Keith W. Plummer, PhD

Contact Information:
[email protected]
215.702.4542

Academic Specialties & Interests:

• Cultural Apologetics
• Theological Engagement with Technology and Media Ecology

Presentations:

• “To Beast or Not to Beast: Does the Law of Christ Prohibit Zoophilia?” — National Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), 2001
• “John Owen, the Self-Attestation of Biblical Authority, and Its Significance for Christian Apologetics” — National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2014
• “I Hope to Text You Soon: A Theological Assessment of Turkle and Carr” — Evangelical Theological Society, San Antonio, November 15–17, 2016, in the Theology for Counseling and Pastoral Care section, “Technology and Relationality.”
• “Doctrinal and Moral Defeater Beliefs: Understanding the Times and an Apologia for the Hope in Us” — EFCA Theology Conference, Chicago, February 2022
• “Cultural Apologetics: What Is It and Why Does It Matter” — 2026 EFCA Theology Preconference, Contemporary Christian Apologetics
• “Discipled by Our Devices: Spiritual Formation in Our Technological Age” — 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:

• “Science: Why Scientism Can’t Explain Morality or Reality.” In Before You Lose Your Faith: Deconstructing Doubt in the Church, edited by Ivan Mesa. The Gospel Coalition, 2021.
• “The World Is Watching: Proclaiming Truth and Maintaining Our Witness in the Digital Age.” In The Digital Public Square: Christian Ethics in a Technological Society, edited by Jason Thacker. B&H Academic, 2023.
• “Apologetics in a Post-Logic World.” In Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age, edited by Brett McCracken and Ivan Mesa. Crossway, 2025.
• “A Bot Will Never Wound You.” In The AI Apocalypse: A Survival Guide for Humanity, edited by Collin Hansen and Skyler R. Flowers. The Gospel Coalition, 2026.