Our Faculty

At Duke Divinity, we’re not divided by rigid disciplinary boundaries between biblical studies, theology, and church history. We have people who move back and forth between these divides. Theologians here recognize the value of engaging the historic Christian tradition.

J. Warren Smith, Associate Professor of Historical Theology

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Faculty Books

Our faculty members publish extensively on scholarly and social issues that matter today. Their work influences academic thinking and ministerial practice, from biblical studies to theology to preaching to social justice. The worldwide community of scholars and ministry practitioners has been enriched by the innovative work of Duke Divinity School faculty—always through profound engagement with Scripture and tradition with an understanding of how this transforms our world.

Undomesticated Dissent: Democracy and the Public Virtue of Religious Nonconformity

Curtis W. Freeman

Mentoring for Ministry: The Grace of Growing Pastors

Contributors Elaine A. Heath and William H. Willimon

Wager: Beauty, Suffering, and Being in the World

Raymond Barfield

Cover image of book titled "Lovin' On Jesus"

Lovin’ on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship

Lester Ruth and Swee Hong Lim

Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard: The Emergence of Contemporary Worship

Lester Ruth

Book cover shows image of tree superimposed on image of Earle.

Who Lynched Willie Earle?: Preaching to Confront Racism

William H. Willimon

Writing Home, With Love: Politics for Neighbors and Naysayers

Amy Laura Hall

Ways of the Word: Learning to Preach for Your Time and Place

Luke A. Powery and Sally A. Brown, coauthors

A Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist: The Presence of God for Christian Life and Ministry

Elaine A. Heath and Geoffrey Wainwright, contributors

Philosophy and Psychiatry: Problems, Intersections and New Perspectives

Warren Kinghorn, contributor

Preaching the Luminous Word: Biblical Sermons and Homiletical Essays

Ellen F. Davis

The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Stephen B. Chapman

An Exact Likeness: The Portraits of John Wesley

Richard P. Heitzenrater

God Unbound: Wisdom from Galatians for the Anxious Church

Elaine A. Heath

Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels

Richard B. Hays

Christian Social Innovation: Renewing Wesleyan Witness

L. Gregory Jones

Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love

William H. Willimon

1 Samuel as Christian Scripture: A Theological Commentary

Stephen B. Chapman

One True Life

C. Kavin Rowe

Way of Love: Recovering the Heart of Christianity

Norman Wirzba

Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry (Revised)

William H. Willimon

I’m Not from Here

Will Willimon

A Body Broken, A Body Betrayed: Race, Memory, and Eucharist in White-Dominant Churches

Mary McClintock Fulkerson

How Odd of God: Chosen for the Curious Vocation of Preaching

Will Willimon

What Did Jesus Ask?

Luke Powery, J. Ross Wagner, and Lauren Winner (contributors)

The Holy Spirit

Stanley Hauerwas and Will Willimon

From Nature to Creation: A Christian Vision for Understanding and Loving Our World

Norman Wirzba

The Work of Theology

Stanley Hauerwas

A House Divided? Ways Forward for North American Anglicans

David Marshall (contributor)

I (Still) Believe: Leading Bible Scholars Share Their Stories of Faith and Scholarship

Ellen Davis (contributor)

The Book of Colors

Ray Barfield

The Lord's Prayer: Confessing the New Covenant

J. Warren Smith

Wearing God: Clothing, Laughter, Fire, and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God

Lauren Winner

Unmanly Men

Brittany E. Wilson

The Difference Christ Makes

Stanley Hauerwas (in honor of)

Resurrecting Democracy

Luke Bretherton

Reading Backwards

Richard Hays

Reading the Parables

Richard Lischer

Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation

Grant Wacker

Contesting Catholicity

Curtis Freeman

Unexpected Intersections: Arts, Medicine, and Theology

Interdisciplinary Connections

Our faculty are at the forefront of interdisciplinary scholarship. Professors Ray Barfield and Jeremy Begbie are part of landmark initiatives based in Duke Divinity School that bring together students and faculty across the humanities, medicine, and theology.

Faculty Experts

Details for media and scholars

Our faculty experts list, organized by subject matter, is available to help media outlets, researchers, and others connect with Duke Divinity scholars who can share information on the topics they study.

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