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Edwin Bagley Professor of
Philosophy and Religion Ph.D., Tulane
University Office Telephone:
704.233.8085
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Edwin Bagley has been at Wingate University since 1981, teaching both philosophy and religion courses. Environmental ethics and medical ethics are special interests, and some of his recent papers have focused on conflicts that arise at the intersection of those two areas. In the summer of 2008, he participated in a CIEE faculty development seminar studying climate change in Australia. Dr. Bagley has done postdoctoral study in ethics at Duke University and the University of Notre Dame, where he is a fellow of the Center for Ethics and Culture http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/ He has also studied religious art at the University of Madras in India, as part of a Fulbright summer seminar. In addition to two stints as director of the Wingate in London fall semester program, he has led eight W’International travel seminars for Wingate students and two friendship tours through Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia. In the summer, he has traveled and camped around France and Ireland, investigating prehistoric artifacts and Roman ruins, and he has backpacked through the Lake District National Park in England. His most recent student travel seminars for Wingate were to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, with students in his seminar on nineteenth-century Russian authors, and to Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand, with the students in his seminar on Thai Buddhism. Dr. Bagley sponsors the local chapter of Phi Sigma Tau National Honor Society in Philosophy. He is advisor to the Philosophy Club, which gathers at his home for fine food and good conversation. He enjoys singing in the Union Symphony Chorus, including last year's production of Mozart's Requiem and recently the oratorio Elijah by Mendelssohn. He has been active in the Baptist Association of Philosophy Teachers, which recently held one of its biennial meetings on the Wingate Campus. He has served terms on the editorial board of Perspectives in Religious Studies and the Council on Christian Life and Public Affairs in North Carolina. He is usually serving as interim pastor in one of the area churches and for several years has worked with the local United Way Budget Allocation Committee. Late in the afternoon, he can sometimes be found on the racquetball court, teaching students to respect their elders.
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