Jennifer Herdt
Senior Associate Dean and Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Divinity and Professor of Religious StudiesCards
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2026
‘The battle to take the land’: Higher education and the classical Christian education movement
Herdt J. ‘The battle to take the land’: Higher education and the classical Christian education movement. Journal Of Moral Education 2026, ahead-of-print: 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/03057240.2026.2622117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChristian educationEducation movementEarly American republicMoral virtueCivic friendshipMoral formationEvangelical supportSelf-understandingDanielle AllenMedieval modelBildung traditionLiberal arts collegeAmerican republicDialogic encountersHigher educationHistorical rootsDeep listeningEducation todayVision of higher educationInstitutions of higher educationHigher education todayIdeological conformityEgalitarian directionArts collegeRepristinationCommerce and Communion: Business, Profit and the Circulation of Wealth in Christian Thought
Herdt J. Commerce and Communion: Business, Profit and the Circulation of Wealth in Christian Thought. Sophia Studies In Cross-cultural Philosophy Of Traditions And Cultures 2026, 44: 33-52. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-01137-4_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChristian thoughtEmergence of political economyCirculation of wealthChristian reflectionProtestant ReformationAdam SmithEconomic thoughtNineteenth centuryHistorical figuresSelf-interestThoughtsChristianityPoverty debateProfit maximizationSocial changeContemporary practicePolitical economyBusinessCommunionCalvinCenturyEmancipationDebatesAdamsSmith
2025
The Disappearance of Ethics: The Gifford Lectures by Oliver O'Donovan (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024), + 161 pp.
Herdt J. The Disappearance of Ethics: The Gifford Lectures by Oliver O'Donovan (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024), + 161 pp. Modern Theology 2025, 41: 376-379. DOI: 10.1111/moth.12986.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Luke Bretherton, A Primer in Christian Ethics: Christ and the Struggle to Live Well (Cambridge: CUP, 2023), pp. x + 377. $105.00
Herdt J. Luke Bretherton, A Primer in Christian Ethics: Christ and the Struggle to Live Well (Cambridge: CUP, 2023), pp. x + 377. $105.00. Scottish Journal Of Theology 2024, 78: 85-87. DOI: 10.1017/s0036930624000528.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Christianity and Natural Law and Natural Rights
Herdt J. Christianity and Natural Law and Natural Rights. 2023, 581-592. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197606759.013.42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNatural lawChristian thinkersNatural rightsDoctrine of natural rightsNatural law thinkingNatural rights discourseEarly modern periodPositive legal rightAbstract ChristianityGod's purposeMedieval theologiansProtestant thinkersTheological doctrineThomas AquinasDivine commandDivine revelationGod’s lawMoral lawStoic notionLaw thinkingMoral standardsMedieval canonistsConstrued natureEthical standardsModern periodRESPONSIBLE AGENCY: A HUMAN DISTINCTIVE?
Herdt J. RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: A HUMAN DISTINCTIVE? Zygon® 2023, 58: 504-521. DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRevisiting Religious Ethics as Field and Discipline
Herdt J. Revisiting Religious Ethics as Field and Discipline. Journal Of Religious Ethics 2023, 51: 32-43. DOI: 10.1111/jore.12418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProblems and Prospects for the Measurement of Christian Seminarian Formation: Spiritual Measurement and the ‘Uncertainty Principle’
Herdt J. Problems and Prospects for the Measurement of Christian Seminarian Formation: Spiritual Measurement and the ‘Uncertainty Principle’. Journal Of Spiritual Formation And Soul Care 2023, 16: 14-30. DOI: 10.1177/19397909231151592.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Forming Humanity as Threefold Task
Herdt J. Forming Humanity as Threefold Task. International Journal Of Systematic Theology 2022, 25: 384-396. DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12620.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFaith (and Doubt?) Among the Virtues
Herdt J. Faith (and Doubt?) Among the Virtues. Boston Studies In Philosophy, Religion And Public Life 2022, 10: 11-25. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95062-0_2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research