Posts

Research Fellow, Polin Institute (Finland) 2025

Lecturer of Philosophy, University of Lucerne (Switzerland) 2022-Present

Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Palm Beach Atlantic University (USA) 2022-Present

Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki (Finland) 2020-2022

Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, University of Edinburgh (UK) 2020

University of St Andrews (UK) 2017-2020

Lecturer—Northfield Mount Hermon 2016

University of Cambridge (UK) 2014-2015

Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame (USA) 2013-2014

 

Education

Dr. Habil. Dogmatics—University of Helsinki 2023

Ph.D. Philosophical Theology—University of St Andrews 2013

M.A. Philosophy—Trinity International University 2010

B.S. Humanities—Point University 2007

 

Books

From Divine Timemaker to Divine Watchmaker (Routledge, 2024).

Eternal in Love: A Little Book About a Big God (Cascade, 2024).

God and Emotion (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

The End of the Timeless God (Oxford University Press, 2016).

 

Societies

The Society for the Philosophy of Time

The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion

The American Academy of Religion

 

Collaborative Projects

In 2016, T. Ryan Byerly (University of Sheffield) and I were Co-PIs on a grant from the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion to host a workshop and engage in research on special divine action. In 2017 Joanna Leidenhag (University of St Andrews) and I collaborated on a research project on philosophical/theological anthropology. In 2017 I finished a collaborative writing project with R. Keith Loftin (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) on God and personal identity over time. Currently, I am co-editing a special edition of the journal TheoLogica with David Anzalone and Ben Page. This special issue will focus on theological explorations on the philosophy of space and time. John Peckham and are the co-editors of a new book series on the doctrine of God with Cascade Publishing (the academic imprint of Wipf & Stock). This new book series will explore non-traditional and underdeveloped models of God, and will provide opportunities for new debates in philosophy of religion and theology click here for more details. 

In addition to this, the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics at Edinburgh will be co-hosting a workshop with me on time and philosophy. This workshop will be co-organized with Dr. Joan Simon, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and Dr. Mehul Malik, Assistant Professor of Physics at the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences at Herriot-Watt University. This workshop also gains support from the Society for the Philosophy of Time, and the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.