Eric Phillips

About me

Gender Male
Occupation Applying for Academic Openings
Location Washington, DC, United States
Introduction Having finally finished my dissertation and gotten my PhD in May '06, I'm looking for a faculty position where I can teach Patristics. In the mean time I'm doing office work at the National Institutes of Health. My wife Kristina finished her PhD in English at the same time. She designs book covers and interiors for Eagle Publishing (Regnery Books). We've been married almost 3 years now, and are expecting our first child next June.
Interests Theology, Philosophy, Patristics, Fantasy & Sci Fi, Strategy Games
Favorite Movies Bladerunner, The Mission, Bullets over Broadway, Magnolia, Les Miserables (w/ Liam Neeson), The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Donnie Darko
Favorite Music Pink Floyd, U2, Over the Rhine, The Choir, The Lost Dogs, Radiohead
Favorite Books Lord of the Rings, the Chronicles of Narnia, Grendel (John Gardner), Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson), The Great Divorce (more Lewis), On the Incarnation (St. Athanasius), The Confessions of St. Augustine... and of course, the Bible and the Book of Concord

Your bow is not broken but you've run out of arrows. How can you fake being a bard?

Since when did a bard need to shoot arrows? I'd sing a song.