Dr. Paul Boling

Paul Boling
Dr. Paul Boling

Professor of Christian Thought and Philosophy

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Direct Office Phone: 423-775-7242

Field of Study: Christian Studies

Office: Christian Studies Department

Academic Degrees
  • Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Tennessee
  • Th.M. Semitics and Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary
  • M.A. Philosophy, University of Tennessee
  • B.A. Zoology, University of California, Berkeley

Biography

Paul Boling was born in Aberdeen Washington and grew up in Oakland, California.  He graduated from Oakland High School and then attended the University of California, Berkeley.  Following graduation, he attended Dallas Theological Seminary.  During his studies there, he met his wife, Lauralee, and they were married in August 1971.  In 1975, Paul and Lauralee moved to Knoxville, Tennessee where he joined the staff of New Life, a friendship evangelism and discipleship ministry.  While in Knoxville, he pursued graduate study in philosophy at the University of Tennessee.  In l981, Paul started his own discipleship ministry, Anchor Foundation.  In 1994, Paul was invited to come and teach philosophy at Bryan College.  He began teaching full-time in the fall of 1995 and continues at Bryan to the present time.  Paul and Lauralee have five children and nine grandchildren.

Conference & Workshop Presentations

  • “Objectivity, Truth, and James K.A. Smith”; presented at the southeastern regional meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, March 27, 2015
  • “Image, Dualism, and Ethical Implications”; presented at the southeastern regional conference of Evangelical Philosophical Society, March 23-24, 2012.
  • “The Nature of the Moral”; presented at the southeastern regional conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, March 25-26, 2011.
  • “Animals, the Fall, and Pain”; presented at the national conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, November, 2006.
  • “Animals, the Fall, and Pain”; presented at the southeastern regional conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, March, 2006.
  • “Moreland and Rae and Aquinas on Dualism;” presented at the national conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, November, 2003.
  • “Moreland and Rae and Aquinas on Dualism,” presented at the southeastern regional conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, March, 2003.
  • “The Sense and Referent of the Term ‘I’: Hume’s Attempt Evaluated and Some Theological Implications;” presented at the national conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, November, 1997.

Bryan is a place where good education can take place; we are encouraged to engage ideas and pursue Truth so that students can learn how to think critically and evaluate ideas on their own.  As professors in philosophy and biblical studies, we do not always agree on interpretive matters, but we always love each other, so that students can observe people who may disagree but still love and cheerfully cooperate together. 

— Dr. Paul Boling

Professor of Christian Thought and Philosophy  |  Christian Studies  | 

Christian Studies Department
721 Bryan Drive
Dayton, TN 37321
Mercer 234, Box #7804
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Office Phone: 423-775-7245

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