Vincent Bacote (Ph.D., Drew University) is a Professor of Theology and the Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. He is the co-creator of the documentary Black + Evangelical, the author of the books Reckoning with Race and Performing the Good News: In Search of a Better Evangelical Theology (2020), and The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life. He has also contributed to books such as Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues (2019), The Church’s Social Responsibility (2015), and Black Scholars in White Space (2015).
Vince is a Fellow at the Center for Public Justice and a senior fellow for the Trinity Forum. He has served as an assistant theology editor for Christianity Today, has been a columnist for Comment (wrf.ca/comment), and has published articles in magazines including The Banner, Books and Culture, Christianity Today, Think Christian, and re:generation quarterly, as well as in journals such as The Journal of Markets and Morality, Christian Scholars Review, Urban Mission, and the Journal for Christian Theological Research. An avid tennis player, occasional bass guitarist, and endlessly curious person, he lives in the Chicago area with his family.
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