Brian Williams

Dr. Brian Williams

Dean, Templeton Honors College

Dr. Brian A. Williams is Dean of the Templeton Honors College which offers the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Classical Education, Associate Professor of Ethics and Liberal Studies as well as General Editor of Principia: A Journal of Classical Education. Before coming to the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University, he was Lecturer in Theology and Christian Ethics at the University of Oxford and Director of Oxford Conversations, a collection of curated video interviews with leading Christian academics and scholars at Oxford. He holds an MPhil and DPhil in Christian Ethics from the University of Oxford (UK), where he was a Clarendon Scholar; an MA and ThM in Systematic and Historical Theology from Regent College (Vancouver, Canada); and a BA in Biblical Studies from Ozark Christian College (Joplin, MO).

Dr. Williams’ current research examines the tradition of Didascalic Christian Humanism, focusing on the works of Hugh of St. Victor, Philip Melanchthon, and John Henry Newman. His broader academic interests include virtue ethics, Christian and Muslim political thought, Karl Barth’s theology and politics, classical education, and Dante Alighieri’s Commedia. He is the author of The Potter’s Rib: The History, Theology, and Practice of Mentoring for Pastoral Formation (Regent College Publishing) and co-editor of Everyday Ethics: Moral Theology and the Practices of Ordinary Life (Georgetown University Press). Dr. Williams has also taught Theology, Philosophy, and Literature at Cair Paravel Latin School (Topeka, KS); was Theologian-in-Residence at First Presbyterian Church PCUSA (Topeka, KS); led Quo Vadis Travel Seminars to destinations throughout Europe; and was the Distance Education Instructor in Theology for Regent College (Vancouver). He is an National Alcuin Fellow, a Research Fellow with the Institute of Classical Education, a member of the Academic Board of Advisors for the Classic Learning Test (CLT), and an Advisory Board Member for the Classic Liberal Education Network (CLEN). He is married to Kim Williams and has three children: Ilia, Brecon, and Maeve.