J. Caleb Clanton

J. Caleb Clanton is professor of philosophy and the Distinguished University Chair in Philosophy and Humanities at Lipscomb University. He previously held faculty appointments at Vanderbilt University, Pepperdine University, and Samford University. Clanton is known for his research on philosophy of religion and moral philosophy.

Books Nature and Command: On the Metaphysical Foundations of Morality (with Kraig Martin), University of Tennessee Press, 2022 God and Morality in Christian Traditions (co-edited with Kraig Martin), Abilene Christian University Press, 2022 Great Ideas in History, Politics, and Philosophy (co-edited with Richard C. Goode), Baylor University Press, 2021 Restoration and Philosophy, University of Tennessee Press, 2019 Philosophy of Religion in the Classical American Tradition, University of Tennessee Press, 2016 The Philosophy of Religion of Alexander Campbell, University of Tennessee Press, 2013 (winner of the Lester McAllister Prize) The Classical American Pragmatists & Religion, Baylor University Press, 2011 The Ethics of Citizenship, Baylor University Press, 2009 Religion and Democratic Citizenship, Lexington Books, 2008