
Andrew T. Walker
Fellow
EPPC Fellow Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., researches and writes about the intersection of Christian ethics, public theology, and the moral principles that support civil society and sound government. A sought-after speaker and cultural commentator, Dr. Walker’s academic research interests and areas of expertise include natural law, human dignity, family stability, social conservatism, and church-state studies. The author or editor of more than ten books, he is passionate about helping Christians understand the moral demands of the gospel and their contributions to human flourishing and the common good. His most recent book, out in May 2021 from Brazos Press, is titled Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Secular Age.
EPPC Fellow Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., researches and writes about the intersection of Christian ethics, public theology, and the moral principles that support civil society and sound government. A sought-after speaker and cultural commentator, Dr. Walker’s academic research interests and areas of expertise include natural law, human dignity, family stability, social conservatism, and church-state studies. The author or editor of more than ten books, he is passionate about helping Christians understand the moral demands of the gospel and their contributions to human flourishing and the common good. His most recent book, out in May 2021 from Brazos Press, is titled Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Secular Age.
In addition to his role with EPPC, Dr. Walker is an Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is an Associate Dean in the School of Theology and the Executive Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement. He serves as the Executive Editor of Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology, a publication of The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and is a Contributing Editor at Public Discourse, the journal of the Witherspoon Institute. He is also the Public Affairs Advisor to the Kentucky Baptist Convention and a Fellow with the Research Institute of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
Dr. Walker’s analysis has been quoted among such outlets as the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Vox. His scholarly publications include articles and reviews in the Oxford Journal of Church and State and The Southwestern Journal of Theology. He writes regularly for such outlets as National Review, First Things, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and Public Discourse. He is the author of the award-winning God and the Transgender Debate, Marriage Is: How Marriage Transforms Society and Cultivates Human Flourishing, and editor of The Gospel for Life series. He is also an editor of the forthcoming volume Explorations in Baptist Political Theology (B&H Academic) alongside Thomas Kidd and Paul Miller. He is currently at work on an edited volume with Zondervan Academic on perspectives on the natural law and also on a natural law evangelical ethics volume.
Walker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Southwest Baptist University, and he received his Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy in Christian Ethics from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He previously served as a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation and as a Senior Fellow in Ethics at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
The Ends Do Not Justify the Mobs
Andrew T. Walker

Supreme Court Justices are to be respected, not intimidated. We can only hope that they are being given the necessary security to protect themselves and their families.
Articles
Newsweek / May 12, 2022
Why is Murder a Crime but Idolatry Isn’t?
Andrew T. Walker

Unity cannot come at the expense of human dignity. The legality of abortion is not a matter of mere political prudence.
Articles
WORLD Opinions / May 3, 2022
The Myth of Government Neutrality
Andrew T. Walker

Telling the “government” to be neutral where it cannot not be neutral is at odds with our whole concept of representative democracy.
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WORLD Opinions / April 28, 2022
Playing Offense: How Christian Natural Law Arguments Work in Public Apologetics
Andrew T. Walker

Christians have satisfying answers to explain the confusion and conflict that plagues our contemporary culture, so we should speak up.
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Southern Seminary Magazine / April 26, 2022
Come, Let Us Reason Together
Andrew T. Walker

Despite a nationwide emphasis on restoring civility (assuming it was once even there), America seems more inclined than ever to tear apart at its seams.
Articles
What Went Wrong? / April 13, 2022
Who Is an Evangelical? A Plea for Clarity
Andrew T. Walker

Let the evangel define evangelicalism, not politics.
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WORLD Opinions / April 7, 2022
Expressive Individualism, Embodied Telos, and How to Be an Anti-Winfrey
Andrew T. Walker

The duty of pastors in an age of expressive individualism is to re-enchant the beauty and wonder of the human person within the drama of a created order.
Articles
9Marks / March 21, 2022
A Tale of Two Masculinities
Andrew T. Walker

A healthy example of courage and resolve versus ruthless vainglory
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WORLD Opinions / March 3, 2022
Common-Good Communism?
Andrew T. Walker

Let’s have a common-good conservatism defined by the rich tapestries of religion, family, and civil society — not common-good collectivism or, worse, common-good communism.
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National Review Online / March 1, 2022
Religious Liberty Is Not ‘Christian Nationalism’
Andrew T. Walker

Obscuring important constitutional principles in service to lazy labeling does no service to the common good; all it does is undermine it.
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Baptist Press / February 22, 2022