Thomas Hibbs, Ph.D.

J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy, Baylor University

Thomas Hibbs is J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served for 16 years as the inaugural Dean of the Honors College. At Baylor he was also the inaugural director of Baylor in Washington, D.C. where he runs a summer program on Religion and Social Life.    

Hibbs has published eight books, the most recent of which is Theology of Creation: Ecology, Art, and Laudato Si’ (ND Press, 2023). He has written three books on Aquinas and two on film and philosophy. His most recent scholarly essay is “Aquinas and Black Natural Law,” Nova et Vetera, 2023.

He has published more than 100 articles reviews on film, art, and higher education in a variety of venues including First Things, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, and National Review. He speaks regularly for the Thomistic Institute and writes often for the Dallas Morning News. Hibbs’ writing in popular venues can be found here.

Hibbs’ lectures have been protested by nihilists at Boston University and by communists in Palermo, Sicily.

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Thomas Hibbs, Ph.D.