The Catholic College of the South
Dr. David Williams
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!”
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
- B.A., Georgetown University
- M.A., Boston College
- Ph.D., Boston College (Political Science)
- Ph.D., Boston College (Theology)
- “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.
- American Political Thought
- Medieval Political Thought
- History of Christian Exegesis
- Monasticism
- Natural Law
- New Testament
- Political Philosophy
- St. Augustine
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