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.

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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 TimesThe 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 ReviewFirst Things, The Gospel CoalitionChristianity Today, and Public Discourse. He is the author of the award-winning God and the Transgender DebateMarriage 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.

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God raised Him from the dead

Andrew T. Walker

The witness of the resurrection always demands a verdict

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WORLD Opinions / April 7, 2023

What happened in Nashville that didn’t happen in Uvalde?

Andrew T. Walker

Nashville police bravely fulfilled the responsibility God has given them

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WORLD Opinions / March 30, 2023

The pursuit of unhappiness

Andrew T. Walker

New poll confirms the mental health problems associated with transgenderism

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WORLD Opinions / March 28, 2023

Let the government punish evildoers

Andrew T. Walker

Someone’s morality is going to be legislated

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WORLD Opinions / March 14, 2023

Secularism is a dark abyss

Andrew T. Walker

A Belgian euthanasia case shows us what a post-Christian world looks like

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WORLD Opinions / March 10, 2023

Attention Fox News: The truth will set you free

Andrew T. Walker

Dominion lawsuit shows the importance of truth over tribe

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World Opinions / March 2, 2023

Resist the Post-liberal Temptation

Andrew T. Walker

A group of anti-modernity thinkers makes important points, but offers seriously defective solutions (if any). There is a better way.

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National Review / February 26, 2023

The Moral Meaning of Loving One’s Neighbor

Andrew T. Walker

Walker discusses the importance of loving your neighbor as a logical case, biblical case, and just case.

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Christ All Over / February 20, 2023

The Georgian Way

Andrew T. Walker

A conservative dynamo at Princeton

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National Review / February 16, 2023

Legislating against drag queen story hour

Andrew T. Walker

If the law won’t protect children’s well-being, why have laws?

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WORLD Opinions / February 13, 2023

A Baptist Engagement with ‘The Case for Christian Nationalism’

Andrew T. Walker

Walker reviews Stephen Wolfe’s book, The Case for Christian Nationalism, from the free-church tradition.

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9Marks / December 9, 2022

Never surrender, never abandon the field of battle

Andrew T. Walker

The fight for marriage calls for endurance beyond politics.

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WORLD Opinions / November 22, 2022