Stephen Dawson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Carnegie 412
434.544.8645
dawson.s@lynchburg.edu
Experience/ Background
2010 - Present - Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy - Lynchburg College
2004 - 2010 - Adjunct Professor of Religion and Philosophy - Lynchburg College
Degrees and Certifications
Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Boston University
M.T.S. in Theology, Boston University School of Theology
B.A. in English, George Mason University
Information on Courses Taught
Introduction to Ethics
Introduction to the Old Testament
Introduction to Philosophy
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Religions of Asia
Publications and Presentations
'"Almighty God Hath Created the Mind Free': Thomas Jefferson's Theistic Argument for Religious Freedom." Public lecture presented at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 19 November 2008.
"Agonistic Federalism: The Alabama Ten Commandments Controversy." A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America, ed. Stephen Prothero (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006).
"The Opium of the Classroom." A Season of Teaching: A Casebook for College and University Instructors of Religion (Boston: Boston University, 2001).
Co-editor, Extraordinary Times (Vienna: Institut für Die Wissenschaften vom Menchen, 2001).
"Virtue and the Constitution: Silence by Design." Extraordinary Times (Vienna: Institut für Die Wissenschaften vom Menchen, 2001).
"Sacred and Secular Liberty and the American Founding." Paper presented at the IWM Junior Fellows Conference, Vienna, Austria, 8 December 2000.
Co-editor, Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, vol. 12, Intercultural Philosophy (Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2000).
Honors and Awards
2000: Junior Fellow, Institut für Die Wissenschaften vom Menchen, Vienna, Austria, July-December 2000.
Professional Associations
American Philosophical Association
Virginia Philosophical Association
