R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews, Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer in philosophy and theology at the University of Lucerne, and a research fellow at the Polin Institute. He has published over 60 essays on various topics in philosophical theology related to models of God, philosophy of time, personal identity, the problem of evil, disability theology, the Trinity, and the incarnation. He has published multiple books including, The End of the Timeless God (Oxford University Press, 2016), God and Emotion (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Eternal in Love: A Little Book About a Big God (Cascade 2024), and From Divine Timemaker to Divine Watchmaker: Explorations in God's Temporality (Routledge 2025). Mullins has held research and teaching fellowships at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Cambridge, the University of St Andrews, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Helsinki, and Palm Beach Atlantic University. When not engaging in philosophical theology, he is often found at a metal show.

 

Academic Posts

Research Fellow, Polin Institute (Finland) 2025

Lecturer of Philosophy, University of Lucerne (Switzerland) 2022-Present

Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Palm Beach Atlantic University (USA) 2022-2025

Senior Research Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki (Finland) 2020-2022

Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, University of Edinburgh (UK) 2020

Research Fellow, University of St Andrews (UK) 2017-2020

Lecturer—Northfield Mount Hermon 2016

Lecturer, University of Cambridge (UK) 2014-2015

Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame (USA) 2013-2014

 

Education

Dr. Habil. Dogmatics—University of Helsinki 2023

Ph.D. Philosophical Theology—University of St Andrews 2013

M.A. Philosophy—Trinity International University 2010

B.S. Humanities—Point University 2007

 

Books

From Divine Timemaker to Divine Watchmaker (Routledge, 2025).

Eternal in Love: A Little Book About a Big God (Cascade, 2024).

God and Emotion (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

The End of the Timeless God (Oxford University Press, 2016).

 

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