Dr. Anthony D. Baker holds theology degrees from Olivet Nazarene University (M.A) and The University of Virginia (Ph.D.). He joined the Seminary of the Southwest faculty in 2004. He is the author of Leaving Emmaus: A New Departure in Christian Theology (Baylor University Press, 2021), Shakespeare, Theology, and the Unstaged God (Routledge, 2020), Diagonal Advance: Perfection in Christian Theology (SCM, 2011), and many other essays and articles. He is currently exploring the intersection of classical accounts of Christian holiness with current issues in ecology. 

Professor Baker has lectured or preached at various institutions around the world, from the Sorbonne, to Cambridge University, to various campuses and churches throughout the U.S. At Southwest he offers classes in Constructive Theology, Theology in the Classical Era, Trinity, Christology,  and Ecotheology. He also works with other members of the community on green initiatives around campus. 

Beyond his role on campus, he is the theologian in residence at Saint Julian of Norwich Episcopal Church in north Austin where he and his family worship. 

You can subscribe to his popular blog at Patheos, “The Diagonal Way,” where he offers regular theological insights for general readers.  

You can also follow him on Twitter, where he posts thoughts about the Church Fathers, contemporary theological questions, the state of the Russian Church, and many other things. If you’d like to contact Tony about speaking event or retreat, you can write to him at [email protected]. 

BA, MA, Olivet Nazarene University
PhD, University of Virginia