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Victor Austin

Victor Lee Austin is theologian-in-residence for the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas and Church of the Incarnation, Dallas. With special focus on ethics, his writings span the distance between the parish and the academy, and he has a particular interest in theology in everyday life.

He was married for 34 years to Susan Lanier Austin, who died in 2012. His theological memoir, Losing Susan, was published in 2016. He has two adult children and six grandchildren.

Other books include Up with Authority, Christian Ethics: A Guide for the Perplexed, A Priest’s Journal, and Priest in New York. In 2020 Baker Academic is bringing out his latest book, Friendship: The Heart of Being Human.

Before coming to Dallas, Father Austin was theologian-in-residence for Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. Earlier he served parishes in Dutchess County, New York. He has taught as an adjunct at a number of colleges, universities, and seminaries.

Two Anglican(ish) Novels: Can We Live Without Christianity?

Victor Austin
November 17, 2020
Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church
By Victor Lee Austin Rose Macauley’s 1956 novel, The Towers of Trebizond, opens with an Oxford woman coming home from High Mass on her camel, and continues as a sort of dazzling high wire literary act of Bri... Read More...

He’s Asking Your Permission

Victor Austin
April 9, 2020
Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
By Victor Lee Austin None of the disciples refused the cup or the bread. But they could have. “This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.” He says, “This is my body which is given ... Read More...

Intimate Satisfaction

Victor Austin
January 27, 2020
Books, Commentary, The Episcopal Church
I found the fulfillment of my desire for intimacy in its very denial.

Why Stay in a Declining Mainline Church?

Victor Austin
October 16, 2019
Commentary, Contributors, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church
Why then do I stay in the declining, once-mainline, Episcopal Church?

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