CROSBY, Donald A(llen) 1932-

PERSONAL: Born April 7, 1932, in Mansfield, OH; son of Edmund Bevington (an accountant) and Mary Lou (Bogan) Crosby; married Charlotte Mae Robinson (a visiting nurse), September 15, 1956 (marriage ended); married second wife, 1999; children: (first marriage) Colleen Judith, Kathleen Bridgett. Education: Davidson College, A.B., 1953; Princeton Theological Seminary, B.D., 1956, Th.M., 1959; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1963.

ADDRESSES: Home—5151 Boardwalk Dr., Unit K2, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Offıce—Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Ordained Presbyterian minister, 1956-67; minister in Christiana, DE, 1956-59, and Norwalk, CT, 1959-61; Centre College of Kentucky, Danville, assistant professor of philosophy and religion, 1962-65; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, assistant professor, 1965-69, associate professor, 1969-73, professor of philosophy, 1973—, honors professor, 1981.

MEMBER: American Philosophical Association, American Academy of Religion, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Society for the Study of Process Philosophy, Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought.

AWARDS, HONORS: Burlington Northern Award, 1989; John N. Stern Distinguished Faculty Award, 1994.

WRITINGS:

Horace Bushnell's Theory of Language, Mouton (New York, NY), 1974.

Interpretive Theories of Religion, Mouton (New York, NY), 1981.

The Specter of the Absurd: Sources and Criticisms ofModern Nihilism, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), 1988.

(Editor, with Charley D. Hardwick) Religious Experience and Ecological Responsibility, Peter Lang (New York, NY), 1996.

(Editor, with Charley D. Hardwick) Pragmatism, Neo-Pragmatism, and Religion: Conversations with Richard Rorty, Peter Lang (New York, NY), 1997.

(Editor, with Charley D. Hardwick) Religion in aPluralistic Age, Peter Lang (New York, NY), 2001.

A Religion of Nature, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), 2002.

Contributor to Christian Scholar, Process Studies, and Journal of the American Academy of Religion.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Choice, September, 1976, review of Horace Bushnell'sTheory of Language, p. 840; January, 1989, review of The Specter of the Absurd: Sources and Criticisms of Modern Nihilism, p. 818.

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, August, 1999, Kevin Schilbrack, review of Pragmatism, Neo-Pragmatism, and Religion: Conversations with Richard Rorty, p. 49.

Journal of the American Academy of Religion, fall, 1993, Karen L. Carr, review of The Specter of the Absurd, p. 591.

Journal of Religion, October, 1977, review of HoraceBushnell's Theory of Language, p. 433.

Journal of the History of Philosophy, October, 1990, George J. Stack, review of The Specter of the Absurd, p. 627.

Library Journal, August, 2002, Sandra Collins, review of A Religion of Nature, p. 103.

Reference and Research Book News, September, 1996, review of Religious Experience and Ecological Responsibility, p. 6; May, 2001, review of Religion in a Pluralistic Age, p. 13.

Religious Studies, December, 1983, review of Interpretive Theories of Religion, p. 525.

University Press Book News, March, 1989, review of The Specter of the Absurd, p. 3.

Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, March, 1983, review of Interpretive Theories of Religion, p. 108.*