Dr. Stephen Williams is Honorary Professor of Theology, Queen’s University, Belfast. He holds MA degrees from Oxford University (Modern History) and Cambridge University (Theology) and a doctorate in Theology from Yale University (Department of Religious Studies). Subsequently, he has held chairs in Theology at United Presbyterian Theological College, Aberystwyth (Wales) and Belfast from 1993-2017. He has published in several areas, including theology, ethics, and intellectual history. His books include Revelation and Reconciliation: a Window on Modernity (Cambridge University Press); The Shadow of the Antichrist: Nietzsche’s Critique of Christianity (Baker Academic) and a revised version of his Kantzer Lectures, delivered at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2009, The Election of Grace: A Riddle without a Resolution? (Eerdmans). He has lectured in various parts of the world and has had a particular link with Central Europe, notably, Poland.
Dr. Williams has long been involved in the field of bioethics. He has served on the Editorial Board of Ethics & Medicine and spoke at the inaugural CBHD conference in 1994. During the Spring 2018 Semester, he will be holding a Research Fellowship at the Henry Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, researching the connection between a Christian understanding of creation and philosophies undergirding developments in artificial intelligence.