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I am Texas born and raised.  I moved to Henderson, TN, to teach at Freed-Hardeman University.  After living here for a while, I began to study my family genealogy.  My mom was pretty sure that my great grandfather Stone was born in the general area.  Alas, he was born right here in Henderson.  My great great great grandfather and his family are buried behind a friend of mine's farm.  My great great great great grandmother and some of her family and in-laws are buried in a small family cemetery about two miles from my house.  My great great great great great grandmother is buried beside her.

Curriculum Vita

Education

PhD, Philosophy

2000, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Coursework: Kant's First Critique, Ethics and Animals, Philosophy of Mind, Plato, The Empiricists, Time and Space in World Religions, History of Ethics, Aristotle                                       
Dissertation: Philosophical Issues Concerning the Bible and Animal Telos

MA, Philosophy

1990, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX

Coursework: Philosophy and Literature, Philosophy of God, Philosophy of Language, Scholastic Tradition, Philosophical Anthropology, Plato, Philosophy of Being, Aristotle, Christian Epic: Milton, Reformation Thought

MA, Philosophy of Religion

1984 Harding Graduate School of Religion, Memphis, TN

Coursework: The Ministry of Teaching, Greek Readings, Genesis, Philosophy of Religion, Christian Evidences, Systematic Christian Doctrine, Readings in the Hebrew Old Testament, Seminar in the Synoptic Gospels, Problems of Religious Knowledge                                                     
Thesis: A Critical Analysis of Mortimer J. Adler's Cosmological Argument

BA, Bible

1980, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN

Teaching Experience

1998 - present, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN

Courses Taught: Introduction to Philosophy, History of Philosophy 1 and 2, Plato's Republic, Ethics, Logic, The Problem of Suffering, Values in Human Thought and Action, Christian Evidences, World Religions, Topical Bible Studies, Contemporary Concerns, Suffering and the Human Condition

1990 - 1998, Heritage Christian University, Florence, AL

Courses Taught: The Case for Biblical Christianity, Inspiration and Authority of the Bible, Deity of Christ, Existence and Attributes of God, The Problem of Suffering, Old Testament Survey, New Testament Survey, Romans, Establishing Biblical Authority, Jesus the Christ, Old Testament Exegesis, World Religions, Critical Thinking, Philosophy, Ethics

1997 - 1998, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Teaching Asst.)

Course Taught: The Human Condition: Value and Reality

1995 - 1998, University of North Alabama (part-time)                                                    
Courses Taught: Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Religion

1987 - 1990, Brown Trail School of Preaching, Bedford, TX

Courses Taught: World Religions, Wisdom Literature, Fundamentals II, Christian Apologetics

Other Experience

Links

"What can I do with a philosophy degree?"

Some Ideas from:

Kent State University   http://www.kent.edu/CAS/Philosophy/undergraduate/what-can-i-do.cfm

Illinois State University http://philosophy.illinoisstate.edu/major/careers.shtml

University of Florida   http://www.phil.ufl.edu/ugrad/ugcrhbk.html

University of Tennessee   http://web.utk.edu/%7Ephilosop/whyphilosophy.html

Eric Steinhart   http://ww3.wpunj.edu/cohss/Philosophy/payoff.HTM

Texas A&M University   http://www-phil.tamu.edu/Philosophy/Undergraduate_Program/what_philosophers_do.shtml

Some Former Philosophy Majors   http://www.louisiana.edu/Academic/LiberalArts/PHIL/Famous_Philosophy_Majors.html

Philosophy Links

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet   http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/philinks.htm

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy   http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html

Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy   http://www.ditext.com/encyc/frame.html

Philosophy Texts Online   http://people.brandeis.edu/%7Eteuber/textsonline.html

Tennessee Philosophical Association   http://www.tpaweb.org/

Evangelical Philosophical Society   http://www.epsociety.org/

Philosophy of Religion Links

Philosophical Problems with Moral Relativism  http://www.therazor.org/oldroot/Fall02/cri-1.htm

Debate "Is there historical evidence for the resurrection of Christ?"   http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/p96.htm

Apologetics Info at Leadership U   http://www.leaderu.com/menus/apologetics.html

Apologetics Press Online   http://www.apologeticspress.org/

Christian Courier Online   http://www.christiancourier.com/