Political Theory Project

Assistant Professor

Religious Studies

thomas_a_lewis@brown.edu

Thomas A. Lewis is the Vartan Gregorian Assistant Professor of Religious Studies. He taught previously at the University of Iowa and at Harvard University. He specializes in religious ethics and philosophy of religion in the modern West and has strong interests in methodology in the study of religion. His research examines conceptions of tradition, reason, and authority and their significance for ethical and political thought. He is particularly interested in the roles attributed to practice, reflection, and narrative in constituting the self. His publications include Freedom and Tradition in Hegel: Reconsidering Anthropology, Ethics, and Religion (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005) as well as articles on religion and politics, liberation theology, communitarianism, and comparative ethics. He is currently working on a new book, Religion, Modernity, and Politics in Hegel, that focuses on Hegel's philosophy of religion and its relevance to contemporary discussions of religion and politics.