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David Keith Naugle (1952–2021) was an American author and professor. He was considered an expert on theChristian worldview.
Naugle was an associate pastor at Fort Worth Bible Church, Fort Worth, Texas.
He then worked at the University of Texas at Arlington from 1980-88 as an adjunct professor of religion at the University of Texas at Arlington from 1980-1988. He continued his pastoral work in Arlington during this time.
Naugle then joinedDallas Baptist University as professor and later head of thephilosophy department. He was a supporter ofAmyraldism andNeo-Calvinism.
During his time at DBU, he began a weekly lecture series called the “Friday Symposium”. It featured presentations by DBU's faculty, students, and off-campus lecturers on a broad range of topics. He also began the annual “Summer Institute for Christian Scholarship”, a ten-week faculty enrichment program for Dallas Baptist University's professors.
He was the director of the Paideia College Society (formerly the Pew College Society) at DBU. PCS worked with students in the area of Christian humanism and classical liberal education.[1]
He authoredWorldview: The History of a Concept in 2003 which was selected byChristianity Today as the "Book of the Year" in its theology and ethics category.[2][3] The Peking University Press has since translated it into Chinese.[4]
Naugle also wroteReordered Loves, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness andPhilosophy: A Student's Guide.
He co-wroteAn Introduction to Christian Worldview: Pursuing God's Perspective In A Pluralistic World with Tawa J. Anderson and W. Michael Clark.[5]
Naugle was married to Deemie and they had one daughter.[6]
Naugle died on Friday, June 11, 2021.[7]
