Faculty Profile: Dr. Eric Severson

Associate Professor Religion and Philosophy Department
Division Chair General Education Department


Dr. Eric Severson

Contact Information


phone: 617-745-3526
campus phone: 3526

Biographical Notes

Eric Severson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy with a Ph.D. from Boston University. Along with teaching courses in philosophy and ethics, Severson contributes heavily to General Education, both as Division Chair and by teaching World Religions and Living Issues. Eric is also co-director of ENC's Center for Responsibility and Justice.

Education

Ph.D., Boston University

M.Div., Nazarene Theological Seminary

B.A., Northwest Nazarene University

Publications

Edited volumes:

The Least of These: Selected Readings in Christian History (Cascade, 2007) 

 I More than Others: Responses to Evil and Suffering (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010)

Gift and Economy:  Ethics, Hospitality and the Market (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012)

 Scandalous Obligation: Rethinking Christian Responsibility (Beacon Hill Press, 2011)

 Levinas and Time (Duquesne University Press, 2012, forthcoming)