Phillip Cary

Eastern University
Ph.D.,
Yale University

Phillip Cary is the Director of the Philosophy
Program at Eastern University in St. Davids,
Pennsylvania. He is also a scholar-in-Residence at the
Templeton Honors College.

He received his undergraduate training from
Washington University (St. Louis) with a double degree
in English literature and philosophy. He earned his M.A.
in philosophy and a Ph.D. in philosophy and religious
studies from Yale University.

Prior to taking his position at Eastern, Professor
Cary taught at Yale University, the University of
Connecticut, and the University of Hartford. As the
Arthur J. Ennis Post-Doctoral Fellow at Villanova
University, Dr. Cary taught the nationally recognized
undergraduate core humanities seminars on ancient,
medieval, and Renaissance thought, and on modern
thought.

Dr. Cary has published and presented numerous papers
on St. Augustine and on other philosophical and
theological topics. He is the author of Augustine’s
Invention of the Inner Self: The Legacy of a Christian
Platonist.

Courses by this
professor:
Augustine:
Philosopher and Saint >
Great
Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd
Edition >
Luther:
Gospel, Law, and Reformation >
Philosophy
and Religion in the West >
St.
Augustine’s Confessions & Luther: Gospel,
Law, and Reformation (Set) >

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