Author: Edward A. David
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Join me this Summer for a UNIQ+ Research Internship at Oxford
30 January 2024. Calling all aspiring postgraduates! Join me this summer as a research intern in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. I’m hosting two exciting projects (described below) on Gen Z’s religious and spiritual role models, and on religious madness in the Age of the Asylum. What is a…
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Should Legal Education Be Transformative?
11 Oct 2023. Updated 30 Jan 2024. Anton Sorkin edits the Journal of Christian Legal Thought, a peer-reviewed publication of the Christian Legal Society, and kindly invited me to write a piece on character formation for their upcoming issue. The essay ‘Should legal education be transformative?’ is available on the Oxford Research Archive (ORA) ahead…
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Asking Why
When presented with an opportunity, don’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ first. Instead, ask ‘why’. Academia comes with many opportunities — a new collaboration, a new writing idea, a new project — and there will always be a fear of missing out. Certainly, I must say ‘yes’ to everything that comes my way, right? Otherwise I,…
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Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and God
8 January 2024. This Christmas, I wrote an essay entitled “Creativity, artificial intelligence, and God” for a forthcoming edited volume on technology, religion, and the law. The volume has a working title of Emerging Technologies, Converging Theologies and will be part of Springer’s Law and Religion in Global Context book series. I must confess that…
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The Mimetic Workplace: Finding the Admirable amidst Rules and Rivalry
03 November 2023. An essay for the first Novitate Conference. Laws, if reasonable, are meant to foster the common good of a society. They do not favor one set of interests over another. And they do not narrow our moral vision; indeed, they broaden that vision by pointing to good, reasonable ends—free speech and assembly,…
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Ethical Role Models in the Workplace
11 Oct 2023. I have entered an agreement with Cambridge University Press to write a short monograph on ethical role models in the workplace. The book engages with social learning theory as well as moral psychology and philosophy. It will be an engaging read for academics and will be accessible to industry practitioners. God willing,…
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Annual Report and Updates
My academic post at Oxford is part of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life, which is housed in the Faculty of Theology and Religion and generously endowed by the McDonald Agape Foundation. You can find a copy of the Centre’s annual report through the link below. It’s a source of pride to…
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Counting on Black Business
Black-led employers make up just 0.1% of UK small and medium sized businesses. By Edward David and Joel Byman for Oxford Answers. Roni Savage is many things to many people: founder of Jomas Associates, an award-winning engineering firm, adviser to the Federation of Small Businesses, a proud mother of three sons, and one of our outstanding…
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Further reviews of A Christian Approach to Corporate Religious Liberty
The Oxford Journal of Law and Religion published a review of my monograph, A Christian Approach to Corporate Religious Liberty. Thanks to Michael Bradley for the generous — and critical — analysis: everything an author could hope for from a review! David makes good on Palgrave’s promise to deliver fresh, insightful interventions. His retrieval and…
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A bold interpretation: Should we admire the shrewd steward (Luke 16.1–9)?
10 May 2023. The latest issue of Theology features two articles — one by yours truly — that interrogate the parable of the shrewd steward. Professor Robin Gill, the journal editor, provides an overview: A newcomer to Theology, Dr Edward David, offers an account of the parable of the unjust steward in terms of moral exemplarism;…
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