What is Eugene Thomas Long?
{{Infobox philosopher |region = [[Western philosophy]] |era = [[Contemporary philosophy|21st-century philosophy]] |color = |image = |birth_name=Eugene Thomas Long III |birth_date = {{birth date|1935|3|16}} |birth_place = [[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3|13|1935|3|16}} |death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |school_tradition = | institutions = |main_interests = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = |notable_ideas = | spouse = {{marriage|Carolyn Macleod|1960}} | education = | alma_mater = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |website = }} '''Eugene Thomas Long''' (March 16, 1935 – March 13, 2020) was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. He was the author of ''Jaspers and Bultmann: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Theology'' (1968), ''Existence, Being and God: An Introduction to the Philosophical Theology of John Macquarrie'' (1985) and ''Twentieth Century Western Philosophy of Religion:1900-2000'' (2000). ==Life and Career== Long was born in Richmond, Virginia. He is the first son of Eugene Thomas Long, Jr. and Emily Barker Long. He is a graduate of [[Randolph-Macon College]] in Virginia (BA), [[Duke University]] (BD) and the [[University of Glasgow]], (Ph.D). He was a student of [[John Macquarrie]] and [[Ronald Gregor Smith]]. He was a Professor of Philosophy at [[Randolph Macon College]] between 1964 and 1970. He was a Professor of Philosophy at the [[University of South Carolina]] between 1970 and 2002. During that time he was Chair of the Department of Philosophy (1972-1987). He retired in 2002 as Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus. He was elected President of [[The Metaphysical Society of America]] and President of the [[Society for Philosophy of Religion]]. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (1990-2010) and the Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion. The