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Keith
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Plummer, PhD
Dean; Professor of Theology, School of Bible and Theology

Teaching at Cairn since 2010

Keith W. Plummer, PhD

Education

  • PhD in Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
  • MDiv with emphasis in Apologetics, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
  • BA in Health and Society, Brown University

Biography

Prior to coming to Cairn, Dr. Plummer served as an associate pastor for 18 years. He is a fellow at the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics and host of 天涯海角社区’s podcast,. He and his wife are the proud parents of two children.

Additional Information

Contact Information:
[email protected]
215.702.4542

Academic Specialties & Interests:

  • Cultural Apologetics
  • Theological Engagement with Technology and Media Ecology

Presentations:

  • 鈥淭o Beast or Not to Beast: Does the Law of Christ Prohibit Zoophilia?鈥� 鈥� National Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), 2001
  • 鈥淛ohn Owen, the Self-Attestation of Biblical Authority, and Its Significance for Christian Apologetics鈥� 鈥� National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2014
  • 鈥淚 Hope to Text You Soon: A Theological Assessment of Turkle and Carr鈥� 鈥� Evangelical Theological Society, San Antonio, November 15鈥�17, 2016, in the Theology for Counseling and Pastoral Care section, 鈥淭echnology and Relationality.鈥�
  • 鈥淒octrinal and Moral Defeater Beliefs: Understanding the Times and an Apologia for the Hope in Us鈥� 鈥� EFCA Theology Conference, Chicago, February 2022
  • 鈥淐ultural Apologetics: What Is It and Why Does It Matter鈥澛犫�� 2026 EFCA Theology Preconference,聽Contemporary Christian Apologetics
  • 鈥淒iscipled by Our Devices: Spiritual Formation in Our Technological Age鈥� 鈥� Second Annual Virtue Ethics Lecture, CBHD’s 31st Annual Conference, The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and Our MedTech World, Deerfield, Illinois, June 27, 2024

Publications:

  • 鈥淪cience: Why Scientism Can鈥檛 Explain Morality or Reality.鈥澨醪蕴�Before You Lose Your Faith: Deconstructing Doubt in the Church, edited by Ivan Mesa. The Gospel Coalition, 2021.
  • 鈥淭he World Is Watching: Proclaiming Truth and Maintaining Our Witness in the Digital Age.鈥�听滨苍听The Digital Public Square: Christian Ethics in a Technological Society, edited by Jason Thacker. B&H Academic, 2023.
  • 鈥淎pologetics in a Post-Logic World.鈥澨醪蕴�Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age, edited by Brett McCracken and Ivan Mesa. Crossway, 2025.
  • 鈥淎 Bot Will Never Wound You.鈥� In聽The AI Apocalypse: A Survival Guide for Humanity, edited by Collin Hansen and Skyler R. Flowers. The Gospel Coalition, 2026.
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