Thomas A. Lewis

Thomas A. Lewis is a Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of the Graduate School at Brown University. Previously, he taught at the University of Iowa and Harvard University. His work focuses on religious ethics, philosophy of religion in the modern West, and methodology in religious studies.

• Research Focus: Tradition, reason, authority, ethical and political thought, liberation theology, communitarianism, comparative ethics.
• Current Project: The Eclipse of Ethical Practices in the Modern West, examining ethical formation in home, school, work, and church post-Reformation.

Scientific Awards:

• Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowship (2015-16)
• Faculty Fellowship, Cogut Center for the Humanities (2012)
• Kaneb Pre-Doctoral Fellowship supervision (2010-11)
• Irving E. Miller '48 Research Awards (2008, 2010)

Teaching: Courses include Religion, Reason, and Ethics from Kant to Nietzsche, Liberation Theology in the Americas, and graduate seminars on Hegel and religious ethics. He co-founded Brown's Religion and International Project.