معرفی
David Justice is a Full-Time Temporary Lecturer in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core program, which is part of Baylor University's Honors College in Waco, Texas. He teaches interdisciplinary courses combining theology, religious studies, African American studies, Women and Gender studies, and philosophy, including Examined Life I, World of Rhetoric, and Social World.
Dr. Justice earned his Ph.D. in Christian Theology from Saint Louis University, with a Graduate Minor in Women's and Gender Studies. He also holds an M.A. in Theological Ethics from Saint Louis University, an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Missouri—St. Louis, and a B.A. in Philosophy, Cum Laude, from Greenville University.
His research focuses on the political theology of Martin Luther King Jr., particularly exploring the fundamental transformation necessary to realize the Beloved Community. Drawing on King's rootedness in the Black church, Dr. Justice places King in conversation with feminist, womanist, and decolonial thought to recover the radical dimensions of King's theology and connect it with contemporary activism.
His publications reveal a strong engagement with themes of justice, racial capitalism, prophetic tradition, and the Beloved Community concept. His work spans academic journals, online publications like Sightings and The Bias Magazine, book reviews in Reading Religion, and regular contributions to Conciliar Post from 2019-2022. His writing demonstrates consistent attention to connecting theological concepts with practical social justice concerns.
- Saint Louis University Dissertation Fellowship
- Religion and Public Life Graduate Fellowship
- Culturally Responsive Graduate Fellow
- SLU College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Thesis Award
- Henry Luce Foundation: Religion and Public Life Fellow
- Thulin Prize for Excellence in the Study of Religion
- Students' Choice 'Best Classes at GU'
Dr. Justice has extensive teaching experience since 2013, with his Major Issues in Philosophy course named one of the Students' Choice 'Best Classes at GU.' He completed a year-long Culturally Responsive Teaching fellowship in 2020. His current work continues to explore how we can theorize a decolonized, holistic understanding of the Beloved Community and begin constructing that community in the present.
