On Thursday, February 19, 2026, Dr. Ellen Davis gave a public lecture at Christian Study Center. Ellen Davis, PhD, is an Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Davis is an Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. She is an established author who focuses her research on the effects of biblical interpretation on the life of faith communities and ways they respond to urgent public issues. Her most recent book, Opening Israel’s Scriptures (Oxford, 2019), is a comprehensive theological reading of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. She also has a forthcoming book, Light within Light: Psalms and the Arts of Insight, of which she is a co-writer along with world-renowned artist, Makoto Fujimaura, and prominent theologian Shai Held.
This episode has been produced and edited with the help of Michael Lynch.
