Topic: Jonathan Edwards and the Life of the Mind.
Biography:
Professor Davis began teaching at Middlebury College in 2001. He offers courses in Ethics and Christian Studies. Beyond his teaching in the Religion Department, Professor Davis also serves as the co-director of the Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster.
Primary Teaching Interests:
- practical ethics (e.g., economic ethics, medical ethics, war & peace);
- religion in American public life;
- Christian history, theology, and ethics;
- American religious history (especially Christianity in the U.S.).
Books:
- The Moral Theology of Roger Williams (WJK, 2004);
- On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams (Harvard, 2008);
- In Defense of Civility: How Religion Can Unite America on Seven Moral Issues that Divide Us (WJK, 2010);
- Forbearance: A Theological Ethic for a Disagreeable Church (Eerdmans, 2017).