Faculty Bio: Rev. Dr. Darryl Stephens
Rev. Dr. Darryl W. Stephens holds a PhD in Ethics and Society from Emory University, a Master of Divinity from Perkins School of Theology, and a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University. He is an ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church and serves as chair of the Order of Deacons in the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the UMC. His research and teaching interests address moral leadership in church and society, focusing on trauma-informed and liberatory practices. He has previously taught at Candler School of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and served in leadership in the Society of Christian Ethics and the Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning for Ministry. He maintains the blog EthicsConsidered.
Degrees and Institutions
- PhD, Emory University, 2006
- MDiv, Perkins School of Theology, 2001
- BA, Rice University, 1990
Publications and Work
- Trauma-Informed Christian Ethics: Bearing Witness through Love, Justice, and Solidarity in Community. T&T Clark, 2026
- Reckoning Methodism: Mission and Division in the Public Church. Cascade, 2024
- Bivocational and Beyond: Educating for Thriving Multivocational Ministry. Teaching Religion and Theology series. Books @Atla Open Press, Scholarly Editions, 2022
- Teaching Sexuality and Religion in Higher Education: Embodied Learning, Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy, and Perspective Transformation. Routledge Research in Religion and Education. Edited by Darryl W. Stephens and Kate Ott. Routledge, 2020
- Methodist Morals: Social Principles in the Public Church’s Witness. University of Tennessee Press, 2016.