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Philip D. Bunn

Philip D. Bunn is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. A native of east Tennessee, he earned his B.A. in Political Philosophy at Patrick Henry College and his Ph.D. in Political Theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research has been published in Political Research Quarterly, American Political Thought, and The Political Science Reviewer, and his reviews and occasional writing have featured in Comment Magazine, The Review of Politics, The University Bookman, The American Conservative, and The Intercollegiate Review, among others.

Articles by Philip D. Bunn

To Assure, Not Persuade: A Review of Why Christians Should be Leftists

When does religious activity become characteristically “leftist?"
November 24, 2025

Reflections on Alasdair MacIntyre

Dependent Rational Animals offers both a satisfying philosophical exclamation point and a sorely needed ethical and political vision appropriate for the struggles of our own day.

Walking the Tightrope: A Review of Why Not Moderation?

Liberal values and institutions have failed, that we now require passionate, extreme activists to accomplish what is necessary to address these failings, and that these radical activists must mount campaigns…

Private Tyrants, Public Remedies: A Review of Sohrab Ahmari’s Tyranny, Inc.

The “freedom to walk away” from at-will employment seems, in many cases, to be the “freedom” to launch yourself into the unsteady winds of “joblessness and financial misery,” particularly if…