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Eric Lewis Williams

Assistant Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies
Divinity School
Box 90974, Durham, NC 27708-0974
Univ Chapel, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies · 2023 - Present Divinity School
Director of the Office of Black Church Studies · 2023 - Present Divinity School

In the News


Published September 20, 2023
New Divinity Faculty Lead Houses of Study Building bridges between the academy, church, and community
Published August 22, 2023
Eric Lewis Williams Has a Vision for His New Role at the Divinity School

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Recent Publications


Preaching Outside the Temple: On the Literary Witness of James Baldwin as the Word Made Public

Journal Article Religions · December 1, 2023 It was the late Bishop Ithiel Conrad Clemmons, former minister of the First Church of God in Christ of Brooklyn, New York, who said of the late famed novelist/essayist James Baldwin that “he was America’s inside eye on the Black Holiness and Pentecostal Ch ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) · 2015 Ph.D.
Duke University · 2005 M.Div.
McCormick Theological Seminary · 2004 M.A.