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John A Bloom

  • Professor of Physics
  • Ph.D., Annenberg Research Institute, Philadelphia
  • Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • M.Div., Biblical Theological Seminary, Hatfield, PA
  • B.A., Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

Web site

Dr. Bloom is the founding director of Biola's new M.A. in Science and Religion program (www.biola.edu/scienceandreligion), and also teaches undergraduate courses in Physics. His research interests include the integration of Christianity with the sciences, and Apologetics. Before coming to Biola, Dr. Bloom helped found and direct a crisis pregnancy center in Pennsylvania, did computer consulting, and served as an elder and deacon in a Bible Fellowship church. Dr. Bloom has an interest in viable alternative energy sources and recently equipped his home with photovoltaic solar panels that supply most his home's electrical needs. He lives in La Mirada with his wife and son.

For more information, please visit the personal website of Professor John A Bloom.

Affiliations

  • American Association of Physics Teachers.
  • American Scientific Affiliation.
  • Evangelical Theological Society.
  • Sigma XI.
  • Interdisciplinary Biblical Research Institute (IBRI).

Awards and Honors

  • John Templeton Foundation, Science and Religion Course Development Grant, 2000.
  • Listed in Who's Who Among American's Teachers, 2000.
  • Participant in the 1999, 2000, and 2001 John Templeton Oxford Seminars on Science and Christianity.
  • Provost Award for Excellence in Biblical Integration, 1998 (Biola University).
  • John Templeton Foundation, Science and Religion Course Program, 1997.

Publications

Articles

  • “The Professor and the Panels”, Home Power 103 (2004), 46-51.
  • Robert C. Newman, John A. Bloom, and Hugh G. Gaugh, Jr. “Public Theology and Prophecy Data: Factual Evidence That Counts for the Biblical Worldview”, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46:1 (2003), 79-110.
  • Hugh G. Gaugh, Jr., John A. Bloom, and Robert C. Newman. “Public Theology and Scientific Method: Formulating Reasons that Count Across Worldviews”, Philosophia Christi 4:1 (2002), 45-88.
  • “On Human Origins: A Survey”, Christian Scholar's Review 27:2 (1997) 181-203.

Books

  • “Truth Via Prophecy”, and “Why Isn't the Evidence Clearer?” in Evidence for Faith: Deciding the God Question, John Warwick Montgomery, editor. Dallas, Texas: Probe Books, Word Publishing, 1991.
  • “Hosea's Adulterous Wife: A Portrayal of Israel.” in The Evidence of Prophecy: Fulfilled Prediction as a Testimony to the Truth of Christianity, Robert C. Newman, editor. Hatfield, PA: Interdisciplinary Biblical Research Institute, 1990.