Robert W. Prevost

Not to be confused with Robert Francis Prevost, birth name of Pope Leo XIV.

Robert Prevost
Born	Robert Ward Prevost
Nationality	American
Academic background
Alma mater	Baylor University Trinity Evangelical Divinity School University of Oxford University of Texas
Thesis	Theism as an Explanatory Hypothesis
Doctoral advisor	Basil Mitchell Richard Swinburne
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy
School or tradition	Anglicanism
Institutions	Wingate University
Main interests	God in Christianity

Robert Ward Prevost is an American philosopher. He has been an associate professor of philosophy at Wingate University in North Carolina since 1994. He wrote Probability and Theistic Explanation, a book which argues for Christian theism.

Education and career

Robert Ward Prevost received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Baylor University, a Master of Arts in philosophy of religion from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford, and Juris Doctor from the University of Texas. He co-edited a collection of essays by Basil Mitchell, published as How to Play Theological Ping Pong in 1990. A version of his PhD thesis would later be published as a book as Probability and Theistic Explanation in 1992. He is currently an associate professor of philosophy at Wingate University, having served there since 1994.

Probability and Theistic Explanation

Probability and Theistic Explanation, a part of the Oxford Theological Monographs, was written by Prevost and published in 1990. The book presents Prevost's argument for Christian theism using informal reasoning and explores Prevost's conception of God.

Confusion with Pope Leo XIV

Robert W. Prevost has been frequently mistaken with Pope Leo XIV due to sharing a similar name with the pope's birth name (Robert Francis Prevost). This homonymy has caused some media outlets to mistakenly mix up the two, and online forums have misattributed quotes from the philosopher to the pope.

References

Bibliography

• Conti, Charles (March 1991). "Book Review: How to Play Theological Ping Pong". Theology. 94 (758): 136–138. doi:10.1177/0040571X9109400216. ISSN 0040-571X.
• Gerson, Lloyd P. (1992). "Review of Probability and Theistic Explanation". The Review of Metaphysics. 45 (4): 876–878. ISSN 0034-6632. JSTOR 20129278.
• Hebblethwaite, Brian (1992). "Review of Probability and Theistic Explanation. (Oxford Theological Monographs.)". The Journal of Theological Studies. 43 (1): 341–343. doi:10.1093/jts/43.1.341. ISSN 0022-5185. JSTOR 23965550.
• Messer, Richard (1992). "Probability and Theistic Explanation. By Robert Prevost. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1990. Pp. 195. £25.00". Scottish Journal of Theology. 45 (3): 400–401. doi:10.1017/S0036930600038084. ISSN 0036-9306.
• Prevost, Robert (1990). Probability and Theistic Explanation. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-826735-5.
•  ———  (March 2009). "Athens Meets Jerusalem: Revelation for Philosophers" (PDF). Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith. 61 (1): 29–39.
• Schubert, Frank D. (1993). "Review of Probability and Theistic Explanation". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 61 (1): 151–153. doi:10.1093/jaarel/LXI.1.151. ISSN 0002-7189. JSTOR 1465018.
• Wingate University (2024). Wingate University Academic Catalog 2024–2025. Vol. 80.