Andrew Ter Ern Loke is a Singaporean Christian theologian and philosopher. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public Liberal arts education, liberal arts university with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university was established as Hong Kong Baptist ...

. He has made contributions to the fields of Systematic Theology, Science and Religion, Philosophy of Religion, and New Testament studies. He is a proponent of the Kalam Cosmological Argument for the existence of God. He is an elected Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion.

Early background and career

After graduating from Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Loke worked as a medical doctor. He completed his M.A in philosophy at

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and Ph.D. in Theology at King’s College London under the supervision of

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. In 2014, he joined University of Hong Kong as Research Assistant Professor and was invited to teach Faith and Science at Regent College Vancouver and Master of Theology at Singapore Bible College.

Public debates

Loke has debated the existence of God and the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus with prominent scholars, including

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, Alex Malpass, and Shabir Ally.

Publications

*Loke, Andrew. 2014. ''A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation. Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion,'' Theology and Biblical Studies series. London: Routledge. *Loke, Andrew. 2017. ''The Origins of Divine Christology. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. *Loke, Andrew. 2017. ''God and Ultimate Origins: A Novel Cosmological Argument.'' Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion Series. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. *Loke, Andrew. 2020. ''Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: A New Transdisciplinary Approach.'' Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies series. London: Routledge. *Loke, Andrew. 2022. ''The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited.'' Palgrave *Loke, Andrew. 2022. ''The Origin of Humanity and Evolution: Science and Scripture in Conversation.'' Bloomsbury Publishing *Loke, Andrew. 2022. ''Evil, Sin, and Christian Theism.'' Routledge *Loke, Andrew. 2023. ''Studies on the Origin of Divine and Resurrection Christology.'' Cascade Books.

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Early background and career

Public debates

Publications

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