Adam Ployd
BA, Religion, Wake Forest University
MDiv, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
PhD, Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University
Adam Ployd is the Residential College Dean of Davenport College. He received his PhD in Historical Theology from Emory University. Prior to coming to Yale, he served as Vice Principal of Wesley House, the Methodist theological college in Cambridge, UK, and as Assistant Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. Dean Ployd’s scholarly interests lie in the thought of Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE), a North African Christian bishop whose writings continue to influence philosophical, theological, and political thought. Dean Ployd is the author of two books: Augustine, the Trinity, and the Church (OUP, 2015) and Augustine, Martyrdom, and Classical Rhetoric (OUP, 2023).
Raised in Virginia, Dean Ployd is a United Methodist deacon, and his wife, Diane Kenaston, is a United Methodist elder from West Virginia. Dean Ployd and Diane live in Davenport with their son, Isaac. As a family they enjoy board games, museums, theatre, biking, and Bluey. Dean Ployd is an avid music fan, and you are invited to contribute to his growing vinyl collection.
Books
- (co-edited with Rafał Toczko) Augustine and Rhetoric: Argumentative Techniques in Early Christianity. Brill, 2024
- Augustine, Martyrdom, and Classical Rhetoric. Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Augustine, the Trinity, and the Church: A Reading of the Anti-Donatist Sermons. Oxford Studies in Historical Theology. Oxford University Press, 2015.
