Professor of Philosophy & Humanities at Saint Louis University
Fighting the Long Defeat: A Long & Obedient Hope in the Same Direction
Craig A. Boyd is Professor of Philosophy & Humanities at Saint Louis University. Among the books, he has published are The Virtues: A Very Short Introduction with Kevin Timpe (Oxford University, 2020), Virtues and Their Vices co-edited with Kevin Timpe (Oxford University Press, 2014); Faith and Reason: Three Views, with Alan Padgett and Carl Raschke (Intervarsity Press, 2014), and A Shared Morality: A Narrative Defense of Natural Law Ethics (Brazos Press, 2007). His scholarly articles have appeared in such venues as The Heythrop Journal, Christian Scholar’s Review, Christianity & Literature, New Blackfriars, and The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. He has recently published articles on “The Humility of Sam Gamgee,” “The Wisdom of Gandalf, “The Thomistic Virtue of Hope in Leaf by Niggle,” and “The Vice of Curiositas in Augustine, Aquinas, and Tolkien.” His areas of academic interest include medieval philosophy, the virtues, natural law ethics, and the writings of Tolkien.