David Naugle
Dr. David K. Naugle is chair and professor of philosophy at Dallas Baptist University where he has worked for seventeen years in both administrative and academic capacities. He earned a Th.D. in systematic theology, and a Ph.D. in humanities with concentrations in philosophy and English literature.
He is also the director of the Paideia College Society (formerly the Pew College Society), an academic organization now internally funded by DBU. Overall, the PCS seeks to deepen the undergraduate students educational experience through a vision of Christian humanism and classical liberal education in this context.
The PCS sponsors a variety of extra-curricular activities including "books and coffee" nights, a fall study retreat, special lectures, social events, movie nights, and an annual spring student conference. It also encourages Paideia Students to pursue graduate studies at top tier universities in order to further their preparation for future roles and responsibilities. The overall goal is the Christian transformation of students into their full humanity as the image of God according to the model in Christ by the Holy Spirit. Through them, the PCS seeks a reformation of the Church and the renewal of various aspects of cultural life into which God has placed these students providentially by calling.
Dr. Naugle is the author of Worldview: The History of a Concept (Eerdmans 2002), which was selected by Christianity Today magazine as the 2003 book of the year in the theology and ethics.
Prior to his post at DBU, Dr. Naugle was an adjunct professor of religion at the University of Texas at Arlington from 1980-1988, where he served concurrently as a campus minister at UTA as a staff member for Pantego Bible Church in Arlington, Texas. He also worked for one year as an associate pastor at Fort Worth Bible Church, Fort Worth, Texas. While in college and for two years afterwards, he worked with Young Life in Fort Worth, Texas, in both volunteer and paid student staff capacities.
For more information about David Naugle, visit his website at
http://www.dbu.edu/Naugle/index.asp.
