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David Beck, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
 
 

Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
Professor of Philosophy 
 

At Liberty University since 1978.

dbeck@liberty.edu Email dbeck@liberty.edu

EDUCATION:

EMPLOYMENT:
  • Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies - Liberty University, 2004-2006.
  • Assistant Director for Seminaries and International Institutions - Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, 2003-Present.
  • Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies - Liberty University, 1997-2004.
  • Dean of Graduate Studies - Liberty University, 1989-1997. Associate Vice President for Faculty Development - Liberty University, 1988-1997.
  • Assistant Dean for the Graduate School of Religion - Liberty University, 1987-1989.
  • Chairman of the Philosophy Department - Liberty University, 1981-1988.
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor of Philosophy - Liberty University, 1978-Present.
  • Visiting Instructor of Philosophy - Salem State College, 1978.
  • Instructor of Philosophy - Bridgewater State College, 1976-1978.
  • Instructor of Philosophy - Boston University, 1974-1975.
  • Instructor of Philosophy - Rhode Island Junior College, 1973-1974.
  • Teaching Assistant - University of Rhode Island, 1971-1972.

VISITING POSITIONS:

  • Luther Rice Seminary - Jacksonville, FL. - Visiting Professor (occasional)
  • Tyndale Theological Seminary - Amsterdam, Netherlands – Adjunct Professor of Apologetics
  • Greek Bible Institute - Athens, Greece - Visiting Professor of Philosophy
  • Christian University of Zaire- Zaire, Africa - Adjunct Dean of Faculty
  • Kyev Christian University – Visiting Professor of Philosophy

PUBLICATIONS:

  • “A Letter of Bugenhagen to Luther," in John Montgomery, Principalities and Power
    (Minneapolis: Bethany, 1973)
  • “Is God Lost?,” review of Hans Schwarz, The Search for God in Christianity Today, xx, 10 (February 13, 1976) 46
  • “A Response to Truth: Relationship of Theories of Truth to Hermeneutics,” in E. Radmacher, R. Preus, eds., Hermeneutics, Inerrancy, and the Bible (Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1984)
  • “Kant,” in Norman Geisler, Biblical Errancy: An Analysis of its Philosophical Roots (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984)
  • “Secular Humanism: The Word of Man,” Fundamentalist Journal I, 3 (November, 1982)
  • “Resources on Secular Humanism,” Fundamentalist Journal I, 8 (April, 1983)
  • “Review of Bruce Demarest, General Revelation,” Journal of the Evangelical Theology Society 26, 4 (December, 1983), p. 462
  • Contributor, G. Habermas and A. Flew, Did Jesus Rise from the Dead San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987
  • “What is a Christian University,” in Terry Miethe, Faith and Reason (Minneapolis: Bethany 1987)
  • “Work and Leisure: A Response,” Applying the Scriptures (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987)
  • “Process Theology,” “Pantheism,” The New Dictionary of Theology (Leicester, Intervarsity, 1988)
  • Editor, Opening the American Mind: The Integration of Biblical Truth in the Curriculum of the University (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991)
  • “Designing a Christian University,” Opening the American Mind (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991)
  • “Delighting in God’s Presence,” Decision 34, 12 (December, 1993)
  • “A Christian Philosophy of Education,” with A.P. Guillermin, Philosophy of Christian School Education (Colorado Springs: Association of Christian Schools International, 1995)
  • “God’s Existence,” in G. Habermas & D. Geivett, Miracles: Has God Acted in History (Downers Grove, Intervarsity, 1997)
  • “The Cosmological Argument: A Current Bibliographical Appraisal,” Philosophia Christi 2, 2, 2 (2000)
  • “Review of Rufus Burrow, Personalism: A Critical Introduction.” Philsosophia Christi 2,2,2 (2000)
  • “The Thomistic Cosmological Argument,” To Every One An Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview, eds. Francis J. Beck with, William Lane Craig, and J. P. Moreland (Dowers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004)

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • American Philosophical Association
  • Evangelical Philosophical Society - Vice President 1997, President 1998,  Executive Committee, 1999-2002
  • Virginia Philosophical Society
  • Society of Christian Philosophers
  • Association of Virginia Graduate Deans
  • Conference of Southern Graduate Schools  
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT:
  • Workshops for TRACS - 1997, 1998 and 1999
  • Chair, TRACS visits