Dr. Douglas A. Hicks
Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Religion Dr. Douglas A. Hicks is associate professor of leadership studies and religion and Executive Director of the University’s Bonner Center for Civic Engagement. Hicks’s research focuses on religion in public life and the ethical dimensions of economic issues. Frequently quoted in the national media on topics including religion and ethics in politics and the workplace and on issues related to poverty and inequality, he has authored several books and numerous articles. He is completing research on a book on leadership, religious diversity and civil society in the United States and Spain. Hicks obtained two grants to help fund his research: a Foreign Researcher Sabbatical Grant from Spain’s Ministry of Education and Science and a research grant from the Pluralism Project of Harvard. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Hicks is a parish associate at Bon Air Presbyterian Church in Richmond. Hicks also serves as chair of the American Academy of Religion’s section on religion and the social sciences. He is an editorial board member of The Journal of Religious Leadership. He is past-president of the Richmond Association of Phi Beta Kappa and is a board member of the Virginia Poverty Law Center. Dr. Hicks teaches courses in international leadership, social movements, service and leadership, and leadership and religious values.
Executive Director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement
Jepson Hall
Office: (804) 484-1600
Teaching:
Foundations of Leadership Studies
Justice and Civil Society
Leadership in International Contexts
Ethics and Leadership
Education:
Ph.D., Harvard University
A.M., Harvard University
M.Div., Duke University
A.B., Davidson College
Selected Publications:
With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Diverse and Devout America . New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Getting and Spending: Christian Reflections on Economic Life. Practices of Faith series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, forthcoming.
Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today’s Economy. Edited with Mark Valeri. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, forthcoming.
“Global Poverty and Bono’s Celebrity Activism: An Analysis of Moral Imagination and Motivation.” In Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today’s Economy, forthcoming.
Entries on “Economics and Theology” and “Public Theology.” In The New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology, ed. by Dawn DeVries and B. A. Gerrish. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming.
“Inequalities, Agency, and Well-being: Conceptual Linkages and Measurement Challenges in Development.” In Understanding Human Well-Being, ed. by Mark McGillivray and Matthew Clarke, pp. 101-116. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2006.
“A Framework for a General Theory of Leadership Ethics.” With Terry L. Price. In Quest for a General Theory of Leadership, ed. by George R. Goethals and Georgia Sorenson, pp. 123-151. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006.
“Star Power: The Limits of Celebrity Activism.” The Christian Century 123/6 (March 21, 2006): 23-24.
Religion and the Workplace. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Inequality and Christian Ethics. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Dr. Hicks is an editor, with J. Thomas Wren and Terry L. Price, of the three-volume reference work The International Library of Leadership, 2004.
"Self-Interest, Deprivation, and Agency: Expanding the Capabilities Approach." The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. (2005).
"Religion and Respectful Pluralism in the Workplace: A Constructive Framework." The Journal of Religious Leadership (Spring, 2003).