Furman University

Thomas O. Buford 

Louis G. Forgione Professor Emeritus
Department of Philosophy
Furman University

Education

Ph.D. Boston University (1963)
B.D. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminar (1958)
B.A. North Texas State University (1955)

Areas of Specialization:
Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Education


Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Email: tom.buford@furman.edu

Books      

• Thomas O. Buford. 2011. Know Thyself: An Essay in Social Personalism (Lanham: Lexington Books).
• Thomas O. Buford. 2008. Trust, Our Second Nature: Crisis, Reconciliation and the Personal (Lanham: Lexington Books).
• Thomas O. Buford. 1995. In Search of a Calling: The Student Search for Identity in College (Macon: Mercer University Press). 
• Thomas O. Buford. 1991. Ambushed on the Road to Glory: Finding the Way Through Jesus' Parables (Greenville: Smyth and Helweys).
• Thomas O. Buford. 1983. Personal Philosophy: The Art of Living (NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston).

Edited Books 

• 2003. What Really Matters, 2nd. Ed. (Macon: Smyth and Helwys).
• 2002. Personalism Revisited: Proponents and Critics (with Harold Oliver) (New York: Rodopi).
• 2001. What Really Matters (Macon: Smyth and Helwys).
• 1991. Studies in Personalist Philosophy: Proceedings of the Conference on Persons (with Charles Conti)
• 1981. Philosophy for Adults (Lanham: University Press of America).
• 1975. Contemporary Studies in Philosophical Idealism (with John Howie) (Cape Cod: Claude A. Stark Publishers).
• 1970. Essays on Other Minds (Urbana: University of Illinois Press).
• 1969. Toward a Philosophy of Education (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston).

Honors and Awards

• 2008. Special edition of Personalism, Science, Philosophy, and Theology was published devoted to my work. 
• 2007. Phi Beta Kappa, South Carolina Gamma (Furman Chapter)
• 2004. Received the Burdine-Freeman Philosopher of the Year award.
• 2000. Scholarship in Philosophy at Furman University established in my name and two of my colleagues
• 1999. Inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Colleguium of Scholars at Morehouse College
• 1998. Appointed the Louis G. Forgione University Chair at Furman University
• 1988. Inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni of Boston University

Works in Progress

• I am currently working on a book dealing with the personhood of Jesus Christ from the perspective of social personalism.