David Williams

Junior Research Fellow in Christian Ethics

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

David is a Junior Research Fellow in Christian Ethics at Wycliffe Hall. He currently serves as the Partnerships Coordinator for the Developing a Christian Mind Programme 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 masters’ degrees in Biblical studies from Westminster Theological Seminary (MAR) and Duke Divinity School (ThM), and an MPhil and DPhil in Christian Ethics at the University of Oxford.

David's doctoral research focused 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.