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July 2023

July 20, 2023

Trueman: A Notre Dame Professor Sues the Student Paper

Grove City College historical theologian, Carl R. Trueman, has published an interesting opinion piece in the...

March 2021

March 05, 2021

Thomas S. Hibbs named new J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University

I am happy to report that Thomas S. Hibbs has been named the holder of the...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

Baylor Provost Defends Free Speech Against Cancel Culture

We recently had an unfortunate incident at Baylor in which a small group of students...

October 2020

October 05, 2020

Without the humanities, STEM and other professional disciplines don’t actually have a point

In my first year philosophy classes I often ask my students why they are going...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Snoop Dogg says, “Read the Syllabus.”

I always tell this to my students. Perhaps they will listen to Snoop Dogg:

August 13, 2020

That Good Old Baylor Line That Led Me Back to Catholicism

Earlier today it occurred to me that on August 24 I begin my 18th year...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

Inclusivity, religious conviction, and gratitude: on the expectations of non-Christian students at a Christian college, and being a Catholic prof at a Protestant/Baptist school

Baylor University, the institution that has employed me since 2003 and at which I am...

November 2013

November 05, 2013

C. S. Lewis 50th Memorial Conference Week at Baylor: Nov. 18, 22-23

Here's the conference itinerary from its web page: C.S. Lewis may be best known for...

May 2013

May 04, 2013

“Baylor University Scholar Francis Beckwith Will Speak at Vatican Educational Conference”

From Baylor media communications: WACO, Texas (April 22, 2013) -- Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D., a...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Sic ’em Francis: Baylor Student’s Papal Translation Project

One of our most gifted students at Baylor University, Emily Edmondson, has created a new...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

How Wide is the Human Community?: Why Roe v. Wade Was Wrongly Decided

That is the title of a talk I am giving tomorrow at 7 pm in...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

Commitment. Faith. Vision. Baylor University

New video about Baylor's last ten yeas, ending with an introduction to the university's new...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

Alvin Plantinga: “Science and Religion – Where the Conflict Really Lies”

This is a lecture Al Plantinga gave at Biola University about 18 months ago. He...

February 2012

February 21, 2012

Ash Wednesday at Baylor

One of the many reasons I love Baylor. Here's an announcement that is on the...

January 2012

January 09, 2012

Ken Starr: Can I Vote For a Mormon?

Judge Ken Starr, the President of Baylor University (where I am a tenured faculty member...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

“From Catholic to Evangelical and Back Again: A Christian Philosopher’s Journey.”

That is the title of a talk I am giving on November 2 at 7...

September 2011

September 14, 2011

An historian’s account of Baylor’s 1994 invitation to join the Big XII

The recent tempest over Texas A & M's invitation to join the Southeast Conference, and...

August 2011

August 15, 2011

C. Stephen Evans on Kierkegaard

My Baylor colleague, C. Stephen Evans, was interviewed earlier this week on KGO radio in...

May 2011

May 25, 2011

Baylor’s Class of 2011 includes one of Texas’ smallest surviving preemies

From the Baylor website: Another 2,000 graduates joined the ever-growing family of Baylor alumni over...

April 2011

April 18, 2011

Jay Bruce wins teaching award. Congratulations!

From the Baylor philosophy department website: Jay Bruce, who got his PhD in philosophy at...

April 11, 2011

Faith, Reason, and the Christian University: What John Paul II Can Teach Christian Academics

That's the title of an article I published in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought...

March 2011

March 21, 2011

Roger Olson on “Evangelical AND Catholic”

My esteemed colleague, Professor Roger Olson, has written on his blog some interesting and thoughtful...

January 2011

January 25, 2011

St. Peter’s Catholic Student Center at Baylor University to host screening of “The Catholicism Project” on January 27

November 2010

November 30, 2010

The King James Bible and the World It Made, 1611-2011: a conference of Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion

Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion is hosting a major conference April 7-9, 2011, The...

October 2010

October 11, 2010

Sacred Texts, Holy Images: Baylor’s historic exhibition of religious art

The Baylor press release reads: From September 25 until November 28, 2010, Baylor University’s Mayborn...

October 06, 2010

Ralph Wood’s Providence convocation address: “From the Bible Belt South to the Deep Catholic North: A Four-Act Drama”

On September 15, 2010, my Baylor colleague, Ralph C. Wood, gave the academic convocation address...