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Edward Henderson

Ed Henderson

Professor Emeritus & Department Chair Emeritus

Ph.D.: Tulane University, 1967

E-mail: ehender@lsu.edu

Biography

Edward Henderson received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Tulane University in 1967. He briefly taught at Westminster College in Missouri and then joined the philosophy faculty at LSU. He served as Department Chair for the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies from 1979 to 2001 and held the title of Professor from 1992 until his retirement in May 2012. He is now Professor Emeritus and Department Chair Emeritus. During his time at LSU, Dr. Henderson helped to create courses in the Honors Division, which eventually led to the creation of the Honors College where he held the title of Associate Dean. 

Areas of Interest

Philosophy of Religion

Courses Offered

  • PHIL 1000 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 4786 The Metaphysics of Persons
  • PHIL/REL 2028 Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL/REL 3015 Christian Philosophy
  • PHIL/REL 4944 Philosophical Theology
  • HNRS 1001 Ancient Western Civilization
  • Honors 2002 Medieval Civilization
  • HNRS 2013 C.S. Lewis & Oxford Christians

 

Awards and Honors

Research Awards

  • Grant from Baton Rouge Area Foundation (2001)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Pilot Grant (1978)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Consultant Grant (1976-978)

Teaching Awards

  • Doc Amborski Award for Honors Teaching (2006)
  • Most Accommodating Faculty, Disabilities Awareness Week (1998)
  • Certificate of Award for Superior Instruction of Freshman Students, Alpha Lambda Delta (1997)
  • LSU Alumni Federation Distinguished Faculty Award (1984)

Selected Publications

Articles & Chapters

  • "Double Agency and the Relation of Persons to God" in The Human Person in God's World, edited by Brian Hebblethwaite and Douglas Hedley (London: SCM Press Press, 2006), 38-64.
  • "The Supremely Free Agent," Free-Will and Theology, edited by F. Michael McLain and W. Mark Richardson (Lanham, New York, and Oxford: University Press of America, 1999), 97-100.
  • "L'affirmation de l'existence de Dieu selon Austin Farrer", Archives de Philosophie. Paris. Tome 54, cahier 1 (Janvier-Mars, 1991), pp. 65-90.
  • "Austin Farrer and D.Z. Phillips on Lived Faith, Prayer, and Divine Reality," Modern Theology, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring, 1985), 223-243.
  • "Theistic Reductionism and the Practice of Worship," International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. X, no. 1 (January, 1979), pp. 25-40.
  • "The Christian Transformation of the Ritual Way," Anglican Theological Review (April, 1973), 189-200.
  • "Knowing the World: The Process View Austin Farrer," Philosophy Today, Vol. 12, No. 3/4 (Fall, 1968), 204-214.

 

 

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