David K. Naugle

David K. Naugle was the Distinguished University Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Dallas Baptist University. He earned a Th.D. in systematic theology, and a Ph.D. in humanities with concentrations in philosophy and English literature.

He was 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.

Dr. Naugle served as a Fellow for the Wilberforce Forum, the Christian worldview think tank sponsored by Prison Fellowship near Washington, D. C. He was also on the advisory board of the International Institute of Christian Studies. He was on the advisory board of the Bryan Center for Critical Thought & Practice, the editorial board of the journal Intégrité, and the Creative Council for Art House Dallas.

Dr. Naugle was the author of Worldview: The History of a Concept (Eerdmans, 2002), selected by Christianity Today magazine as the 2003 book of the year in the theology and ethics category. Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness was published in late 2008. And Philosophy: A Student’s Guide (Crossway), part of the Recovering the Christian Intellectual Tradition series, was published in 2012.