Dr. Gary R. Habermas is a Distinguished Research Professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Liberty University. He also teaches in the Ph.D. program in theology and apologetics at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. He earned a Ph.D. at Michigan State University and an M.A. from the University of Detroit. He has authored, coauthored, or edited thirty-nine books and contributed more than sixty-five chapters or articles to other books. He has also written well over one hundred articles and reviews for journals and other publications. While his chief areas of research (and the topic of twenty of his books) are issues related to Jesus’ resurrection, he has also frequently published on the afterlife and near-death experiences, as well as the subjects of suffering and religious doubt.