Reggie Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Theological Studies
浪花直播 Interests
- Black Theology
- African American Studies
- Black Arts
- The Harlem Renaissance
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer Studies
- Christian Ethics
Publications and Media Placements
Books
Bonhoeffer鈥檚 Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance (Baylor University Press, originally published October 2014. Revised edition September, 2021) Outstanding Academic Title - 2015 - Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Winner.
Wholly, Holy: An Ethics After Whiteness (Yale University Press, in progress).
Commentary on Joshua and Judges ( Westminster John Knox. in progress)
The Bonhoeffer Conundrum: A Complicated Christian Engagement with Fascism (Broadleaf Press. In progress)
Justice and the Way of Jesus: Christian Ethics and the Incarnational Discipleship of Glen Stassen. (Co-edited with David Gushee, July, 2020, Orbis Press)
Baptist Peacemaker, Global Christian Ethicist: Essays in Honor of Glen Harold Stassen, Co-Editor/Contributor, with David P. Gushee. Perspectives in Religious Studies 40, no. 2 (July, 2013).
Selected Academic Essays
鈥淭he Christian Problem of Race鈥� (Routeledge Handbook of Christianity and Culture. Edited by Jens Zimmerman, Yaakov Ariel, and Gregor Thuswaldner. Forthcoming)
鈥淢artin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)鈥�
(Handbook of Modern Theology. Edited by Phil Ziegler. T&T Clark, Forthcoming)
鈥淩ace and Ethnicity鈥� (The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Fourth Edition. U.K. Oxford University Press. 2022)
鈥淭he Racial Script鈥� Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry. Racial Justice Now (Vol. 41 No 3 Summer, 2021 p. 88-95)
鈥淚n The Wake: Reading Bonhoeffer at the Door of No Return.鈥� Lutherische Theologie und Kirche: Vierteljahreszeitschrift f眉r eine an Schrift und Bekenntnis. 44 Jahrgang, 2020 p. 207-223
鈥淜atie Geneva Cannon Was a Way Maker.鈥� Interpretation. 2020;74(1):60-67. doi:10.1177/0020964319876583
鈥淏onhoeffer and Race鈥� (The Oxford Handbook of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Edited by Phil Ziegler and Michael Mawson. December 31, 2019)
Selected Public Essays
鈥淭yre Nichol鈥檚 Killing is Not an Exception.鈥� (The Christian Century. February 20, 2023)
鈥淎 Letter to my daughter after the fall of Roe鈥� (The Christian Century. July 27, 2022)
鈥淭he Racial Script鈥� (Cover Story, The Christian Century. September 15, 2020)
鈥淚s This a Bonhoeffer Moment?鈥� (Cover story, Sojourners Magazine, February 2018)
鈥淪eeing Whiteness: Exercises in Seeing Race鈥� (Cover story, The Christian Century. July 20, 2016)
Select Media Placements
"" Wild Goose Festival, Summer 2023
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"" Santa Barbara Missions Conference, Winter 2021
Professional Organizations and Associations
- International Baptist Theological Studies Center, Amsterdam
- Senior 浪花直播 Fellow-2022-present
- Society for the Study of Black Religion, Board of Directors
- International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Society, Board of Directors
- American Academy of Religion, Academic Relations Committee
- The Christian Century, Contributing Editor