Andrew Loke

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.^[1] He has made contributions to the fields of Systematic Theology,^[2][3] Science and Religion,^[4][5] Philosophy of Religion, and New Testament studies.^[2] He is a proponent of the Kalam Cosmological Argument for the existence of God.^[6] He is an elected Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion.^[7]

Andrew Loke at Hong Kong Baptist University, January 2023

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 Biola University and Ph.D. in Theology at King’s College London under the supervision of Alister McGrath.^[8] In 2014, he joined University of Hong Kong as Research Assistant Professor^[9] and was invited to teach Faith and Science at Regent College Vancouver^[10] and Master of Theology at Singapore Bible College.^[11]

Public debates

Loke has debated the existence of God and the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus with prominent scholars, including Graham Oppy,^[12] Alex Malpass,^[13] and Shabir Ally.^[14]

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 169. 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.
• Loke, Andrew. 2025. Natural Theology: A Reassessment. Routledge

See also

• Kalam Cosmological Argument