Michael W. Austin

Michael W. Austin
Born1969 (age 56–57)
Education
EducationUniversity of Colorado at Boulder (Ph.D.)
Talbot School of Theology (M.A.)
ThesisParental Rights and Obligations (2004)
Doctoral advisorDavid Boonin
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsEastern Kentucky University
Main interestsphilosophy of religion, moral philosophy

Michael W. Austin (born 1969) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University. He is known for his works on moral philosophy and philosophy of religion.[1][2][3] Austin served as the president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society from 2018 to 2024. He is a founding member of the Jimmy Friggers Spiritual Formation Group.

Books

  • Football and Philosophy: Going Deep[4][5]
  • God and Guns in America[6][7]
  • Wise Stewards: Philosophical Foundations of Christian Parenting[8][9]
  • Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life[10][11]
  • Cycling - Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force
  • Coffee - Philosophy for Everyone: Grounds for Debate
  • Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind
  • Fatherhood - Philosophy for Everyone: The Dao of Daddy
  • Conceptions of Parenthood: Ethics and The Family
  • Virtues in Action: New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics
  • The Olympics and Philosophy (The Philosophy of Popular Culture)
  • Humility and Human Flourishing: A Study in Analytic Moral Theology (Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology)[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "EPS Web Author Profiles". www.epsociety.org.
  2. ^ Millum, Joseph (26 April 2008). "Review of Conceptions of Parenthood: Ethics and the Family". NDPR.
  3. ^ Albrecht, Gloria H. (March 2011). "Conceptions of Parenthood: Ethics and the Family". Journal of Family Theory & Review. 3 (1): 62–65. doi:10.1111/j.1756-2589.2010.00084.x. ISSN 1756-2589.
  4. ^ Lehe, Robert (2009). "Review of Football and Philosophy: Going Deep". Journal of Sport History. 36 (2): 283–284. ISSN 0094-1700. JSTOR 26405192.
  5. ^ "Review of Football and Philosophy". www.forewordreviews.com. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  6. ^ Toner, Patrick. "The advocacy in God and Guns in America consistently overwhelms the fairness". The Catholic World Report.
  7. ^ Review, Agape (2022-10-25). "God and Guns: The Bible against American Gun Culture — Book Review". Agape Review. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  8. ^ "Michael Austin: Wise Stewards". The Pneuma Review. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  9. ^ McFall, Michael T.; The Society of Christian Philosophers (2012). "Wise Stewards: Philosophical Foundations of Christian Parenting, by Michael W. Austin:". Faith and Philosophy. 29 (3): 368–372. doi:10.5840/faithphil201229340. ISSN 0739-7046.
  10. ^ Cowan, David (August 2013). "Book Review: Virtues for Everyday Life: Michael W. Austin and R. Douglas Geivett (eds.), Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life". The Expository Times. 124 (11): 556–556. doi:10.1177/0014524613489649. ISSN 0014-5246.
  11. ^ Austin, Michael W.; Geivett, R. Douglas (November 2013). "Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life". Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. 6 (2): 296–300. doi:10.1177/193979091300600210. ISSN 1939-7909.
  12. ^ Byerly, T. Ryan (September 2021). "Michael W. Austin Humility and Human Flourishing: A Study in Analytic Moral Theology. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). Pp. 246. £65.00 (Hbk). ISBN 9780198830221". Religious Studies. 57 (3): 567–571. doi:10.1017/S0034412519000489. ISSN 0034-4125.
  13. ^ Grenberg, Jeanine (2020-03-25). "Review of Michael Austin, Humility and Human Flourishing: A Study in Analytic Moral Theology, Oxford Univ. Press, 2018". European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 12 (1): 205. doi:10.24204/ejpr.v12i1.3251. ISSN 1689-8311.
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