Margaret A. Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics

CV | willis.jenkins@yale.edu Denomination: Episcopal

Professor Jenkins's research focuses on environmental ethics, sustainable communities, global ethics, and theological ethics. He is author of Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology, published in 2008, editor of The Spirit of Sustainability, and co-editor of the forthcoming Bonhoeffer and King: Receiving Their Legacies for Christian Social Thought. Professor Jenkins previously taught at the University of Virginia and at a rural campus of Uganda Christian University. He has significant international experience in community development initiatives, was co-founder of the Episcopal Young Adult Service Corps, and served on the Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on World Mission, 2000–2006.

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Education

B.A. Wheaton College
M.A., Ph.D. University of Virginia

Books

1. Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology
2. The Spirit of Sustainability
3. Bonhoeffer and King: Receiving Their Legacies for Christian Social Thought