Dr. Tom Boyd, David Ross Boyd
Emeritus Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Tom W. Boyd
tomboyd@ou.edu
405-325-6239
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Tom
W. Boyd, Ph.D.
Tom W. Boyd is the David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
at the University of Oklahoma. After teaching philosophy of religion
and ethics there for 28 years, he retired from fulltime teaching in
1997. While at OU he taught courses in Judeo-Christian ethics, advanced
courses in the Philosophy of Religion, Religious philosophy prior
to 400 AD and after 400 AD, the history of ethics, the Philosophy
of Social and Religious morality, Modern Philosophy of Religion, and
Rhetoric and Religion. Tom served as Kingfisher Chair of the Philosophy
of Religion & Ethics before retiring. Tom was talked out of retirement
and enlisted for service in the new Religious Studies Program in 2002
by OU President David Boren (reports say he can be very persuasive!)
. Tom teaches at the University of Oklahoma as part of the Retired
Professor program and serves as a consultant to the Program. He teaches
every semester. Tom holds four earned degrees, including a Ph.D. in
Religion from Vanderbilt University in 1973. His academic specialization
is in philosophy of religion, and ethics. His current concentration
is on the relation among world religions and the relation between
religion and culture. He seeks through his studies and teaching to
understand and appreciate religion in its contemporary setting and
in light of an emerging planetary culture. Tom is actively involved
in a current discussion of a Global Ethic.
Dr. Boyd also continues to conduct seminars, workshops, and retreats.
He is in demand on campus and off as speakers to students, faculty
and staff, and the region at large.
Tom was twice featured in the University Library's Books That Inspire
Exhibit. To see his contribution, click here.
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Religious
Studies Courses taught by Dr. Tom Boyd
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2403 - Comparative Religion
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2413 - Religion, Culture, and the Meaning of Life
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3403 - Studies in Comparative Religion
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3413 - Approaches to the Study of Religion
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3063 - Religion and the Secular Age
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4323 - Capstone
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3643 (With Barbara Boyd) - Study Abroad
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