Michael D. Beaty Professor of Philosophy Baylor University AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Philosophy of Religion, Moral and Social Philosophy, Religion and Higher Education AREAS OF COMPETENCE History of Philosophy EDUCATION 1987 Ph.D., University of Notre Dame 1975 M.A., Baylor University 1972 B.A., Ouachita Baptist University 1968-1970 United States Military Academy DISSERTATION ―The Univocity Thesis and the Moral Goodness of God‖ Director: Thomas V. Morris Department of Philosophy University of Notre Dame ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS Chair, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University (June 1, 2005-Present) Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Baylor University (2002–August 2004) Director, Institute for Faith and Learning, Baylor University (1997–2002) Director of Admissions Counseling, Ouachita Baptist University (1973–1974) Admissions Counselor, Ouachita Baptist University (1972) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Professor, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University (1999-Present) Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University (1990-1999) Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University (1988-1990) Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Baylor University (1987-1988) Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ouachita Baptist University (1985-1988) Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Ouachita Baptist University (1975-1985/on leave 1981–1984) Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame (1981-1984) Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University (1980) Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University (1974-1975) PUBLICATIONS Books Edited Christian Theism and the Problems of Philosophy, editor. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 1990. 2 Christian Theism and Moral Philosophy. Editors, Michael Beaty, Carlton Fisher, and Mark T. Nelson,. Macon, Ga: Mercer University Press, 1998. Cultivating Citizens: Essays on Soulcraft and Contemporary Citizenship. Editors, Dwight D. Allman and Michael D. Beaty. New York: Lexington Books, 2002. Christianity and the Soul of the University Christianity: Faith as a Foundation for Intellectual Community. Editors, Doug Henry and Michael D. Beaty. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books. (Fall, 2006) The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education. Editors Michael Beaty and Doug Henry. Waco, Tx: Baylor Press. Fall, 2007. Articles ―If I have Jesus, Why do I Need Socrates,‖ Carson-Newman Studies, Vol. XI, No. 4, Fall 2009, pp. 77-90. ―Aquinas on Divine Goodness,‖ Reading Thomas Aquinas. Kelly James Clark and Xu Xiangdong, editors. Peking University Press., 2009. ―Getting Our Acts Together: Practical Advice,‖ The Baptist Educator, Volume LXXXIII, No.2, First Quarter, 2009.. ―The Idea of a Christian College Revisited: Why We are Here,‖ The Baptist Educator, Volume LXXXIII, No.1, (Fourth Quarter 2008), pp. 4-12. ―In Praise of Baptist Colleges and Universities,‖ The Baptist Educator, Volume LXXXII, No.4, (Third Quarter 2008), pp. 4-10. ―The Recovery of Moral and Religious Truth in the Modern University,‖ co-authored with Donald Schmeltekopf in A Report from the Front Lines – Conversations on Public Theology, edited by Michael Shahan (Grand Rapids, MI.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008). ―The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation and the University,‖ in Ethics, Society and Religion (Christian Academics, Fifth Volume). Kelly James Clark, Zhang Qingxiong and Xu Yi Yie, editors. Shanghai Guji Press, 2007. ―Baylor University and the Charter Change: An Uncertain Future‖ in The Baylor Experiment: Building the Christian Research University, edited by Donald Schmeltekopf and Barry Hankins. South Bend, Ind.: St. Augustine‘s Press (Fall, 2007). ―Fides et Ratio: The Role of Philosophy and the University, co-authored with C.Stephen Evans, forthcoming in The Significance of John Paul II for Evangelical Theology, ed. Tim Perry (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, Fall 2007). ―The Professionalization of Faculty at Religious Colleges and Universities‖ Co-authored with Rusty Parker, Carson Mencken, and Larry Lyon. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, vol. 46, number 1, March 2007. ―Divine Goodness,‖ The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, eds. Chad Meister and Paul Copan (July, 2007). ―Protestant Free Church Christians and Gaudium et Spes: An Historical and Philosophical Perspective,‖ Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (Winter 2007, volume 10:1). 3 ―Moral and Civic Education at Religious Research Universities: Exploring Faculty Support and Resistance,‖ Religious Education, Vol. 100, No. 4 (Perry Glanzer, Michael Beaty, and Larry Lyon), Fall, 2005. ―Revisiting Thomson on The Right and The Good," (7:1) Philosophia Christi, Volume 7, Number 1 (July 2005), pp. 87-106. ―Faculty Attitudes on Integrating Faith and Learning at Religious Colleges and Universities,‖ (Larry Lyon, Michael Beaty, James Parker, and Carson Mencken), Sociology of Religion, Vol. 66, no. 1, Spring 2005, 61-69. ―Faith and Learning: Toward a Typology of Faculty Views at Religious Research Universities,‖ (Todd Ream, Michael Beaty, and Larry Lyon), Christian Higher Education (October- December 2004: 349-372). ―Secularization and National Universities: The Effect of Religious Identity on Academic Reputation,‖ (Stephanie Litizzette Mixon, Larry Lyon and Michael Beaty), The Journal of Higher Education (July/August 2004: 400-419). ―Cultivating Christian Citizenship: Martha Nussbaum‘s Socrates, Augustine‘s Confessions, and The Modern University,‖ (Michael Beaty and Anne Marie Bowery) Christian Scholar’s Review 33:1, (Fall, 2003: 23-54). ―Citizenship, Faith, and Christian Higher Education,‖ in Cultivating Citizens: Essays on Soulcraft and Contemporary Citizenship, eds. Dwight D. Allman and Michael D. Beaty (New York: Lexington Books, 2002), pp. 103-120. ―Making Sense of a ‗Religious‘ University: Faculty Adaptations and Opinions at Brigham Young, Baylor, Notre Dame, and Boston College,‖ (Larry Lyon, Michael Beaty, and Stephanie Litizzette Mixon), Review of Religious Research (June, 2002: 326-348). ―Identity and Relationships: Baptist Models—Past, Present, and Future,‖ in The Future of Church Colleges, in The Future of Church-Related Colleges (ed.), Paul Dovre, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2002), p. 116-140. ―Baylor‘s Great Conflict and Herbert Reynolds‘ Great Victory‖ (Michael Beaty and Larry Lyon) in No Little Plans: The Leadership and Legacy of Herbert Reynolds (Narrative Publishing Company: Waco, Texas, 2000). Special Theme Editor, ―Christian Scholarship in the Twentieth-first Century: Prospects and Projects,‖ Christian Scholar’s Review, XXX:4, Summer, 2001. Special Theme Editor, ―Christian Scholarship in the Twentieth Century: Successes and Failures, Christian Scholars Review, XXIX: 4, Summer 2000. ―The Use of Reading Questions As a Pedagogical Tool: Fostering an Interrogative, Narrative Approach to Philosophy,‖ (co-authored with Anne-Marie Bowery) Teaching Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 1, March 1999. ―Integration, Secularization, and the Two-Spheres View at Religious Colleges: Comparing Baylor University with the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown College,‖ (co-authored with Dr. Larry Lyon), Christian Scholars Review, XXIX: 1, Fall 1999. Solicited Review Essay of The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian Colleges, The Journal of College and University Law, Vol 26, Summer 1999. ―Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana,‖ (co-authored with Mr. Todd Buras) The Journal of Texas Baptist History, Spring 1998. ―Faith and Knowledge in American Higher Education: A Review Essay,‖ (co-authored with Mr. Todd Buras and Dr. Larry Lyon), Fides et Historia, Spring 1998. "Christian Higher Education: An Historical and Philosophical Perspective" (co-authored with Mr. Todd Buras and Dr. Larry Lyon) Perspectives in Religious Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer 1997. 4 "Challenges and Prospects for Baptist Higher Education," (co-authored with Mr. Todd Buras, Ms. Stephanie Littizette and Dr. Larry Lyon) The Southern Baptist Educator, vol. LXI, no. 4, April/May/June 1997. "Baptist Higher Education: A Conflict In Terms" (co-authored with Mr. Todd Buras and Dr. Larry Lyon) The Baylor Line, Winter 1997. "Moral Education and the American University," Baylor Educator. vol. 19, no. 1, Spring 1994. "An Apology for the Christian University," Faculty Dialogue, Fall 1992. "God and the Philosophers," Christian Century, May 1991. "Our Role As Christian Educators," Baylor News, vol. 1, no. 8, Oct. 1991. "Must an Omniscient, Free Being be Good? A Reply to Swinburne," Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. XIII, No. 6, Nov./Dec. 1990. "God and Concept Empiricism," (co-authored with Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College), Southwest Philosophy Review, vol. 6, no. 2, July 1990. "On God, the Good, and the Right," Southwest Philosophy Review, vol. 5, no. 2, July 1989. Co-editor of special issue on Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Topics, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall 1988. "The Problem of Evil and the Unanswered Questions Argument," in Southwest Philosophy Review, vol. IV, 1988, pp. 57-64. "Aristotle on the Predicate 'Good'" in Contemporary Essays on Greek Ideas: The Kilgore Festschrift, Baylor University, April 1986, pp. 169-184. "Philosophy and the Christian Community" in Journey Into Faith, a Festschrift, Ouachita Baptist University, November 1985, pp. 108-126. Reviews Review of Rhonda and Douglas Jacobsen, Scholarship and Christian Faith: Enlarging the Conversation. Oxford: Oxford University Press,