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Dr. David Williams

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty,

Theology

davidwilliams@bac.edu

Meet Dr. David Williams

OF NOTE:
His strong belief that teaching is a vocation.

KNOWN FOR:
Enjoying the support and presence of the monastic community at BAC.

WHEN NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, CAN OFTEN BE FOUND:
Abbey Players

POPULAR QUOTE:
“Ask me how a Methodist kid born on a dairy farm in upstate NY finds himself a professor of Catholic theology in North Carolina; it’s a story!”

Classes

Examples of the classes taught by Dr. David Williams:

TH 311: Jesus and Salvation
TH 330: Intro. Moral Theology
TH 350: Special Topics: Eschatology
HO 240: Classics of Christian Theology & Spirituality
TH 365: World Religions
TH 401: Paul and his Letters
TH 402: Gospels

Education

B.A., Georgetown University
M.A., Boston College
Ph.D., Boston College (Political Science)
Ph.D., Boston College (Theology)

Representative Publications and Presentations

“The Immutability of Natural Law according to Suarez.” The Thomist 62 (1998) 97-115.
“After the Hermeneutic Circle: the later Segundo and the Bible.” Fides Quaerens Intellectum 2 (2002) 91-112.
Receiving the Bible in Faith: Historical and Theological Exegesis. The Catholic University of America Press, September 2004.
“Thomas Aquinas as Reader of Paul.” 17th Annual Aquinas-Luther Conference, sponsored by the Center for Theology, Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory NC), October 2009.
“From Gospel to Gospels to Canon: Inspiration, Authority, and Interpretation in the New Testament.” Lecture series, Summer Bible Institute, Oratory Center for Spirituality (Rock Hill, SC), July 2012.