Dr. Anthony Neal

Overview

Summary:

Anthony Sean Neal, Beverly B. and Gordon W. Gulmon Dean’s Eminent Scholar, is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and a Faculty Fellow in the Shackouls Honors College of Mississippi State University. He is a 2019 inductee into the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel Collegium of Scholars and a Fellow with the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought. Dr. Neal was also presented with the Mississippi State University College of Arts and Sciences Dean Eminent Scholar Award 2021-2022. Dr. Neal received his doctorate in Humanities from Clark Atlanta University. He also received his Master of Divinity degree from Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College. Dr. Neal is the author of numerous journal articles and two books, Common Ground: A Comparison of the Idea of Consciousness in the Writings of Howard Thurman and Huey Newton (Africa World Press, 2015). The second book is entitled, Howard Thurman’s Philosophical Mysticism: Love Against Fragmentation (Lexington, 2019). He currently serves on the editorial board of The Acorn: Philosophical Studies in Pacifism and Nonviolence. Dr. Neal's current project is entitled Freedom Gaze: The Modern Era of African American Freedom Struggle.

Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Humanities, Clark Atlanta University, 2012
• Master of Science (M.S.), Theology, Mercer University-Atlanta, 2005
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Religion, Morehouse College, 2001

Research interests:

African American Philosophy, African American Philosophy of Religion, Existentialism, Neo-Platonism, Philosophy of Religion, and Political Philosophy.