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palm beach atlantic university christianity cleveland , ohio analytic 220 american ethics , philosophy of religion divine command morality 26 september 1962 west palm beach , fl dr paul copan.jpg paul copan
 ba , mdiv -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , phd -lrb- 2000 -rrb- -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , ma -lrb- 1987 -rrb- paul copan columbia international university trinity international university marquette university
paul copan

paul copan -lrb- born september 26 , 1962 -rrb- is a christian theologian , analytic philosopher , apologist , and author .
he is currently a professor at the palm beach atlantic university and holds the endowed pledger family chair of philosophy and ethics .
he has written and edited over 25 books in the area of philosophy of religion , apologetics , theology , science & religion , and the historicity of jesus christ .
he has contributed many articles to professional journals and has written many essays for edited books .
for six years he served as the president of the evangelical philosophical society .
