David Naugle
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David Keith Naugle (1952–2021) was an American author and professor. He was considered an expert on the Christian worldview.
Education
- Systematic Theology, Th.D. (Dallas Theological Seminary)
- Humanities, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Arlington)
Career
Naugle was an associate pastor at Fort Worth Bible Church, Fort Worth, Texas.
He then worked at the University of Texas at Arlington from 1980-88 as an adjunct professor of religion. He continued his pastoral work in Arlington during this time.
Naugle then joined Dallas Baptist University as professor and later head of the philosophy department. He was a supporter of Amyraldism and Neo-Calvinism.
During his time at DBU, he began a weekly lecture series called the “Friday Symposium”. It featured presentations by DBU's faculty, students, and off-campus lecturers on a broad range of topics. He also began the annual “Summer Institute for Christian Scholarship”, a ten-week faculty enrichment program for Dallas Baptist University's professors.
He was the director of the Paideia College Society (formerly the Pew College Society) at DBU. PCS worked with students in the area of Christian humanism and classical liberal education.<ref>DBU, PCS page</ref>
Books
He authored Worldview: The History of a Concept in 2003 which was selected by Christianity Today as the "Book of the Year" in its theology and ethics category.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>'David K. Naugle Worldview: The History of a Concept Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002 Template:ISBN</ref> The Peking University Press has since translated it into Chinese.<ref>Dallas Baptist University website</ref>
Naugle also wrote Reordered Loves, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness and Philosophy: A Student's Guide.
He co-wrote An Introduction to Christian Worldview: Pursuing God's Perspective In A Pluralistic World with Tawa J. Anderson and W. Michael Clark.<ref>GoodReads website</ref>
Personal life
Naugle was married to Deemie and they had one daughter.<ref>Dallas Baptist University</ref>
Naugle died on Friday, June 11, 2021.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- 1952 births
- 2021 deaths
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century Calvinist and Reformed Christians
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Calvinist and Reformed Christians
- American evangelicals
- American male non-fiction writers
- American religious writers
- Calvinist and Reformed philosophers
- Calvinist and Reformed writers
- Dallas Theological Seminary alumni
- Religious leaders from Texas