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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A Conspiracy Against Truth

Andrew T. Walker

Christians should give no quarter to falsehoods.

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WORLD Opinions / January 13, 2022

The Light Has Dawned

Andrew T. Walker

What Christians celebrate at Christmas is that this Word, this grand-ordering Logos, became flesh—that the very organizing principle of the universe that Jordan Peterson is grasping for is not a mystery, but revealed.

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WORLD Opinions / December 23, 2021

The First Rule of Law: Protect the Innocent

Andrew T. Walker

The response to the obtuse, rogue constitutionalism set forth in Roe and cemented by its progeny in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, is not to jettison constitutionalism. It is, instead, to return to a just constitutionalism—one that interprets the Constitution according to text, structure, and original meaning.

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WORLD Opinions / December 9, 2021

Celebrate the Rule of Law

Andrew T. Walker

In the controversial cases involving Kyle Rittenhouse and the killers of Ahmaud Arbery, both juries succeeded. Both trials showed the wisdom of the jury system.

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WORLD Opinions / November 29, 2021

Defining “Evangelicalism” Down

Andrew T. Walker

The confusion over the word “evangelicalism” and the ensuing plasticity of the label is truly tragic and leads to unhelpful categorization, theological malpractice, and no small amount of internal strife within evangelical Christianity.

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American Reformer / November 3, 2021

Against Catacomb Christianity

Andrew T. Walker

If Christian truth claims are true, we must not cordon off those truth claims in the catacombs, but instead take them to city gates and capitol buildings of our world.

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American Reformer / October 18, 2021

Thirty Years on the Supreme Court

Andrew T. Walker

Justice Clarence Thomas is the embodiment of both an American and Augustinian paradox: Through setback can come triumph, and through grit and independence can come a retrieval of America’s constitutional ideals.

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World Magazine / October 16, 2021

Why the Transgender Revolution Can’t Transcend Human Nature

Andrew T. Walker

A new report from Europe confirms males have an innate advantage in sports.

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A Radical and Revealing Abortion Bill

Andrew T. Walker

No language can give an adequate description of the moral hideousness of the abortion bill recently passed with a party-line vote in the House of Representatives.

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World Magazine / October 4, 2021

You’re Never Progressive Enough

Andrew T. Walker

The ACLU’s editing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals an ever-shifting ideology.

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World Magazine / September 30, 2021

Does Justice or Profit Drive Abortion?

Andrew T. Walker

Whether abortion continues or abates under the Texas Heartbeat Act is a valuable opportunity to unearth what is really at the center of abortion and why it receives the degree of protection it does in our country.

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The Texas Abortion Law Is Justice on Display

Andrew T. Walker

The Texas Heartbeat Act reflects a fundamental truth of human existence: Life is good and worthy of legal recognition and legal protection. This truth reflects what ought to be a clear implication of our Declaration and our Constitution—that abortion is unconstitutional.

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Kentucky Today / September 2, 2021