Dr. Paul Boling

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.