About Prescott Johnson

Personal

J. Prescott Johnson.
1040 E. 3rd Avenue, Monmouth, IL 61462.
309-734-3698.
bengtas@mtcnow.net

• Marital status: married, three children.
• Primary professional interest: philosophy, with special interests in value theory, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, history of philosophy.
• Related interests: literature, music, drama, art, gardening, woodworking.

Education

• Ph. D in philosophy, 1959, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Dissertation subject: “The Problem of Value Apprehension.”
• M.S. in philosophy and psychology, 1948, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.
• A.B. in philosophy and psychology, 1947, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.
• A.B. in biblical literature, 1943, Kansas City College and Bible School, Overland Park, Kansas.

Experience

• Instructor, Kansas City College and Bible School, Overland Park, Kansas, 1943-45.
• Graduate fellowship, 1947-48, Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.
• Teaching assistantship, 1952-53, Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
• Assistant Professor of Philosophy (1949-53), Associate Professor of Philosophy and Department Head (1953-57), Bethany Nazarene College, Bethany, Oklahoma.
• Instructor in Philosophy (1957-59), Assistant Professor of Philosophy (1959-62), University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Summer, 1961), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
• Associate Professor of Philosophy (1962-69), Professor of Philosophy (1969-86), Department Chairman (1969-86)), Professor
• Emeritus of Philosophy (1986- ), Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois.

Research and Publication

• “The Ontological Argument in Plato,” The Personalist, 44 (January, 1963). A discussion of this article appears in Charles Hartshorne: Anselm’s Discovery (Open Court Pub. Co.), pp. 139-41.
• “What is Value?” Monmouth College Faculty Forum, 1 (July, 1963).
• “The Inward Morning,” The Church Herald and Holiness Banner, 86/31 (August 19, 1965). Memorial article for my father, John Edward Johnson.
• “The Axiological Theism of Wilbur Marshall Urban,” International Philosophical Quarterly, 5 (September, 1965).
• “The Fact-Value Question in Early Modern Value Theory,” The Journal of Value Inquiry,” 1 (April, 1967). This article also appears in Value Theory in Philosophy and Social Science, edited by Ervin Laszlo and James Wilbur. London: Gordon and Breach, Inc., 1973.
• “The Idea of Human Dignity in Classical and Christian Thought,” The Journal of Thought, 6 (January, 1971).
• “Human Dignity and the Nature of Society,” in Human Dignity: This Century and the Next, edited by Rubin Gotesky and Ervin Laszlo. London: Gordon and Breach, Inc., 1970. This article also appears in The Philosophy Forum, 10 (December, 1971).
• The Value Philosophy of Wilbur Marshall Urban, a manuscript completed August, 1988.
• The Reality of Faith, a manuscript completed June, 1990.
• “Spirituality and Community,” The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, XI, 1 (1997), New Series.
• “The Beauty of Holiness,” The Asbury Theological Journal, vol. 52, no. 2 (Fall, 1997); Digital Edition, HDM, March, 2000.
• The More Excellent Way, a manuscript completed March, 1999.
• “Partakers of His Holiness,” The Church Herald and Holiness Banner, 64/30 (August 24, 1943); Digital Edition, HDM, March, 2000.
• “We Had Been Hoping,” Digital Edition, HDM, March, 2000.
• “Crown of Glory/Diadem of Beauty,” Digital Edition, HDM, March, 2000.
• “The Sanctified and the Sanctifier,” Digital Edition, HDM, March, 2000.
• The Gates of Light: A Story of the American Civil War. Monmouth, IL: Kellogg Publishing Company, April 2000.
• “The Age of the Ages,” The Asbury Theological Journal, 58:1 (Spring, 2003).
• “Crisis and Con-Sequence: Sanctification and the Greek Tense,” The Wesleyan Theological Journal, 37:2 (Fall, 2000).
• “Aura Clay Watkins,” Digital Edition, HDM, March, 2000.
• “John Petit Brooks,” Digital Edition, HDM, March, 2000.
• “Aura Clay Watkins,” Digital Edition, COGH, January, 2002.
• “John Petit Brooks,” Digital Edition, CGOH, February, 2002.
• “Paul H. McGehee,” Digital Edition, CGOH, May, 2002.
• “Ray L. Kimbrough,” Digital Edition, CGOH, March, 2003.
• The Living Fountain: The Symbolism of Grace, June, 2003.
• “The Atonement,” April, 2004
• “The Redemption, August, 2004.
• “The Atonement,” Digital Edition, HDB, June, 2005
• “The Redemption,” Digital Edition, HDM, June, 2005
• The More Excellent Way, Digital Edition, HDM, July, 2005
• The Reality of Perfection: A Monograph, The Wesley Center, September, 2007.
• “The Gem of Hebrews,” September, 2007.
• “The Living God,” April, 2012, The Wesley Center.

Lectures and Presented Papers

• “Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Religion,” University of Oklahoma, April, 1952.
• “The Given in Christian Experience,” Bethany Nazarene College, May, 1954.
• “Hartmann’s Doctrine of Value Objectivism,” Southwestern Philosophical Association, Oklahoma State University, November, 1958.
• “Value and Reality: Axiological Theism,” Wheaton College Philosophy Conference, Wheaton College, November, 1964.
• “The Fact-Value Question in Early Modern Value Theory,” Illinois Philosophical Conference, University of Chicago, November, 1966; Conference on Value Inquiry, University of Akron, April, 1967.
• “Value and Value Experience,” workshop in “Research Project on Student Values,” supported by United States Office of Education, Grand Rapids, Michigan, August, 1967.
• “The Valuational Character of Plato’s Theory of Ideas,” Indiana State University, December, 1967.
• “Creativity and Culture,” and “Individuality and Destiny,” two lectures on the subject “The Concept of Man in Greek Thought,” Roberts Wesleyan College, May, 1968.
• “Contemporary Trends in the Philosophy of Values,” Greenville College, March, 1969.
• “The Idea of Human Dignity in Classical and Christian Thought,” Illinois State University, April, 1969.
• “Human Dignity and the Nature of Society,” Monmouth College Faculty Colloquium, March, 1970.
• “Value Theory in American Thought,” presidential address, Illinois Philosophical Association, Loyola University, November, 1973.
• “Process and Value,” American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, November, 1978.
• “Myth, Significance, and Reality,” Monmouth College Faculty Colloquium, April, 1984.
• “The Brightness of the Saints,” The Wesleyan Theological Society, Hobe Sound Bible College, March, 2002.

Articles

• “Shadows in the Evening Lands,” July, 1984.
• “The Wisdom of Love,” February, 1985.
• “Religion and American Culture,” January, 1987.
• “Spirituality and Community,” March, 1987.
• “The Covenant of Peace,” November, 1987.
• “The Odyssey of Spirit,” November, 1988.
• “The Beauty of Holiness,” February, 1989.
• “The Kingdom Hope,” April, 1989.
• “The Sacrifice of Life,” June, 1989.
• “The Transfiguration of Life,” August, 1989.
• “The Resurrection of Life,” September, 1989.
• “The Redemption of Life,” September, 1989.
• “The Man of Heaven,” February, 1990.
• “Mother: A Remembrance,” March 1, 1990.
• “Dad: A Remembrance,” April 2, 1990.
• “The Brightness of the Saints,” May, 1990.
• “The Reality of Faith,” June, 1990.
• “The Truth of Art,” March, 1991.
• “The Sacrament of Existence,” May, 1991.
• “The Perfection of Suffering,” June, 1991.
• “The Belief System in Harold Bell Wright’s The Shepherd of the Hills,” July, 1991.
• “The Divine Bond,” November, 1991.
• “We Had Been Hoping,” April, 1992.
• “The Nation and the Good,” February, 1993.
• “In Memoriam: Eric H. Johnson,” a tribute presented December 23, 1995.
• “Eric: A Remembrance,” January, 1996.
• “The Life Eternal,” August, 1996
• “Tracy Hill Justice: In Memoriam,” March, 1999.
• “Crown of Glory/Diadem of Beauty,” August, 1999.
• “The Sanctifier and the Sanctified,” November, 1999.
• “Borden Parker Bowne: A Resume,” March, 2001
• “Existence and Significance: History and Discontinuity,” February 2004.
• “The Atonement,” April, 2004.
• “The Redemption,” August, 2004.
• “KCCBS: A Personal Memoir,” February, 2005.

Consultant for “Research Project on Student Values,” United States Office of Education, 1967.

Member Academic Advisory Board, Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems, Georgetown University, 1981-86.

Midwest Faculty Seminar Fellow (Summer, 1980), University of Chicago.

Professional Organizations

• American Philosophical Association.
• Illinois Philosophical Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 1967-69; President, 1971-73).

Listed in:

• Author’s and Writer’s Who’s Who.
• Directory of American Philosophers.
• Directory of American Scholars.
• Directory of International Biography.
• Humanities Professionals Directory.
• 2000 Scholars of the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre
• International Directory of Scholars.
• International Who’s Who in Education.
• Personalities of America.
• Who’s Who in America.
• Who’s Who in American Education.
• Who’s Who in American History.
• Who’s Who in the Mid-West.
• Who’s Who in the World.