In addition to his role as Theologian in Residence at St. Julian’s where he oversees our Adult Spiritual Formation on Sunday mornings, Dr. Baker (Tony) is the Clinton S. Quinn Professor of Systematic Theology at the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. Tony 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.
Tony 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.
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 his work at SSW or St. Julian's, click on the link below.