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William Lane Craig

American Christian apologist and theologian
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Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
August 23, 1949
Place of birth
Peoria
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
philosopher, university teacher, writer, apologist, Christian theologian, theologian, Protestant theologian[9][10]
Employer
Biola University, Houston Christian University[14][15]
Field of work
philosophy, theology, metaphysics[11][12][13]
Educated at
University of Birmingham, LMU Munich, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Wheaton College, East Peoria Community High School[16][17][18][19][20]
Award received
Humboldt Prize[21]
Official website
www.reasonablefaith.org[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[28]
Academic thesis
The cosmological argument for the existence of God : historical and critical analyses[27]
Family name
Craig[24]
Given name
William[25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[29]
Writing language
English[30]
🏷️ Also known as
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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BIBSYS ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
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EGAXA ID
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Europeana entity
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
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IdRef ID
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InPhO ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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J9U entity ID
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KBR person ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLAI ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Open Library ID
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PUG authority ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
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Quora topic ID
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RationalWiki ID
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Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
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SBN author ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Semantic Scholar author ID
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WikiTree person ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ZbMATH author ID
craig.william-lane

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Educated at 4
LMU Munich, University of Birmingham, Wheaton College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Occupation 4
writer, philosopher, university teacher, apologist
Field of work 3
philosophy, theology, metaphysics
Employer 2
Biola University, Houston Christian University
Award received 1
Humboldt Prize
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Craig
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Peoria
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

William Lane Craig was born on August 23, 1949[1], in Peoria[2]. He has worked as a philosopher[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], apologist[6], and Christian theologian[7].

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  • Type: Person[31]

  • Country: US[32]

  • Began / founded: 1949-08-23[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4d783867-6f25-411b-8df8-b2ed4ce80ab8[34]

FAQs

Where was William Lane Craig born?

William Lane Craig was born in Peoria[2].

What did William Lane Craig do for work?

William Lane Craig worked as a philosopher[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], apologist[6], and Christian theologian[7].

Where did William Lane Craig go to school?

William Lane Craig was educated at University of Birmingham[16], Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[17], Trinity Evangelical Divinity School[18], and Wheaton College[19].

What awards did William Lane Craig receive?

Honors received include Humboldt Prize[21].

Related Entities

Houston Christian University metaphysics philosophy theology Trinity Evangelical Divinity School United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . hbu.edu. Retrieved . hbu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . E-Theses Online Service. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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