Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., serves as Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is an Associate Dean in the School of Theology and the Executive Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement at Southern Seminary. Walker is a Fellow in Christian Political Thought at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and serves as the Managing Editor of WORLD Opinions. He also currently co-hosts a weekly podcast, The Bully Pulpit, which explores the intersections of faith, culture, and politics from a conservative and Christian worldview.

A sought-after conference speaker and cultural commentator, Walker researches and writes about the intersection of Christian ethics, public theology, and the common good. His academic research interests include natural law theory, bioethics, human dignity, theology of law, family stability, church-state studies, and social conservatism. His analysis and commentary have been written or cited in such outlets as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Times, and many others.

He writes frequently for such outlets as National Review, First Things, WORLD Opinions, The Gospel Coalition, Public Discourse, and many others. He is the author of the award-winning God and the Transgender Debate (now in its second edition), The Nations Belong to God: A Christian Guide for Political Engagement, co-author of Marriage Is: How Marriage Transforms Society and Cultivates Human Flourishing, editor of The Gospel for Life series, and author of the award-winning Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Secular Age. He has also written a curriculum with LifeWay titled The Gospel and the First Freedom. He is the editor of two academic volumes, Social Conservatism for the Common Good: A Protestant Engagement with Robert P. George and Baptist Political Theology. His most recent book is Faithful Reason: Natural Law Ethics for God’s Glory and Our Good (B&H Academic, May 2024). Andrew and his wife, Christian, are also co-authors of What Do I Say When…? A Parent’s Guide to Navigating Cultural Chaos for Children and Teens (Crossway, 2024). He is also co-editor alongside Ryan T. Anderson of the forthcoming Five Views on the Natural Law (Zondervan, 2025). His next book with Crossway is tentatively titled Frayed: American Despair and the Hope of the Gospel, due out in 2026. He’s done additional study through the Witherspoon Institute and the James Madison Program at Princeton University. In 2023, he was one of the winners of the inaugural “Freedom and Opportunity” academic awards from the Heritage Foundation for his contributions to conservative thought.

He teaches courses in the areas of ethics, biomedical ethics, sexual ethics, moral theory, public theology, and religion in the public square.

He has a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Southwest Baptist University. He received his Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy in Christian Ethics from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. An avid long-distance runner, Andrew resides in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife and three daughters and teaches a weekly community group in his local church. You can follow him on X: @andrewtwalk.