Biography

Dr. Jason Reed is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Theology and Philosophy. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Iowa State University, his M.A. in Apologetics (summa cum laude) from Southern Evangelical Seminary, and both his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University.

Under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, Dr. Reed completed his doctoral dissertation on the metaphysics of persistence, arguing that the Aristotelian-Thomistic doctrine of accidental unities provides a distinctive and philosophically robust alternative to contemporary rival accounts. His research and teaching focus primarily on Thomistic metaphysics, the philosophy of God, philosophy of religion, and philosophical theology.

Dr. Reed has presented scholarly papers at numerous academic conferences, including meetings of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the American Maritain Association, and the Sacra Doctrina Summer Conferences. His scholarly work has appeared in the Proceedings of the Society of Medieval Logic and Metaphysics and in the essay “The Professor of God and Common Sense,” published in Wisdom and Wonder: How Peter Kreeft Shaped the Next Generation of Catholics, edited by Brandon Vogt.

Committed to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the recovery of classical wisdom, Dr. Reed’s scholarship seeks to advance the enduring insights of the Thomistic tradition in dialogue with contemporary philosophical questions. Through his teaching, writing, and public lectures, he works to foster a deeper appreciation of metaphysical inquiry, natural theology, and the harmony of faith and reason.

Education

Ph.D. Philosophy, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.
          Dissertation: Realistic Particularism and Accidental Unities: Towards a Theory of Persistence
M.A. Philosophy, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.
M.A. Apologetics, Southern Evangelical Seminary, Charlotte, N.C.
B.A. Philosophy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Publications and Presentations

•  “The Word Made Flesh: A Thomistic Response to the Two-Sons Worry” presented at the My Father and Your Father: On Divine Filiation conference of the Sacra Doctrina Project, St. Louis, MO, June 2026.
   
• “Classical Theism and Modal Collapse: A Thomistic Reply” presented as part of the Philosophy Lecture Series at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, Ireland, April 23, 2006.
   
• “Divine Simplicity, the Identity of God’s Act, and the Contingency of Creation: A Thomistic Response to Modal Collapse” presented at the Philosophy Graduate Program Colloquium, Franciscan University, March 4, 2026.
   
• “A Radical Cosmological Argument: The Real Distinction and the Problem of Uncaused Contingents” in Metaphysical Alternatives vs. Alternative Semantics, Gyula Klima and Timothy Kearns (ed.), (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2025: 42-63).
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• “Divine Necessity and Creation: A Defense of Classical Theism” presented at the All Things That Were Made: On Creation, Creatures, and Their Creator, St. Paul, MN, June 2024.

• “The Problem of Evil and Suffering” presented at Cross & Crown Anglican Church, Double Oak, TX, April 2024.

• “Contemporary Atheism and Classical Theism” present at the Philosophical Salon, Loras College, Dubuque, IA, April 2023.

• “A Radical Cosmological Argument: The Real Distinction and the Problem of Uncaused Contingents” presented at the satellite session of the Society of Medieval Logic and Metaphysics at the American Catholic Philosophical Association annual meeting, Houston, TX, November 2023.

• “Divine Simplicity & Divine Will: A Scholastic-Style Defense of Classical Theism” presented at the satellite session of the Sacra Doctrina Project at the American Catholic Philosophical Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2022.

• “God Never Determined: Garrigou-Lagrange on Divine Simplicity and Responsiveness” presented at the Grace and Sanctification Conference: Divine Causality, Human Action, and Supernatural Glory, Thomas Aquinas College, Northfield, MA, June 2022.

• “Pure Actuality and Divine Freedom: A Brief Response to Mullins and Craig” presented at the satellite session of the Sacra Doctrina Project at the American Catholic Philosophical Association annual meeting, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, November 2021.

• "The Philosopher of God and Common Sense" in Wisdom and Wonder, Brandon Vogt (ed.), (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, Fall 2021).

• “God and Emotions: Fr. Davies on Divine Impassibility” presented at the American Maritain Association Conference, New Orleans, March 2017.

• "The Temporal's "Presentness" to Divine Eternity in Thomas Aquinas" in Categories, and What is Beyond, Gyula Klima and Alexander W. Hall (ed.), (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011), pp. 97-110.

• “God’s Relation to the World” presented at the Pacific Division Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, February 2004.

• “Should a Rational Person Believe the Claims of Christianity?” presented at Iowa State University as part of the Lectures Program, Ames, IA, March 24, 2004.

• “Divine Simplicity”, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, December 2003.

• “The 'Presentness' of the Temporal to Eternity” presented at the Central Division Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, March 2002,

• “Aquinas on the Temporal's Knowledge of the Eternal” presented at the satellite session on medieval logic and metaphysics at the American Catholic Philosophical Association annual meeting, Cincinnati, OH, November 2002.

• “The 'Presentness' of the Temporal to Eternity” presented at the Central Division Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN, March 2002.

• “Van Tillian Apologetics” presented at SES's philosophical forum, Charlotte, NC, November 2000.

Complete CV available HERE