Dr. Barry Craig
Associate Professor
in Philosophy (1997)
BA (Kings), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Wales)
Research Interests
My research interests are in the area of ancient and medieval western philosophy, especially St. Augustine, Dante and St. Thomas Aquinas.
Courses Regularly Taught
Philosophy
1013 - Introduction to Western Philosophy I
Philosophy 2113 - Classical Western Philosophy
Great Ideas 3006
Philosophy
3503 - Plato
Great
Books - An Introduction to Thoughtful Reading - Aquinas Programme
Publications and Conference Papers
•Apostle to the Wilderness: Bishop John Medley and Evolution of the Anglican Church. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005).
•“Augustine and the Metaphysical Poets” in Augustine and Literature, ed. Kim Paffenroth (Lexington Books, 2006).
•“Francis Bacon,” in The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (forthcoming: Oxford University Press).
•“John Bunyan,” in The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (forthcoming: Oxford University Press).
•“Thomas Browne,” in The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (forthcoming: Oxford University Press).
•“Robert Burton,” in The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (forthcoming: Oxford University Press).
•“John Donne,” in The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (forthcoming: Oxford University Press).
•“The Metaphysical Poets,” in The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (forthcoming: Oxford University Press).
• “G.W.F. Hegel,” in The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (forthcoming: Oxford University Press).
•“A Response” (to Wayne Hankey’s “Judaism, Islam and Christianity in Medieval Europe, Difference and Unity: The ‘Religions of the Book’ and their Assimilation of Hellenistic Philosophical Theology”) in Multiculturalism & Religious Freedom, ed. Susan Harris (St. Peter Publications, 2005).
•“Medieval Neo-Platonism and Religious Toleration” a response to Dr. W.J. Hankey delivered at the Atlantic Theological Conference, Renaissance College UNB, June 28, 2004.
•“The Ascent to the Good in Plato’s Symposium,” delivered at the 9th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, sponsored by Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, April 2003.
•“Charles Williams" Descent into Hell and Dante’s Divine Comedy,” delivered at the 8th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, sponsored by Concordia University, Montreal, PQ, April 2002.
•“St. Augustine and the Place of Women,” delivered at the 7th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, sponsored by Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, April 2001.
•“Bishop Medley and the Tractarians: A Comfortable Fit?”, delivered at the 11th Annual Church History Workshop, held at the University of New Brunswick, May 1999.
•“Nietzsche on Schopenhauer as Educator”, co-written with Dr. Patrick Malcolmson and delivered at the 5th Annual Conference for Core Texts and Courses, sponsored by Southern Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, April 1999.
•“The Future Church”, delivered at the Atlantic Theological Conference, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, June 1995. Subsequently published in The Idea of The Church in Historical Development (St. Peter’s Publications: Charlottetown, 1996).
•Understanding the Prayer Book: A Commentary (Unipress: Fredericton, 1989).