David Williams

Junior Research Fellow and Theologos Coordinator

BA, MAR (Westminster Theological Seminary), ThM (Duke), MPhil (Oxon)

David is a Doctoral Scholar in Christian Ethics at Wycliffe Hall. He currently serves as the Director of the Developing a Christian Mind International Project and as an Associate Chaplain for the Oxford Pastorate (on loan from InterVarsity/USA). Before moving to England, David served as the team leader for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA’s Graduate & Faculty Ministries at New York University coordinating their graduate, law, medical, and international student ministries. David earned master’s degrees in Biblical studies from Westminster Theological Seminary (MAR) and Duke Divinity School (ThM), and an MPhil in Christian Ethics at the University of Oxford.

David's doctoral research focuses on the theologies of higher education of three influential 19th-century theologians-cum-university founders - Friedrich Schleiermacher (the University of Berlin), John Henry Newman (the Catholic University in Dublin), and Abraham Kuyper (the Free University Amsterdam). He explores what help these theologians might be able to offer us for addressing some of the crises and confusions afflicting higher education today.

Research Area

Christian and Religious Ethics

Research Interests

Christian ethics, metaethics, education, New Testament ethics, Neo-Calvinism, philosophy of religion, theological anthropology, integration of Christian faith and scholarship/work, Abraham Kuyper, John Henry Newman, C.S. Lewis

Research Centres & Projects

The Developing a Christian Mind Programme